NAMI Connections Recovery Support Group

NAMI Connection Recovery Support Group is a free, peer-led support group for adults, 18+, living with mental illness. Participants gain insight from hearing the challenges and successes of others, and the groups are led by NAMI-trained facilitators who’ve been there.

NAMI Family Support Group

NAMI Family Support Group is a peer-led support group for family members, caregivers, and loved ones of individuals living with mental illness. By sharing experiences in a safe and confidential setting, participants gain insight from the challenges and successes of others facing similar circumstances — while developing supportive relationships.

NAMI Ending the Silence

NAMI Ending the Silence is an engaging presentation that helps audience members learn about the warning signs of mental health conditions and what steps to take if you or a loved one are showing symptoms of a mental health condition. NAMI Ending the Silence presentations include two leaders: one presenter who shares an informative presentation and a young adult presenter who has struggled with their mental health but has found the road to recovery. Audience members can ask questions and gain understanding of an often-misunderstood topic.

The Alexa Project

This project honors Alexa, who in the face of stigma, spoke out courageously about her mental illness and her journey with bi-polar disorder. As the first youth in the area to be trained in NAMI’s #endingthesilence, Alexa helped develop a program that has reached thousands of young people in southeast Virginia. The Alexa Project recognizes all who live with mental illness and their courageous journeys.