Connection

The NAMI Connection Recovery Support Group Program is a peer-based, mutual support group program for any adult living with a mental illness. Connection groups provide a place for individuals who have in common the experience of living with mental illness, to share experiences and use them as learning opportunities. Groups are a safe space to confront the challenges that all people face, regardless of diagnosis.

Each group: 

  • Meets weekly for 90 minutes
  • Is offered free of charge to NAMI members and non-members alike
  • Follows a flexible structure without an educational format
  • Does not recommend or endorse any medications or other medical therapies or modalities
  • Is facilitated by trained people living in recovery

All groups are confidential; participants can share as much or as little personal information as they wish. Connection groups maintain a positive atmosphere through sincere, uncritical acceptance modeled by the facilitators, the guideline to “keep it in the here and now,” and the invitation for group members to share “what has worked” for them. 

These groups provide a place that offers respect, understanding, encouragement, and hope. Connection groups should add to, and not replace, the treatment plans determined by individuals and their mental health care provider.

Metro Denver Connection Support Groups 

NAMI Arapahoe/Douglas
Meets 1st and 3rd Monday from 7:00PM – 8:30PM Virtually
Contact:  outreach@namiadco.org or 303-991-7688 to Pre-Register

NAMI Boulder County

Meets every other Tuesday evening from 6:30-8:00pm MT virtually

To register, please contact Julia at: jkaufman@namibouldercounty.org or Casey at casey.dunne@colorado.edu.

NAMI Colorado (other metro Denver options)

Every Monday via Zoom: 6:30pm-8:00pm

Every Tuesday via Zoom: 6:30pm-8:00pm 

Every Wednesday via Zoom: 6:30pm-8:00pm  

Every Thursday via Zoom: 6:30pm-8:00pm

2nd & 4th Friday via Zoom: 5:30pm-7:00pm

3rd Sunday of the month via In-Person: 2:30pm-4:00pm

To receive a link/location information to attend one of the above, please contact:

Athena: athena@namicolorado.org or 303-321-3104

 

Connection Support Groups Outside  Denver Metro Area

NAMI Colorado Springs:

Meets Thursdays from  7:00PM – 8:30PM
First United Methodist Church
420 N. Nevada Ave Room 234
Contact:  719-473-8477

NAMI Colorado Springs

Meets Tuesday from 7:00PM – 7:30PM Virtually

Contact:  719-473-8477

Larimer County
Meets 1st and 3rd Friday from 5:30PM – 7:00PM
Virtual
Contact:  Cathy  wkever@comcast.net
970-282-8796

NAMI Roaring Fork Valley
Meets 1st and 3rd Thursday from 6:00PM – 7:30PM
Church of Christ
260 Soccer Field Road, Glenwood Springs
Contact:  Linda 970-319-9432

NAMI Southeast Colorado
None currently scheduled

NAMI Union Colony Greeley
Meets Tuesday from 4:00PM – 5:30PM Virtually
Email:  Jay Thomas Call: 970-356-0733