Family To Family

Family-To-Family

NAMI Family-to-Family is a free, 8-session education program for family, friends and significant others of adults with mental health conditions. NAMI Family-to-Familyprovides information aboutanxiety, depressive disorders, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and other mental health conditions. Other topics covered include communication, problem solving, treatment and recovery.

The course is designed to toincrease understandingand advocacy skills while helping participants maintain their own well-being. The program is taught by trained family members who have a loved one with a mental health condition.NAMI Family-to-Family is an evidence-based program (EB). For information on the research base for the program, visit nami.org/research.

NAMI Franklin County offers NAMI Family-to-Family free of charge to participants via Zoom. The Zoom Meeting and password will be supplied after participant registration is received. Visit www.namifranklincounty.org for class dates and registration information.

Participant Perspectives

“This course overall was the single most, without a doubt, helpful and informative thing ever offered in all my years searching for answers…it has helped me to understand better and communicate more effectively with my brother.”

“The course has helped me to realize that my son is still inside the body that is often times hidden by the mental illness and that I am not alone in this.”

Karen Cousins NAMI Franklin County 1225 Dublin Rd., Suite 110 Columbus, Ohio 43215 614-501-6264 karen@namifc.org www.namifranklincounty.org

About NAMI

NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness. NAMI Franklin County is an affiliate of NAMI Ohio. NAMI Franklin County and dedicated volunteer members and leaders work tirelessly to raise awareness and provide essential education, advocacy and support group programs for people in our community living with mental illness and their loved ones.

Family-to-Family classes are for the family, friend, partner, or caregiver of the person with mental illness. They are not for the person with the diagnosis.

Contact: Karen Cousins (614) 501-6264 (9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., Monday-Friday) or email karen@namifc.org

Upcoming Classes:

January date TBD

Time TBD

Location: St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, 3220 Columbus St, Room. 103, Grove City 43123

F2F Schedule

Tuesday, March 2 – April 20
6:00-8:30 p.m.

June date TBD

Sunday, August 1 – Sept. 26
1:00-3:30 p.m.

Thursday, October 7 -December 2 (no class Nov. 25)
6:00-8:30 p.m.

Zoom meeting ID: 273-756-5479 Password: 6145016264

Date to be Determined

Time: 6:30-9:00 p.m.

Zoom.com (You will receive a Meeting ID and password from the class leader after your registration form is received).

During the pandemic, all classes will be held via Zoom. Once your registration is confirmed, you will receive an email containing the Zoom meeting ID and password required to attend the classes. You will still need to register for the class.

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NAMI Family-to-Family Education Program are free but do require advance registration. Please select and mark the desired class date in the leftmost column below.