Tehachapi Family Support Group
Tehachapi Family Support Group is a meeting place for those dealing with mental illness, family members, and their loved ones. This will be a place to ask questions, post announcements, and keep current on issues surrounding mental illness.
Real Name: Tehachapi Family Support Group Address: P. O. Box 262 Tehachapi, CA 93581 Member Since: June 28, 2007 Last Signed In: April 21, 2008 Profile Views: 35 Blog Views: 172 Start a New Year Not-So-Jolly Holidays Family Support Peer-to-Peer NAMI Tehachapi Support Group Blog Now Open June 07 July 07 August 07 September 07 October 07 November 07 December 07 January 08 February 08 March 08 April 08 May 08 June 08 July 08 August 08 September 08 October 08 
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Location:
113 East F Street,
Tehachapi, CA 93561
The first 2008 NAMI Family Support Group will be held on Tuesday, Jan 8. The meetings start promptly at 5:30 and are held at College Community Services, 113 Est F Street (enter through the alley on the north side of the building). NAMI Support Groups are different. They are not therapy sessions. Trained peer facilitators lead the group through sharing the here and now, solving immediate problems, and looking to the future for family members suffering with a mental illness. All attendees...
"It's a holly, jolly Christmas." "
"Tis the season to be jolly."
If these statements are hollow for you, you are not alone. Millions of Americans don't find this time of year full of joy, family, and laughter. Instead, they are sad or depressed. The less than jolly feeling can be the result of any number of factors.
1. Holiday Blues - The Holiday Blues can come before Christmas or after New Year's Day. It is usually the result of the stress of unrealistic...
Location:
113 East F Street,
Tehachapi, CA 93561
"I'm not terminally different," was the comment of one mother who found out that other parents and family members deal with the same issues when a loved one suffers with a serious and persistent mental illness. The NAMI Family Support Group is one way to connect with other family members who are going through the same trials and the same joys. NAMI Support Groups are led by trained family members and are not therapy sessions. Everyone is heard; all are respected. ...
Thursday evening is a special event for the Tehachapi Support Group. A celebration will be held to honor the graduates of the recent Peer-to-Peer class.
Peer-to-Peer is a unique program for people with serious illness mental illness. The program teaches 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.
Peer-to-Peer consists of nine two-hour units and is taught by a...
The Tehachapi NAMI Support Group has been in existence for two years. Now, we are opening this blog to educate, encourage, and support all people who are dealing with mental illness - either as a consumer or a family member.
This will be the place to meet between meetings and events. Also, will be a place to keep informed about local services and events.
You are invited to join us. Post questions, answers, frustrations (be nice though), and information about what is going on with you and...
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