Family to Family Course

Someone you love is living with a mental illness. 

You want to help, but how? 

NAMI Tulsa is offering the nationally recognized 

FAMILY-TO-FAMILY

EDUCATION PROGRAM 

A no cost course for families and close friends of persons with:

• Bipolar Disorder (Also called Manic Depression) 
• Major Depression 
• Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorder 
• PTSD and Panic Disorder 
• Borderline Personality Disorder 
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder 
• Co-occurring Brain Disorders and 
• Addictive Disorders 

FAMILY-TO-FAMILY EDUCATION PROGRAM

  FAMILY-TO-FAMILY

EDUCATION PROGRAM

 

for family members of close relatives with

 

• Bipolar Disorder (Also called Manic Depression)
• Major Depression
• Borderline Personality Disorder
• Schizophrenia & Schizoaffective Disorder
• Panic Disorder
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
• Co-occurring Brain Disorders 
• Addictive Disorders

 

  A series of 12 weekly classes structured to help family members understand and support their ill relative while maintaining their own well-being. The course is taught by a team of trained volunteer family members who know what it’s like to have a loved one with a serious mental illness in the family. There is no cost to participate in the NAMI Family-to-Family Education Program. Over 100,000 family members in the U.S. and Canada have completed this course. We think you will be pleased by how much assistance the program offers. We invite you to call for more information.

DATE: Tuesdays, July 7-Sept. 22, 2015

TIME: 6:00-8:30 p.m.

 LOCATION: Ascension Lutheran Church

4803 S. Lewis Ave.

 Tulsa, Oklahoma

 

  To register call with the following information: Your name, address, phone number, email address (if available), and the family member with a mental illness (i.e. your son,

sister, wife, father, good friend).

NAMI-Tulsa: Phone 587-6264 (Office hours: 9:00 to 4:00 p.m.)

  

Registration required. Classes limited to 20 persons

 

For family members/caregivers only

 

This NAMI Family-to-Family Education Program is sponsored by NAMI-Tulsa and is funded by NAMI Oklahoma and

the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services.

 

NAMI Tulsa Starts Peer-to-Peer Classes For Heroes In Recovery

NAMI Tulsa announces the Peer-to-Peer program!

  NAMI Tulsa is proud to be facilitating the Peer to Peer program beginning March 24th, 2015.   Peer-to-Peer is a 10 week course for people with mental illness who are interested in establishing and maintaining their wellness and recovery taught by a team of trained “Mentors” and a volunteer support person who are personally experienced at living with mental illness. Like all NAMI Signature Programs, Peer-to-Peer is free of charge but class size is limited, so registration is required.

  Call Rose at the NAMI Tulsa office at 918-587-6264.

NAMI Smarts for Advocacy

NAMI Smarts for Advocacy

  NAMI Smarts is a grassroots advocacy training program that takes participants through a step by step process that enables them to leave with a two minute, compelling personal   story that can be adapted and used to advocate in numerous ways.

When: March 28th, 2015

Where: First Presbyterian Church in the Miller Library 709 S Boston Ave, Tulsa

Time:  9 am  until 12 noon.

Training is free, but pre-registration is required.

For more information , contact the NAMI Tulsa office at 918-587-6264.

Hope to see you there!

Winter Family To Family Class

Family To Family class starts in January.

This 12-week class is designed to educate and empower family members who care for a loved one with a mood disorder.

This 2015 Winter session  is sponsored by the Veterans Administration, but open to any interested parties who care for a loved one with any of the mood disorders.

Call the Tulsa office as soon as possible, to reserve your  place in the class (918-587-6264).   It  will meet at the VA campus at Hwy 169  & 11th st, in Tulsa. Time and date to be announced.