Programs and Services

NAMI Programs and Services are for people whose lives have been affected by mental illness.

Through NAMI Hawaii, you’ll meet other individuals and family members who have struggled with mental illness. We come together, in a safe and comfortable setting, to share each other's pain, promote hope and build a better tomorrow for our loved ones and for ourselves. We in Hawaii are committed to offering community-focused education, support, and advocacy programs for consumers, family caregivers, professionals, and our community at large.

Education Programs

Families, friends, and mental health professionals can participate in educational programs that are designed to help them gain a greater understanding of mental illness, develop empathy, and be more effective in helping folks affected by mental illness.

For Families & Caregivers

Understand more: a free 12-week course for family caregivers of individuals with severe mental illnesses that discusses the clinical treatment of these illnesses and teaches the knowledge and skills that family members need to cope more effectively, feel empowered to advocate for their loved ones. Our programs are taught by trained family members who have experienced living with mental illness.

Oahu

HONOLULU, HI - Family to Family Education

Date: Saturdays - September 25th - December 18th
Time: 9:30 am – 12:00 pm
Location: : NAMI Hawaii Office 770 Kapiolani Blvd. Ste. 613    Map
Contact: Charlotte Boyd: 536-2225 (Call to register)
Email: info@namihawaii.org

PEARL CITY, HI - Family to Family Education

Date: Fridays - September 17th - December 10th
Time: 6:45 pm – 9:15 pm
Location: :Trinity United Methodist Church 1716 Komo Mai Drive    Map
Contact: Phil Enomoto 620-1336 (cell) Please leave message
Email: info@namihawaii.org

Maui

WAILUKU, MAUI – Family to Family Education

Date: Wednesdays - September 8^th - November 24^th
Time: 5:00- 7:30 pm
Location: Adult Medical Center, Cameron Center Room #1    Map
Contact: Bob and Harriet Collopy 808-572-3757 (Call to register)
Email: info@namihawaii.org

NAMI’s Family-to-Family Education program can also be scheduled on the Big Island in Hilo and Kona. Please contact the Honolulu office at 591-1297.

Support Groups (Listed by Island and Community)

Big Island of Hawaii

Contact: Carolyn Oki 935-3518
Email: info@namihawaii.org
Location: 688 Kinoole Street #115C    Map
Date: Last Friday of the month
Time: 7:00 pm

Contact: Dana Lewis 896-7203
Email: info@namihawaii.org
Location: Kona Paradise Clubhouse Across Seaview Circle/Old 7-11 Store    Map
Date: Last Tuesday of the month
Time: 5:30 – 7:00 pm

Oahu

Contact: Charlotte Boyd: 536-2225
Email: info@namihawaii.org
Location: NAMI Hawaii Office 770 Kapiolani Blvd. Ste. 613    Map
Date: 3^rd Saturday of the month
Time: 12:45 pm

Contact: Gladys Leong 956-8709
Email: info@namihawaii.org
Location: NAMI Hawaii Office 770 Kapiolani Blvd. Ste. 613    Map
Date: Last Friday of the month
Time: 5:30 pm

Contact: Mike and Margie Durant (NAMI Office 591-1297)
Email: info@namihawaii.org
Location: 2790 Kahaloa Drive    Map
Date: 2^nd Tuesday of the month
Time: 7:00 pm

Contact: Phil Enomoto 620-1336 (cell) Please leave message
Email: info@namihawaii.org
Location: Trinity United Methodist Church 1716 Komo Mai Drive    Map
Date: 1^st Thursday of the month
Time: 6:30 - 7:30 pm

Contact: Norman Bring and Suzanne Shedletsky (NAMI Office 591-1297)
Email: info@namihawaii.org
Location: Castle Medical Center Wellness Center    Map
Date: 2^nd Tuesday of the month
Time: 5:30 – 7:00 pm

NAMI On Campus is a network of student-led mental health awareness, education, and advocacy groups tailored to the needs of individual college communities, Currently available on Remington College in Honolulu.

Contact: Ann Emura (NAMI Office 591-1297)
Email: info@namihawaii.org
Location: Remington College, Honolulu    Map
Date: Call NAMI Hawaii Office for dates and times. Like to start a NAMI On Campus on your own campus? Call us at 895-1297 or email info@namihawaii.org

Contact: NAMI Hawaii Office 591-1297
Email: info@namihawaii.org
Location: Richards Street YWCA #304    Map
Date: 3^rd Tuesday of the month, Complimentary Light Supper
Time: 5:30 – 6:30 pm

An original NAMI Hawaii support group created to address the mental health needs of women. Topics include depression, self-esteem PMS, menopause, stress/anger management, post-partum, mind/body balance and more. Take the “S” off your chest and relax. You are not alone. RSVP required.

Kauai

Contact: Matt or Ruth Victor 639-6456 or 245-8123
Email: info@namihawaii.org
Location: Office of Ohana Christian Fellowship, C. Ahko Building Suite 205    
Date: 1^st Tuesday of the month
Time: 6:00 pm

Maui

Contact: NAMI Hawaii office 591-1297
Email: info@namihawaii.org
Location: Senior Citizens Residential Complex 810 Kilauea Street Hale Mahaolu E Ono (Carrie Kalilikane, Resident Manager)    
Date: 3^rd Friday of the month
Time: 6:15 – 7:45 pm

Contact: Harriet Collopy 808-572-3757 (Call to register)
Email: info@namihawaii.org
Location: Adult Medical Center, Cameron Center Room #1 (95 Mahalani Street )    
Date: 2^nd Wednesday of the month
Time: 5:00 pm

For Providers

Provider Education

• Develop empathy — an education program for mental health service providers co-taught by consumers, professionals, and family members.
• NAMI Provider Education can be scheduled on Oahu, Maui, and Hilo on Hawaii Island. For more information, please contact t NAMI Hawai info@hhawaii.org or call 591-12957

Advocacy

A voice on mental illness, NAMI Hawaii advocates for improved access to services and social supports, early intervention and science-based practices that promote recovery, and build skills and resilience.

We work with our leaders, the media, and our communities to dispel myths, stereotypes and prejudice. Together, we fight stigma and discrimination and build awareness that mental illness is an illness like any other.

Resources available to you through our Honolulu office include:

• Information and Referrals
• Call-in Line
• Website
• Printed materials
• Consumer representation
• One-on-one support
• Volunteer opportunities

And coming soon to an Island near you:

NAMI Smarts for Advocacy: Telling Your Story (Oahu, Maui, or Big Island)

A brief or expandable grassroots course to help folks write or tell their personal stories from powerful lived experiences. Designed to help you communicate and inspire each other, funders, lawmakers, media, and coalition partners as people tell their truths about living with mental illness.

Please call us at 808-591-1297 or e-mail us at info@namihawaii.org for more information. Our strength comes from our members, so please join us as we work to improve the lives of all people in Hawaii who are affected by mental illness.

Following are NAMI programs which are not currently offered in Hawaii. If you would like to see any of these available in Hawaii, please contact us.

• NAMI Connection Recovery Support Group
  a 90-minute weekly support group run by persons who live with mental illness for other persons with any diagnosis who also live with mental illness.
• Peer-to-Peer
  a free course for consumers containing individual relapse prevention planning, a debriefing/storytelling week, and an advance directive for psychiatric care.
• In Our Own Voice
  a one-and-a-half hour interactive, multimedia presentation by consumers that offers hope and provides insight into the recovery now possible for people with mental illness.
• Hearts & Minds
  a multimedia program about healthy, accessible, and affordable lifestyle changes designed to reduce cardiac risk among people with mental illness.
• NAMI Basics
  a new signature education program for parents and other caregivers of children and adolescents living with mental illnesses.