Dear NAMI CCNS Members: We will be holding our Annual Meeting of Members on Tuesday, September 13, 2022, at 7:00 p.m. This meeting will be conducted via Zoom. At the meeting, we will: Elect Directors. A brief biography of each nominee is included in the attached proxy statement BELOW. Transact...
Do You Have a Loved One Living with Mental Illness? NAMI Cook County North Suburban Offers Free Family to Family Education Programs The NAMI Family-to-Family Education Program is a 12-session course for families and close friends of adults living with mental illness. This course is taught by trained teachers who...
6 Week Process Group Teens Ages 12-17 Wed 12PM / In-person / Starts July 20 Thur 8PM / Virtual / Starts July 21 Adults Ages 18+ Mon 2PM / In-person / Starts July 18 Thur 9PM / Virtual / Starts July 20 In light of the recent tragedy in our...
This free NAMI support group is designed to assist Illinoisans who are grappling with the emotional aftermath of Monday’s Highland Park tragedy or other violent event, and who are not living with a diagnosed mental health concern. (If you are living with a mental health concern, please check out the special...
NAMI CONNECTIONS is a confidential support group exclusively for people who live with a mental health condition. This Wednesday and Friday, NAMI offers a special Connection group specifically for people who are grappling with the emotional aftermath of the recent violence in Highland Park or another violent incident in your...
About this event Co-sponsored by the Northwestern University Asian American Studies Program and Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) Asian Hate, Identity, & Trauma in a Pandemic: Asian American Short Films Curated by Huu T. Ly with respondents: Ji-Yeon Yuh, Director, Northwestern University Asian American Studies Program, and Dr. Qianhui Zhang, Clinical Psychologist, Northwestern...
We have experienced a collective trauma from the Pandemic. This presentation will explore trauma through the lens of Adverse Childhood Experiences. Brain Development and circumstances that give rise to issues of attachment and attunement will be discussed. Understanding trauma is the first step in addressing the symptoms that result from...
Please join Dr. Candice Hughes for a Zoom webinar Topic: CoVid 19- Current and Future Mental Health Challenges | Navigating Challenges and Opportunities for Families Throughout these past two years, families have been significantly impacted by the many ways in which COVID-19 has changed the structure and quality of their...
The learning goals for this talk are: Understand the complex challenges caregivers face Learn how to navigate a crisis for our loved ones and ourselves Learn from caregivers with lived experience Recognize that self-acceptance is a journey Facilitated by Christine Somervill, Ph.D., Program Director, NAMI Cook County North Suburban Speakers:...
NAMI CCNS and the Pritzker Pucker Studio Lab have teamed up to shine a light on how mental illness is misrepresented in media outlets. February 16 we will launch a series of discussions and film previews by Director David Tolchinsky and Northwestern Students. MENTAL HEALTH IN THE CINEMA ARTS: Meet...
https://ga.video.cdn.pbs.org/videos/mysteries-mental-illness/cff074e1-d508-4a2d-9b23-1082b239c82d/2000240866/hd-16x9-mezzanine-1080p/e2-ryan-mains-mp4-720p-3000k.mp4 Characters include Ryan Mains, a former firefighter and Iraq veteran struggling with PTSD, Mia Yamamoto, born in a Japanese internment camp, who became California’s first openly transgender lawyer, throughout her life resisting being labeled as having a ‘mental illness’; and Michael Walrond, a Harlem based pastor and healer who...
We all experience loss, but all handle it differently. Through loss, we go through unique categories of grief. This webinar will discuss the difference between the normal reaction of grief and mental illnesses such as depression. We’ll practice strategies of self-care and best practices when trying to support others through...
Join us for a special afternoon of community for all of our Sundays at One for all of our special needs individuals. RSVP to Roberta Chernawsky (847) 962 – 4243 or rchernawsky@aol.com Activity – Ukraine Service Project Aid Collection Project for Ukraine As you know, there is a terrible war...
Join the high school group chat for students. We’ll come together in a safe talk space for confidential conversations to share your life, and what’s on your mind. Too often there are things that we just don’t want to share with people that are too close to us. Things that...
NEW- NAMI Streams! Curated mental health content from the most reliable source- The National Alliance on Mental Illness! NAMI Ask the Expert: Collaborative and Proactive Solutions In this NAMI Ask the Expert webinar, clinical psychologist Dr. Ross Greene will provide an overview of his extensive work around the school...