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Friday, September 03, 2010  

Family to Family

The NAMI Family to Family Education Program helps family members gain a greater understanding of their loved ones mental illness, cope better, worry less and feel newly empowered to advocate for better treatment and services for their loved one. Many family members describe the impact of taking this course as life changing.

The program consists of twelve classes, one per week for 12 weeks. The teachers are family members themselve. The course balances education and skill training with self-care, emotional support and empowerment. Important components of the course are:

  • Information about Major Depression, Bipolar Illness, Panic Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Schizophrenia.
  • Coping Skills; handling crisis and relapse.
  • Listening and communication techniques.
  • Problem solving and limit setting; rehabilitation.
  • Understanding the actual experience of people suffering from mental illness.
  • Self-care; learning to recognize normal emotional reactions in family members.
  • Basic information about medications and their side effects.
  • Information about connecting with appropriate community services and community supports.
  • Advocacy: Getting better services, fighting discrimination and stigma.

Fall 2010 Classes

Amherst/Milford Area - Beginning Thursday, September 9, 2010 - 6:00 ~ 8:30 PM. To register, contact Beverly Melle at 673.7854 or via email at beverlymelle@gmail.com.

Dover - Starting Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 6:00 ~ 8:30 PM. To register, contact Diane Cyr at 957.5767 or via email at dcyr@smhc-nh.org.

Lebanon - Starting Wednesday, September 1, 2010 - 6:00 ~ 8:30 PM. To register, contact Donna Stamper at 863.2621 or via email at dstamp4@comcast.net.

Littleton - Beginning Wednesday, September 1, 2010 - 6:00 ~ 8:30 PM. To register, contact Annette Carbonneau at 823.5374 or via email at acarbonneau@naminh.org.

Londonderry - Beginning Wednesday, September 1 - 6:30 ~ 9:00 PM. To register, contact Chet Littlefield at 978.590.8708 or via email at chet5115@hotmail.com.

Nashua - Beginning Monday, September 13, 2010 - 6:30 ~ 9:00 PM. To register, contact Pam Burns at 888.6219 or via email at parburns@gmail.com.

Additional classes and information will be added as it becomes available. Please check back.

THE NAMI NH FAMILY-TO-FAMILY EDUCATION PROGRAM IS FREE. For additional information, please contact Annette Carbonneau at 603-225-5359 ext 25 or email acarbonneau@naminh.org, or feel free to contact any of the following Family to Family teachers in your area:

Congratulations to the newest Family to Family
Teacher Training Graduates – January 2010
L to R – Front Row: Scott Smith, Norma Smith (F2F State Teacher Trainers), Robyn Moses-Harney, Donna Stamper, Pam Burns, Annette Carbonneau, Janis Wolak and Rose Long
Back Row: Robin Peck, Wendy Stanley Jones, Sheila Johnson, Dave Pelletier and Robin Blanchette

Our “Travel Team”- teach in several communities

Helen Harrison
Harri871y@comcast.net

Valerie Acres
valerieacres@comcast.net

Peterborough Area

Patricia Whitney
Patricia.whitney@crotchedmountain.org

Rebecca Lawrence
sunnybrookfarm@mac.com

Portsmouth Area

Diane Cyr
dcyr@smhc-nh.org

Reid Cooper
reid865@gmail.com

Jackie Ellis
jackie.ellis1@gmail.com

Concord Area

Pat Nelson
patknelson@yahoo.com

Betty Nitchie
NAMIConcordBNitchie@gmail.com

Conway Area

Elaine and Brooks South
elainesouth@roadrunner.com

Manchester VA

Diane Guidi
anxaxed@aol.com

Marge (Margaret) Galvin
mlgalvin2@yahoo.com

Hollis/Merrimack Area

Susan Allen-Samuel
sallen@naminh.org

Chet Littlefield
chet5115@hotmail.com

NAMI NH State Trainers and Nashua area teachers

Scott and Norma Smith
Ssmith411@aol.com

Family to Family Coordinator

Annette Carbonneau- 225-5359 x25
Acarbonneau@naminh.org

NOTE: Family to Family is for persons with an adult family member with mental illness.

 

Funding for this program is sponsored in part by dues and donations.

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