Family-to-Family Returns!

NAMI's Family to Family classes are returning in April.

Even as the current Family-to-Family classes continue in Richland during March, this highly successful course will once again be available to participants starting in the first week of April. This is an excellent opportunity for those who just missed out in January to now enroll for Family-to-Family this spring.

Family to Family is a free twelve week course for family and friends of individuals with brain disorders called mental illness. Topics covered in this educational program are:

• Family responses to the trauma of mental illness.

• Schizophrenia, major depression and mania; Diagnosis and dealing with critical periods.

• Depression and Bipolar subtypes; Panic Disorder; Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD); Borderline Personality Disorder; co-occurring brain and addictive disorders.

• The biology of the brain: emerging scientific discoveries.

• Problem solving workshop.

• Medication review.

• Understanding the inner experience of having a mental illness.

• Communication skills workshop.

• Self- care; relative group testimony.

• Rehabilitation, services available.

• Advocacy: fighting stigma.

• Celebration and certification ceremony.

There is no cost to participate in Family-to-Family. Educational materials are free. Class size is limited and registration is required. So contact Sara Hall at (509) 628-9625 or hall@namitricities.org if you are interested.

Held: Weekly, beginning in April

Location: Richland, TBA

From NAMI Tri-Cities

F2F Testimonial: From a Father's Point of View

Family-to-Family FAQ

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