NAMI Peer-To-Peer
Peer-to-Peer is a unique, experiential learning program for people with any serious mental illness who are interested in establishing and maintaining their wellness and recovery.
Peer-to-Peer consists of ten two-hour units and is taught by a team of two trained mentors and a volunteer support person who are personally experienced at living well with mental illness. The mentors are trained in an intensive three-day training session and are supplied with teaching manuals.
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.
Courses in New York State are listed below by county. If you do not find a course in your area listed here please contact Stephen Oby at 800-950-3228 or by e-mail at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
New York
Thursday Afternoons in Manhattan, Spring 2013
- Every Thursday starting February 14, 2013, 3:30-5:30 p.m.
- NAMI NYC Metro, 505 8th Avenue, Manhattan
- Contact: Alice Morris 718-265-1079
Monday Evenings in Manhattan, Spring 2013
- Every Monday starting February 25, 2013, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
- NAMI NYC Metro, 505 8th Avenue, Manhattan
- Contact: Pamela Solomon 212-684-3365x218
Saturday Afternoons in Manhattan, Spring 2013
- Every Saturday starting March 9, 2013, 2:30-4:30 p.m.
- NAMI NYC Metro, 505 8th Avenue, Manhattan
- Contact: Steve Weisman 347-764-6518
