Support Groups

 

Across the country, thousands of trained NAMI volunteers bring peer-led programs to a wide variety of community settings, from churches to schools to NAMI Lexington and Participation Station. With the unique understanding of people with lived experience, these programs and support groups provide outstanding free education, skills training, and support.

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Peer Support Groups

For indi­vid­u­als liv­ing with a men­tal health con­di­tion and seek­ing the sup­port of oth­ers in sim­i­lar circumstances.

Par­tic­i­pa­tion Sta­tion Information

Par­tic­i­pa­tion Sta­tion Schedule

Par­tic­i­pa­tion Sta­tion Open Link ‑vir­tu­al access to Par­tic­i­pa­tion Sta­tion’s edu­ca­tion­al and sup­port groups

 

 

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Family Support Groups

For fam­i­ly mem­bers and loved ones of some­one with a men­tal health con­di­tion, seek­ing encour­age­ment and guidance. 

Fam­i­ly Sup­port Group Sched­ule and Information

 

 

 

 

 

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Schizophrenia Alliance Support Group

This group is a nation­al­ly rec­og­nized 6‑step pro­gram for indi­vid­u­als deal­ing with Schiz­o­phre­nia, Psy­chosis, Schizoaf­fec­tive D/O, and oth­er relat­ed dis­or­ders. The group will typ­i­cal­ly run 60–90 min­utes and fol­low the guid­ance of the “Blue Book” which was devel­oped by Joanne Ver­ban­ic, the founder of Schiz­o­phre­nia Anonymous.

Sat­ur­day, April 8th, 2023 — 3:00pm
Reoc­cur­ring on Every Sat­ur­day
Par­tic­i­pa­tion Sta­tion
869 Spar­ta Court, Lex­ing­ton, KY 40508

Click Here for Schiz­o­phre­nia Alliance Sup­port Group Fly­er PDF

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Young Adult Support Group

The NAMI Young Adult Group offers sup­port, infor­ma­tion, and fel­low­ship to young adults, ages 18–35, expe­ri­enc­ing men­tal health con­cerns. The group meets on the third Tues­day of each month via Zoom video con­fer­ence and occa­sion­al­ly for com­mu­ni­ty social out­ings. To be noti­fied of month­ly meet­ings please email Tra­cy at tracynamilex@gmail.com and your email will be placed on the group list­serv to receive month­ly group notifications.

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System Navigators

Many indi­vid­u­als have needs address­ing hous­ing, food, util­i­ties, edu­ca­tion­al and voca­tion­al ser­vices, health care fam­i­ly ser­vices, ongo­ing recov­ery sup­ports, ben­e­fits issues, etc.

Meet Our Sys­tem Navigators

 

 

 

 

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Fayette Mental Health Diversion Court

Using an inte­grat­ed approach involv­ing court super­vi­sion, men­tal health treat­ment ser­vices, edu­ca­tion, employ­ment, and per­son­al account­abil­i­ty , Fayette Men­tal Health Court seeks pos­i­tive and long-last­ing changes in the lives of its participants. 

Fayette Men­tal Health Diver­sion Court

 

 

 

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Double Trouble in Recovery

Dou­ble Trou­ble in Recov­ery (DTR) is an inde­pen­dent, Twelve Step fel­low­ship of indi­vid­u­als who share their expe­ri­ence, strength, and hope with each oth­er so that they may solve their com­mon prob­lems and help oth­ers to recov­er from their par­tic­u­lar addiction(s) and man­age their men­tal disorder(s). 

Ken­tucky Dou­ble Trou­ble in Recov­ery Website

Find a Meeting

Twelve Steps of Dou­ble Trou­ble in Recovery

Twelve Tra­di­tions of Dou­ble Trou­ble in Recovery

 

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