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Understand Your Loved Ones with Lived Experiences

Nami Family-to-Family

registration is now open for the summer Session class dates june 4 - july 23, 2026

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NAMI Family-to-Family is a free, eight-week program for family members, caregivers, and partners of individuals living with mental illness. NAMI Family-to-Family provides information about anxiety, depressive disorders, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and other mental health conditions. Other topics covered include 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 (EB). For information on the research base for the program, visit   nami.org/research.

NAMI offers the NAMI Family-to-Family Education Program free of charge to participants; however, you must register for the class. Please scroll to the bottom of the page to complete the registration form.  For more information, please contact NAMI Franklin County at 614-501-6264 or email karen@namifc.org.

Participant Perspectives

“This course overall was the single most, without a doubt, helpful and informative thing ever offered in all my years searching for answers…it has helped me to understand better and communicate more effectively with my brother.”

“The course has helped me to realize that my son is still inside the body that is often times hidden by the mental illness and that I am not alone in this.”

Karen Cousins NAMI Franklin County 1225 Dublin Rd., Suite 050 Columbus, Ohio 43215

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About NAMI

NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness. NAMI Franklin County is an affiliate of NAMI Ohio. NAMI Franklin County and 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.

NAMI Family-to-Family

Family-to-Family classes are for the family, friend, partner, or caregiver of the person with mental illness. They are not for the person with the diagnosis.

Contact us to register for a NAMI Family-to-Family class

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Please Select The Date Of The Class You Would Like To Attend*
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Are You Involved With Their Care And/or Do You Interact With Them Regularly?*
Do You Have A Handicap That Requires Accommodation In The Classroom?*
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PLEASE DO NOT ROTATE OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS OR SEND A REPRESENTATIVE TO CLASS.

This class uses a teaching curriculum with various learning modules for each week. Each session builds upon material presented in previous weeks. Weekly class attendance is of primary importance. It is not a support group setting; however, throughout the class you will receive support.

Winter Session begins Thursday's, February 12 - April 2, 2026

Classes will be held on Zoom. Information will be supplied after registration.

6:00 – 8:30 p.m.

Family-to-Family classes are for the family, friend, partner, or caregiver of the person with mental illness. They are not for the person with the diagnosis.

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