Family Support Group

Purpose: To integrate the consumer’s family and/or chosen supports into the recovery process of  the consumer.  Consumers are at the center of all decisions Who to invite; which topics to discuss and not to discuss Duration: 1-3 meetings with a consumer of mental health services, their family and/or chosen supports. Components: There are several distinct […]

NAMI-NYS is the state organization of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, the nation’s largest grassroots organization for people with mental illness and their families. Founded in 1979, NAMI has affiliates in every state and in more than 1,100 local communities across the country. NAMI-NYS provides support to family and friends of individuals with mental […]

2002-2005-  McFarlane’s Multifamily Psychoeducation Group Initiative This inititative consisted of 34 agencies throughout New York State with half of them organized into Learning Collaboratives. The Family Institute taught this evidence based practice model of multifamily group, provided technical assistance and on-site supervision supporting agencies with setting up, recruiting for and maintaining the groups within their agencies. […]