NAMI Connection

NAMI Connection Recovery Support Group

NAMI Connection is a weekly recovery support group for people living with mental illness in which people learn from each others’ experiences, share coping strategies, and offer each other encouragement and understanding.

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About NAMI Connection

What is NAMI Connection?

NAMI Connection is a recovery support group program for adults living with mentalillness that is expanding in communities throughout the country. These groups provide a place that offers respect, understanding, encouragement, and hope.

NAMI Connection groups offer a casual and relaxed approach to sharing the challenges and successes of coping with mental illness. Each group:

Meets weekly for 90 minutes
Is offered free of charge
Follows a flexible structure without an educational format
Does not recommend or endorse any medications or other medical therapies

All groups are confidential - participants can share as much or as little personal information as they wish.

Meetings will be guided by NAMI Connection’s Principles of Support:

We will see the individual first, not the illness.

We recognize that mental illnesses are medical illnesses that may have environmental triggers.

We understand that mental illnesses are traumatic events.

We aim for better coping skills.

We find strength in sharing experiences.

We reject stigma and do not tolerate discrimination.

We won’t judge anyone’s pain as less than our own.

We forgive ourselves and reject guilt.

We embrace humor as healthy.

We accept we cannot solve all problems.

We expect a better future in a realistic way.

We will never give up hope.

NAMI Connection is supported by AstraZeneca.

Who can attend a NAMI Connection Recovery Support Group?

Support groups are open to all adults with mental illness, regardless of diagnosis. Participants should feel welcome to drop by and share feelings, difficulties, or successes.

Everyone is a valued participant.

What do people think about NAMI Connection?

Download the NAMI Connection Satisfaction Survey Report

How do I find out more?

Download the NAMI Connection brochure

View the NAMI Connection ad featured in BP Magazine and Schizophrenia Digest's Fall 2007 editions

Who can I contact for more information?

Phone: 1-800-950-NAMI (6264)

Email: connection@nami.org