Virtual NAMI Programs

NAMI NC Affiliates have joined together to offer their virtual programs open to all during this time. This includes supports groups as well as interactive educational classes.  Find what program you want to join below!

All NAMI NC programs are free, but registration is required.

SUPPORT GROUPS:

Click here to see Virtual Support Group FAQs.

NAMI Family Support Groups are meetings of family members, caregivers, friends, and loved ones of individuals living with mental illness. Participants can talk frankly about their challenges and help one another through their learned wisdom.

*Young Families Support Group: Someone in the family had symptoms (with or without diagnosis) at an early age, before becoming an adult.

**Family & Friends Support Group is a peer-led support group for family members, caregivers and loved ones of individuals living with mental illness. Gain insight from the challenges and successes of others facing similar circumstances.

NAMI Connection Recovery Support Groups are peer-based mutual support groups that meet for 90 minutes of safe, confidential personal sharing in a flexible group setting. The groups are open to any adult living with a mental illness and are designed to connect, encourage, and support participants using a structured support group model. The meetings are led by trained Support Group Facilitators living in recovery themselves. Click here to see Virtual Support Group FAQs.

*Connections Support Group for Veterans

LGBT+ Support Group (For Young Adults): In partnership with the LGBT Center of Raleigh

Support Group for Stress and Anxiety: This group is open to both peers and family members and focuses primarily on stress, anxiety, and depression.

*Anxiety and Stress Support Group for Minorities

Who Cares for The Caregivers? Trauma, Anxiety, Stress, and Self-Care Support Group for Caregivers and Friends of Those With Mental Health Conditions.

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS:

Family-to-Family is a free, 8 session course taught by two trained volunteer teachers who themselves have a family member or loved one with a mental illness. In 2013, Family-to-Family was added to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices.

NAMI Peer-to-Peer is a free, 8-session educational program for adults with mental illness who are looking to better understand their condition and journey toward recovery.

*A Peer-to-Peer class offered by NAMI Erie, PA is accepting registrations from North Carolinians! It will be taught by our own Karen Gross (NAMI High Country) and Brooke Chambers (NAMI Wake County).

NAMI Basics is a free, 6-week education program for parents and family caregivers of children and teens who are experiencing symptoms of a mental illness or who have already been diagnosed. In the NAMI Basics program you’ll learn the facts about mental health conditions and how best to support your child at home, at school and when they’re getting medical care.