Service Name: NAMI FAMILY TO FAMILY CLASS

Organization Name: NAMI SONOMA COUNTY

• Description: Offers an 8 session course for family members, significant others, and friends of people with mental illness. Helps participants gain knowledge on major mental health disorders. Helps to understand what it is like to live with mental illness. Offers a group setting which provides mutual support and shared positive impact. Topics include:
  
  . How to manage crises, solve problems, and communicate effectively
  . Identifying self-care strategies that work for you
  . Developing confidence and stamina to provide support with compassion
  . Finding and using local supports and services
  . Up-to-date information on mental health conditions and how they affect the brain
  . Current treatments, including evidence-based therapies, medications, and side effects
  . The impact of mental illness on the entire family
  
• Website: https://namisonomacounty.org
• Email: info@namisoco.org
• Phone(s): (866) 960-6264, (866) 960-6264
• Hours: Hours vary. Call for schedule.
• Eligibility: Adults who are family members, partners, and friends of individuals living with mental health conditions; teens 14+ can attend with a parent or trusted adult.
• Requirements: None
• Areas Served:
  • Sonoma United States
• Categories:
  • General Mental Health Information/Education
• Contacts:
  • Nick Fierro, Community Engagement Coordinator, info@namisoco.org