Support Groups

NAMI Connections Recovery Support Group is a peer support group for adults, 18 years or older, living with a mental illness. It lasts 90 minutes and is free to participants (no membership required). NAMI Connections Recovery Support Group follows a flexible structure without an educational format and does not endorse any medications or medical therapies. All groups are confidential. Any and all diagnoses welcome. No need to RSVP, just come.

NAMI Connections Recovery Support Group is only for people with a diagnosed mental illness. Please no family members; there is a support group specifically for family members. Due to confidentiality, health and human services students are not welcome (i.e. medical, nursing, social work students).

                                                      Connections Meetings
                 
                                         Date: 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month
                                         Time: 7:00 PM
                                         Location: The Crisis Center
                                                          100 Oakview Avenue
                                                          Bristol, Virginia 24201
                                         Contact: Ashley Church and/or Della McGuire
                                                        Phone: (276) 466-2218
                                                        Email: swvanami@gmail.com

* The Crisis Center is next to the Housing Authority. If you are on State Sreet, get on Piedmont Avenue and go pass the library, Blackbird Bakery, and the Bristol City Health Dept.; under the underpass; and take the fork in the road. The Crisis Center is right where the road forks. It is a small light gray/white building. If you need further directions, please call or email us.*
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NAMI Family Support Groups are 90 minute support groups run by family members of people living with a mental illness for family members and loved ones (including friends) of people living with a mental illness. NAMI Family Support Groups are free to attend. They follow a flexible structure without an educational format and does not recommend or endorse any specific medication or medical therapy. NAMI Family Support Groups are confidential. No need to RSVP, just come.

                                              Family Support Group Meetings

                                            Date: 2nd Tuesday of the month

                                            Time: 6:00 PM
                                            Location: Wythe County Library
                                                             Community Meeting Room
                                                             300 E. Monroe Street
                                                              Wytheville, Virginia 24382
                                            Contact: Barbara Bartnik
                                                           Phone: (276) 686-5590
                                                           Email: swvanami@gmail.com