NAMI Family-to-Family and Peer-to-Peer classes resume Oct. 7

National Alliance of Mental Illness (NAMI) Marion County, Inc. announced that its Family-to-Family and Peer-to-Peer classes will resume Oct. 7.

NAMI Marion County’s Family-to-Family classes will run from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. via a Zoom link that will be provided upon registration. NAMI Family-to-Family is a free, eight-session education program for family, friends, and significant others of adults with mental health conditions. It offers instruction about anxiety, depressive disorders, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and other mental health conditions. Other topics covered include communication, problem solving, treatment, and recovery.

NAMI Marion County’s Peer-to-Peer classes will run from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. via a Zoom link that will be provided upon registration. NAMI Peer-to-Peer is a free, eight-session recovery course for adults 18 and older with a mental health condition. It offers information, skills, resources, and a community of support. Participants learn in an environment of respect, understanding, encouragement and hope. No formal diagnosis is required.

For more information or to register for either class, visit www.namiocala.org or call John Podkomorski, NAMI Marion County Executive Director, 352-875-9890.