NAMI Family Support Group
Are you an adult with a loved one who has experienced symptoms of a mental health condition? If so, our NAMI Family Support Group can help. We provide a safe, accepting and confidential setting to learn from the challenges and successes of others. Our trained facilitators have family members living mental health conditions. They lead our meetings with respect, understanding, encouragement and hope. NAMI’s support groups are unique because we follow a structured model to ensure we hear you and you get what you need. Email Barbara Vinson for more information: bvinson@namiguadalupecounty.org
When?
We meet on the second Monday of each month from 6:30-8 p.m.
Where?
We meet at Seguin's First Methodist Church (the Pumpkin Patch church). The address is 710 North Austin Street, Seguin, TX 78155. Enter from the back parking lot. We'll have a person or signs to direct people to the meeting room.
What should you know?
Family Support Groups are open to adults (18+) with a family member who lives with a mental health condition.
You may attend free of cost.
Group leaders are trained family members of people with mental health conditions.
We do not recommend any specific medical therapy or treatment.
We meet for 90 minutes on the first and third Wednesdays of each month.
Discussions are confidential.
NAMI Guadalupe County does not allow observers into these groups.
Principles of Support
We will see the person first, not the illness.
We recognize that mental illnesses are medical illnesses that may have environmental triggers.
We understand that mental illnesses can be traumatic events.
We aim for better coping skills.
We find strength in sharing experiences.
We reject stigma and do not tolerate discrimination.
We won’t judge anyone’s pain as less than our own.
We forgive ourselves and reject guilt.
We embrace humor as healthy.
We accept we cannot solve all problems.
We expect a future that’s ours to shape.
We will never give up hope.