Contact:
Phone:
Kathy Hammes (808) 959-2426
Email:
[email protected]
808-238-0074 // landline
808-640-5686 // cell
NAMI Signature Family Support Groups are free, confidential, and safe groups for FAMILY MEMBERS WHO SUPPORT OR CARE FOR SOMEONE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS. In NAMI Family Support Groups, families can join a caring group of individuals helping one another by utilizing their collective lived experiences and learned wisdom. Family members can achieve a renewed sense of hope for their loved one living with mental health challenges.
ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS
- You must be a caregiver or supporter (family or love one) to someone with a mental illness
- You must be 18 years or older. No children allowed, thank you for your understanding
- This class is for the caregiver, not the person with mental illness
We will meet online via Zoom to maintain safe social-distancing procedures until further notice.
Date: Last Fridays of the month at 6 pm
Contact: Kathy Hammes (808) 959-2426
Email: [email protected]
Mental Health Peer Support Groups are free, confidential and safe groups of people living in recovery from mental health conditions. Mental Health Peer Support Groups are individuals helping one another by utilizing their collective lived experiences and learned wisdom, renewing a sense of hope for recovery.
NAMI Big Island will begin meeting on Zoom starting this month (November 2021). Please contact us to register!
Date: 3rd Thursdays of every month at 5:30 pm
Contact: NAMI Hawaii Office 591-1297
Email: [email protected]
NAMI Family & Friends is a free 2-day seminar for people who have loved ones with a mental health condition. The seminar is led by trained people with lived experience of supporting a family member with a mental health condition. You will learn about treatment, communication, crisis strategies, and where to find community resources.
Ongoing / Upcoming Classes:
2024:
- Nov 30, Dec 12
- More classes are planned! Contact us to be put on a waitlist and we will notify you!
SPACE IS LIMITED TO 20 PARTICIPANTS. You must register by phone or email to attend this class.
Register: [email protected]
For people who want to further their learning:
NAMI Family-to-Family is a free, 8-session educational program for family, significant others and friends of people with mental health conditions. It is a designated evidenced-based program. This means that research shows that the program significantly improves the coping and problem-solving abilities of the people closest to a person with a mental health condition. It is taught by NAMI-trained family members who have been there, and includes presentations, discussions and interactive exercises.
Ongoing / Upcoming Classes:
Weekly on Saturdays:
- May 25 – Jul 13, 2024
- Sept 14 – Nov 9, 2024
note: Oct 12 – no class due to NAMIWalks - More classes are planned! Contact us for more info.
SPACE IS LIMITED TO 20 PARTICIPANTS. You must register by phone or email to attend this class.
Register or find out more: [email protected]
More classes are planned to be held throughout the year, please check our programs page for tentative dates, or contact us via email.