Sunday, April 11

To Move or Not to Move. We want EVERYONE's ideas and opinions on whether we should make the move! To discuss this very important step even more, YOU ARE INVITED to come to the church at any or all of the following times to share.

Peer-to-Peer is a unique, experiential learning program for anyone with a serious mental illness who is interested in establishing and maintaining wellness and recovery. The nine, weekly, two or three hour units will be taught by a team of three trained “Mentors” who are personally experienced at living well with mental illness. Mentors are trained in weekend-long training sessions and supplied with teaching manuals.

The course written by Kathryn Cohan McNulty is sponsored by NAMI T/M (National Alliance on Mental Illness, Thurston-Mason). Anyone with a significant mental illness, who also lives in Thurston or Mason Counties, may register to take the classes on Wednesdays beginning January 27, 2010 from 1:00 to 3:30 in Lacey, most likely at our facility located at 6326 Martin Way E, Suite 103. Since this is a service provided to the public there are no membership dues or fees required to take the class.

Likewise materials are provided at no cost. Participants come away from the course with a binder of hand-out materials, as well as many other tangible resources: an advance directive; a “relapse prevention plan” to help identify tell-tale feelings, thoughts, behavior, or events that may warn of impending relapse and to organize for intervention; mindfulness exercises to help focus and calm thinking; and survival skills for working with providers and the general public.

Registration forms will be sent to people who request them by calling Carlene at 360 455-4277, by sending an email to namitm@live.com, or by sending a written request to NAMI T/M, 4305 Lacey Blvd SE, Suite 5, Lacey, WA 98503. Leave enough information so we can send a registration form or contact you.

There is a minimum and a maximum number of people who can take the class at one time. If you, or someone you know is interested, please contact us soon.