Support Groups
NAMI Dane County's support groups are facilitated by NAMI-trained volunteers who have lived experience managing a mental health condition. Volunteers are considered to be “experts of their own experience,” but they are not trained clinicians. This means our groups are not clinical treatment groups.
Groups for specific populations (i.e. Women's, Young Adult, and LBGTQIA+ groups) are facilitated by individuals who identify as being a member of the specified population. Similarly, the Family Support Group is facilitated by family members of a person living with a mental illness.
NAMI Dane County Support Groups are provided at no cost to participants. This contributes to our mission of providing access to mental health support in Dane County and the surrounding areas.
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If you are a new participant in our support groups:
After you complete the NEW PARTICIPANT interest form you will receive an email from us with general information and the Zoom links for all of our support groups.
If you are an existing participant in our support groups:
You no longer need to sign up for groups.
You were sent an email with the Zoom links for all of our support groups. If you did not receive this email or cannot find it, please contact us at quinn@namidanecounty.org so we can update your contact information in our database and provide you with the links for our groups.
BEING TOGETHER PEER SUPPORT GROUP (VIRTUAL):
Join us if: You live anywhere in Wisconsin and are looking for support from others. Open to all adults with any diagnoses or mental health concerns. This group is hosted by NAMI Dane County once a month, but is a group operated through NAMI WI that is meant to support the mental health of individuals all over the state, especially if you live in a county without support group access. Also open to folks who live in Dane County.
When: 2nd Thursday @ 6:30pm-8pm
BEING TOGETHER family SUPPORT GROUP (VIRTUAL):
Join us if: You live anywhere in Wisconsin and are looking for support from others. Open to all adults with family members, significant others, and friends of people with any diagnoses or mental health concerns. This group is hosted by NAMI Fox Valley once a month, but is a group operated through NAMI WI that is meant to support family members all over the state, especially if you live in a county without support group access. Also open to folks who live in Dane County.
When: 4th Thursday @ 6:30pm-8pm
If you are interested in joining either the Being Together Peer Support Group and/or the Being Together Family Support Group, please complete a one-time registration using this link.