A free class for families and friends of individuals living with a mental illness.
Join the over 150,000 individuals just like you, who have gained information, insight, understanding and empowerment. Classes fill up quickly, so contact NAMI-FAMILYA if you are interested. Free Class runs for 12 weeks
Currently registering for next classes!
To begin - February/March 2012
Contact: NAMI-FAMILYA of Rockland County
Phone: (845) 359-8787 Email: familya@namirockland.org
Register for next class
Class will be held at the NAMI-FAMILYA offices at
Rockland Psychiatric Center
140 Old Orangeburg Road, Bldg #57,
1st Floor Conference Rm
Orangeburg, NY 10962
Call or email now to register!!
Listen to some personal testimonials by watching the video below.
Currently registering for next classes!
To begin - February/March 2012
Contact: NAMI-FAMILYA of Rockland County
Phone: (845) 359-8787 Email: familya@namirockland.org
Register for next class
Class will be held at the NAMI-FAMILYA offices at
Rockland Psychiatric Center
140 Old Orangeburg Road, Bldg #57,
1st Floor Conference Rm
Orangeburg, NY 10962
Call or email now to register!!
Listen to some personal testimonials by watching the video below.
WHAT IS
FAMILY-TO-FAMILY?
Family-To-Family is a free, 12 week course taught by trained NAMI volunteer teachers. Our teachers are family members who also have a loved one living with mental illness.
The class offers education and support for families and friends of people with mental illness and provides each participant with the knowledge and skills that family members need to cope more effectively.
The class offers education and support for families and friends of people with mental illness and provides each participant with the knowledge and skills that family members need to cope more effectively.
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Family-to-Family, including first hand accounts of actual family members that have taken this class!
MORE ABOUT
Education and Support for Families
Information, Insight, Understanding, Empowerment
Despite the gains in treatment and opportunities for recovery, coping with the difficulties that many people encounter in caring for a relative or friend with mental illness can be difficult. The NAMI Family-to-Family Education Program is a 12 week course for families and friends of adults living with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depression, anxiety disorders, or borderline personality disorder. Course participants gain vital information, insight and understanding of their loved one that many have described as
"life-changing."
Family-to-Family provides caregivers with communication and problem-solving techniques, coping mechanisms and the self-care skills needed to deal with their loved one's mental illness as well as its impact on the family.
Developed by Joyce Burland of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), the Family-to-Family course is taught in over 48 states around the country, 2 provinces in Canada and in Mexico. A study conducted by the University of Maryland School of Medicine showed that course participants gained a greater understanding of mental illness, coped much better, worried less and felt newly empowered to advocate for better treatment and services for their loved one.
NAMI-FAMILYA is pleased to offer the Family to Family program right here in Rockland County, NY.
Each course:
-Meets weekly for 12 weeks
-Is offered free of charge
-Is taught by trained NAMI family members who have relatives with mental illness
-Follows a structured format covering issues frequently faced by families dealing with mental illness
The course teaches the knowledge and skills that family members need to cope more effectively.
-Attend with other family members just like you in a confidential setting
-Gain insight into how mental illness affects your relative
-Take an eye-opening look inside some of today's current brain research related to mental illness
-Learn how families can become advocates for better treatments for their relatives
-Learn about the mental illness medications available and the latest treatment options.
-Learn to cope with worry and stress; learn to focus on care for you as well as your loved ones
"life-changing."
Family-to-Family provides caregivers with communication and problem-solving techniques, coping mechanisms and the self-care skills needed to deal with their loved one's mental illness as well as its impact on the family.
Developed by Joyce Burland of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), the Family-to-Family course is taught in over 48 states around the country, 2 provinces in Canada and in Mexico. A study conducted by the University of Maryland School of Medicine showed that course participants gained a greater understanding of mental illness, coped much better, worried less and felt newly empowered to advocate for better treatment and services for their loved one.
NAMI-FAMILYA is pleased to offer the Family to Family program right here in Rockland County, NY.
Each course:
-Meets weekly for 12 weeks
-Is offered free of charge
-Is taught by trained NAMI family members who have relatives with mental illness
-Follows a structured format covering issues frequently faced by families dealing with mental illness
The course teaches the knowledge and skills that family members need to cope more effectively.
-Attend with other family members just like you in a confidential setting
-Gain insight into how mental illness affects your relative
-Take an eye-opening look inside some of today's current brain research related to mental illness
-Learn how families can become advocates for better treatments for their relatives
-Learn about the mental illness medications available and the latest treatment options.
-Learn to cope with worry and stress; learn to focus on care for you as well as your loved ones