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Education, Advocacy, Outreach, and 

Support  

Thank you to every­one that joined us on Sat­ur­day, Octo­ber 12th at East­ern State Hos­pi­tal for NAMI­Walks Lexington!

It was a won­der­ful day full of advo­ca­cy, recov­ery and fun.  Thank you to all of our gen­er­ous spon­sors for mak­ing this day possible. 

Thank you to New Vista, Pre­sent­ing Spon­sor for NAMI­Walks Lex­ing­ton 2024! 

NAMI Fam­i­ly & Friends sem­i­nar informs and sup­ports relatives/friends of indi­vid­u­als affect­ed by men­tal health con­di­tions. The class is taught by two trained fam­i­ly mem­bers who have first-hand expe­ri­ence of liv­ing with a fam­i­ly mem­ber who has a men­tal ill­ness. Top­ics addressed include:

• Under­stand­ing diag­noses, treat­ment, and recovery
• Com­mu­ni­ca­tion skills
• Cop­ing skills and the impor­tance of self-care
• Cri­sis prepa­ra­tion strategies
• NAMI and com­mu­ni­ty resources

The free three-ses­sion class will be pre­sent­ed via the Zoom plat­form from 6:30 to 8:30 pm on Jan­u­ary 29, Feb­ru­ary 5th and 12th.   Reg­is­tra­tion is required: via email tracy@namilex.org or phone the NAMI office at 859–272-7891 or click HERE to reg­is­ter online. 

Quotes from participants:

“Pro­grams like this reduce the stig­ma and fear sur­round­ing talk­ing about men­tal health con­di­tions. I felt sup­port­ed and understood.” 

“I have a bet­ter under­stand­ing of how men­tal ill­ness impacts the per­son affected…it was nice to hear the sto­ries of the instruc­tors, which were relat­able. The e‑manual has a lot of help­ful infor­ma­tion.  

Click Here for a complete one pager of all NAMI Lexington programs that links to more specific information. Printable Download (PDF)

 

Schiz­o­phre­nia Alliance Group — Every Sat­ur­day, at 3:00pm at Par­tic­i­pa­tion Sta­tion. 
This group is a nation­al­ly rec­og­nized 6‑step pro­gram for indi­vid­u­als deal­ing with Schiz­o­phre­nia, Psy­chosis, Schizoaf­fec­tive D/O, and relat­ed dis­or­ders. If you can not join us in per­son please join is via zoom with the link found at https://tinyurl.com/37vfs2jd 
The group will typ­i­cal­ly run 60–90 min­utes and fol­low the guid­ance of the “Blue Book” which was devel­oped by Joanne Ver­ban­ic, the founder of Schiz­o­phre­nia Anony­mous. 
Cer­tifi­cat­ed Facil­i­ta­tor Kevin Hag­ger­ty, APSS

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Start­ing Sun­day, Novem­ber 24th, the NAMI Con­nec­tion Sup­port group that meets at 2:30pm will be mov­ing to ONLINE ONLY. Please use Par­tic­i­pa­tion Sta­tion open link to join the Sup­port Group. 

 

 

Start­ing Sat­ur­day, Novem­ber 30th, the Anx­i­ety sup­port group that meets at 10:00am will be mov­ing to ONLINE ONLY.  We hope you can con­tin­ue to join us for this help­ful work­shop online.  

For more information on NAMI’s free programs and affordable mental health training,
please call 859–272‑7891.