NAMI, Kane County North offers free Family-to-Family education course

Registration is open for NAMI Family-to-Family, a free, eight-session education program starting Sept. 20 for people who love someone with mental health conditions.

It provides information about anxiety, depressive disorders, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and other mental health conditions. Other topics covered are communication, problem solving, treatment, and recovery.

The course is designed to increase understanding and advocacy skills while helping participants maintain their own well-being. The program is taught by trained family members who have a loved one with a mental health condition.

NAMI Family-to-Family is an evidence-based program. For information on the research base for the program, visit nami.org/research. This course has been taken by thousands of people across the nation.

It can be taken by parents, spouses, adult siblings, adult children, partners, or significant others. It will meet from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturdays for eight weeks, from Sept. 20 through Nov. 8, at New Life Community Church, 1580 E. Chicago St., Elgin.

Registration is required prior to the first class, and seats are limited. For more information, or registration, call NAMI at (847) 410-9719, or email namikcn@gmail.com.

About NAMI

NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, is the nation’s largest grass-roots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness. NAMI Kane County North is an affiliate of NAMI Illinois. NAMI Kane County North and its dedicated volunteer members and leaders work tirelessly to raise awareness and provide essential education, advocacy, and support group programs for people in our community with mental health conditions and their loved ones.