Online
NAMI Family & Friends is a four-hour seminar for families, partners, and friends of people with mental health conditions. It introduces participants to NAMI resources, programs, and critical topics: symptoms, diagnoses, treatment options, and communication strategies.
Goals:
• Provide current information about mental health conditions.
• Introduce skills in effective communication and crisis preparation.
• Promote self-care and stress management for the family member/caregiver.
• Share local mental health resources.
Content:
• Diagnoses, treatment, and recovery.
• Effective communication strategies.
• The importance of self-care.
• Crisis preparation strategies.
• NAMI and community resources.
The National Alliance on Mental Illness Snohomish & Island Counties (NAMI Sno-Isle) offers this online seminar through Zoom on the third Saturday of each month from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. PT.
