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Please consult the listings below for information about NAMI-NYC
Metro courses and support groups for consumers, friends, and family members.
Due to occasional changes in date, time, or location, contact the Helpline
(212.684.3264, helpline@naminyc.org) or your group facilitator to confirm
meetings. COURSES AND PROGRAMSPEER to PEER COURSE
NEW COURSES STARTING IN OCTOBER 2008
This is a free 9-week experiential learning program for people with any
serious mental illness who are interested in establishing and maintaining
their wellness and recovery. The course reviews aspects of mental illness
and the mental health system including coping, medication, treatment and
advocacy. To sign up or more information click here, or call the Helpline
at 212.684.3264.
NEXT COURSE:
Start Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Location: NAMI-NYC Metro Office - 505 Eighth Avenue, Suite 1103 at 35th
Street
Contact Facilitator: Margaret Schweigert: phone: 212-749-1593
FAMILY to FAMILY COURSE
NEW COURSES STARTING IN SEPTEMBER 2008
This free 12-week course gives family members of individuals with major
mental illness the opportunity to learn skills to cope more effectively.
The course is taught by trained family members. Topics include: medication,
developing empathy for your family member's experience, self-care and
letting go of guilt. For more information or call the Helpline at 212.684.3264.
NEXT COURSES:
Start Date: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 Time: 6:30 - 9:00 pm
Location: Mt. Sinai Hospital - Madison Avenue at 100th Street
Facilitator: Sabrina Segui Contact Info: phone: 917-597-2685; email: scs42@columbia.edu
Start Date: Monday, October 6, 2008 Time: 6:00 - 8:30 pm
Location: St. Luke's / Roosevelt Hospital - 1000 Tenth Avenue at 59th
Street
Facilitator: Helane Littles Contact Info: phone: 718-758-5058; email:
helanelittles@optonline.net
Start Date: Monday, October 6, 2008 Time: 6:00 - 8:30 pm
Location: Manhattan VA Medical Center - 423 East 23rd Street at First
Avenue
Facilitator: Pamela Solomon Contact Info: phone: 917-497-0923; email:
pamjoysol@yahoo.com
Note: Priority for this class will be given to families of Veterans.
Your Child's Mental Health:
A monthly lunch hour conference call series. Call the helpline for more
information.
Parent Matching Program
Experienced Parents: We need your help!
We are looking for volunteer "Support Parents" who can help
provide a small amount of telephone time to parents of children and adolescents
recently diagnosed with mental illness. Remember how you felt when your
child was first diagnosed? Well, now these parents need the emotional
support from someone who has "been there." If you are a parent
or caregiver of a young adult (under 25) with mental illness, feel comfortable
with your child's diagnosis, are a good listener and non-judgmental and
are willing to share some of your experiences with other parents, then
the Parent Matching Program needs you! Training and ongoing support for
volunteers will be provided. To apply or to get more information, please
call NAMI-NYC Metro Services Coordinator Mary Lee Gupta, LMSW, at 212.684.3365
ext. 204.
GROUPS FOR CONSUMERS
Pet Therapy at NAMI
Facilitator: Wendy Wilson
Pet therapy seeks to provide comfort and healing through visits with professionally
trained therapy dogs and their owners.NAMI-NYC Metro has teamed up with
the Good Dog Foundation to offer this new support group. Since its inception
in 1998, the Good Dog Foundation has made great strides in achieving its
goal of aiding those in need and enhancing their quality of life through
animal-assisted therapy. They have trained over 200 teams of therapy dogs
and their owners, and provide this service for adults and children in
over 40 hospitals, support groups, and other settings. The group meets
on the third Saturday of each month from 5:30-7:00 pm at the NAMI office.
Refreshments will be served. Please call the NAMI Helpline at 212.684.3264
for more information.
Bipolar Disorder Support Group
Facilitator: Rich Satkin
For individuals with bipolar bisorder. The group meets at 6:30 pm on the
1st and 3rd Thursday of each month at the NAMI office. The group's facilitator
is a consumer with bipolar disorder who has been virtually symptom-free
for more than 25 years. In 1981, he co-founded the Manic and Depressive
Support Group (now the Mood Disorders Support Group). He has facilitated
many groups over the years. Contact the Helpline at 212.684.3264 or helpline@naminyc.org
to see if this group is appropriate for your needs.
The Day After DBT
Co-sponsored by NAMI-NYC Metro and Holliswood HospitalIn addition to Holliswood,
Day After DBT classes are also held at the NAMI office on the 2nd and
4th Wednesday of every month at 6 pm. This is a support group for people
who have been previously or are currently in Dialectical Behavior Therapy
(DBT Skills Training). Keep your skills alive and build mastery in your
life through mindfulness. This group will be both proactive and interactive.
Contact Pauline Prin at 718.937.1209 to become a part of this innovative,
structured, support group.It will meet on the first and third Wednesday
of every month, 6:00 pm, at Holliswood Hospital, 87-37 Palermo Street,
Queens, New York. Call the hospital's main phone number (718.776.8181)
to get recorded directions.
Manhattan Awakenings Group
ON HIATUS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
Support and sharing of strategies for successful living for mental health
consumers.
Queens Awakenings Group
ON HIATUS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
Support and sharing of strategies for successful living for mental health
consumers. Interested parties may call the Helpline to be put on the waiting
list.
Brooklyn Awakenings
GroupFacilitator: Anthony Sgarlato and Pamela Carey
Provides consumers with support and sharing of strategies for successful
living. The group meets every Wednesday at 250 Baltic Street, 5-6:30 pm.
If interested, please feel free to attend. Contact Anthony Sgarlato at
718.875.7744 (day) or email him at asgarlato@balticstreet.org with questions.
Client Support Network
Facilitators: Patricia Maher-Brisen and Doug Leeds
In a warm friendly atmosphere of peer support, develop coping strategies
for dealing with social goals, and entitlement issues, accessing mental
health services and community resources. Meeting second and fourth Saturday
of each month from 5:30 - 7:00 pm at the NAMI Office. Interested parties
should feel free to attend, please call the Helpline (212.684.3264) if
you have any questions.
Job Talk
Facilitator: Ed O'Donnell
Professional guidance and peer support for mental health consumers with
any employment-related issue. The group is held on the fourth Friday of
the month at the NAMI office, 6:45 pm. Interested parties should feel
free to attend. Please call the Helpline with questions.
Individuals with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Mount Sinai
Facilitator: Lauren Priday
This group offers support and cognitive behavioral techniques for individuals
with OCD. Meetings are held on the first Friday of the month at 5:30 pm
at Mount Sinai. Interested parties should contact the Helpline at 212.684.3264,
and the facilitator will get back to you.
Individuals with Obessive Compulsive Disorder, NAMI office
Facilitator: Steve Poskar
This group offers support and cognitive behavioral techniques for individuals
with OCD. Meetings are held on the third Friday of each month at 6 pm
at the NAMI office. Interested parties should call the Helpline and a
facilitator will contact you. Current members of the Mount Sinai group
should feel free to attend.
GROUPS FOR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS
Spanish Support Group for Spanish-Speaking Family Members & Friends
Facilitator: David Deferrari
Support and sharing of strategies for successful living. This group meets
the third Wednesday of every month at 6 pm the Elmurst Hospital Center
(79-01 Broadway, Elmhurst, NY 11373). Interested parties should call Jose
Morales at Elmhurst Hospital, at 718.334.2309, for more information.
Daughters & Sons of Persons with Mental Illness
Facilitator: Stasia Pasela
This support group is for adult children of mental health consumers looking
for a safe space to share in confidence any issue related to having a
parent with a mental illness. The group will be held on the second Monday
of the month at the NAMI office, 6:15 pm. Interested parties must speak
to the facilitator before attending the group. Please leave your name
and phone number with the Helpline and the facilitator will call you.
Family-to-Family Support Group
Facilitator: Patti Sacher and Pamela Solomon
Provides support for individuals who have attended the Family-to-Family
course. The group meets on the first Thursday of the month at the NAMI
office, 6 pm. Interested parties who have completed the Family-to-Family
course may attend
Parents of Children & Adolescents
Facilitators: Nancy Parker, Gordie Cooke, and Mary Ann Ceron (Bilingual
Facilitator)
Meeting twice a month, this group is for parents and family members of
children and teens with severe emotional/behavioral disorders (SED) or
mental illnesses. This peer-run self-help group offers support and practical
information. Participants share experiences and learn how others cope.
Meetings are held on the first and third Saturday of the month from 12:30
- 2:30 pm at the NAMI office. Interested parties feel free to attend,
call the Helpline (212.684.3264) with questions.
Uptown Family Support Group
Facilitator: Susan Hirsch
For all family members of individuals with severe mental illness. The
group meets on the first Thursday of the month at Mount Sinai, 6 pm. Interested
parties must call the facilitator at 718.857.0369.
Sibling & Adult Child Group
Facilitator: Sharon Bogart
With a focus on how mental illness affects the "well" sibling
or adult child. This group meets on the second Thursday of the month at
the NAMI office, 6 pm. Interested parties must speak with the facilitator
before attending. Please leave your name and phone number with the Helpline
and the facilitator will call you.
Family & Friends of Individuals with Mood Disorders
Facilitators: Debbie Finn and Joan Mellon
For any family member of a person with manic depression/bipolar disorder,
depression, cyclothymia, dysthymia or schizoaffective disorder. This group
meets on the third Tuesday from 6:30 - 8:00 pm at the NAMI Office. Call
the Helpline (212.684.3264) to determine if this group is the most appropriate
for your needs. If you would like to speak to a facilitator before attending
the group, leave your contact information the the Helpline. Please leave
your name and phone number with the Helpline and the facilitator will
call you.
Family & Friends of Individuals with OCD
Facilitator: Veronica O'Neil
For any family member or friend of a person with obsessive-compulsive
disorder. First Wednesday of the month at the NAMI office, 6 pm. Interested
parties must speak with the facilitator before attending the group. Please
leave your name and number with the Helpline and the facilitator will
contact you. West Queens Family Support GroupFacilitators: PaulaProvides
education and support for family members of individuals with a mental
illness. Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of the month at 6:00
pm. For more information, please call the Helpline and leave your name
and phone number. The facilitator will call you back.
Criminal Justice Support Group
Facilitators: For family of mentally ill individuals in the criminal justice
system who are coping with legal, psychiatric and medical crisis. This
group meets on the fourth Thursday of the month at the NAMI office, 6
pm. Interested parties can reach Leah at 212.431.7276. Please call before
each group session in case of location change.
Bronx Norwood Family and Consumer Group
ON HIATUS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
A place for families, friends and consumers to share their experiences
and coping strategies. Call the Helpline to find out when the group will
be starting again.
Media & Advocacy Discussion Group
Facilitator: Facilitator: Judith Carrington
This is not a support/education group, but a group for NAMI-NYC Metro
members interested in monitoring media coverage of mental health/illness
issues and becoming actively involved in discussion and implementation
of NAMI-NYC Metro media and advocacy initiatives. Meets on the first Monday
of each month (except holidays) at 6:00 pm. at the NAMI-NYC Metro office.
Contact Judith at mhresources@nyc.rr.com, using the subject of "MAG
Meeting," to confirm attendance, or for further information.
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