Triangle Area Support Groups

FAN - Parents of Special Needs Children - Parents of Special Needs Children - First Saturdays with Sally Maslansky, MFT, based on fundamentals of "Parenting From the Inside Out," by Dr. Dan Siegel. NO JULY MEETING. Contact Julie Bailey at julie@mhatriangle.org for meeting times and location.

NAMI Connections - for adults living with mental illness. Fourth (4th) Wednesdays at Freedom House Recovery Center, 201 Stateside Drive, Chapel Hill. Contact Leslie at bsparkle85@yahoo.com or call NAMI Orange hotline at 919.929.7822 for info. 

NAMI support group for family members of someone struggling with mental illness - second Saturdays, 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., Church of Reconciliation on Elliot Rd., Chapel Hill. Contact namioclistserv@gmail.com or call Else at 919.259.7095. For NAMI affiliates throughout the Triangle, click here.

NAMI support group for family members of someone struggling with mental illness - second and fourth Thursdays, 7:00 to 8:30 p.m., at Seymour Senior Center, Homestead Drive, Chapel Hill. Contact lisafhamill@gmail.com for details.

Compassionate Friends - third Mondays of each month, 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. at Evergreen UMC, Hwy. 15-501 south, 1/2 mile past Cole Park Plaza. Grief support for parents and siblings of deceased children. For info call 919.595.1010. There are groups in Raleigh and in Sanford as well. Click here for additional information.

Grief support for friends and family members of homicide or suicide victims - first Monday of each month - 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. at Chatham County Council on Aging in Pittsboro. For details, contact Darien Russell at 919.837.2205.

Hopeline, Inc - crisis hotline 919.231.4525

Wellness City in Durham - recovery-based practices and programs for people living with mental illness, includes WRAP classes and Peer Support Specialist Training. Contact Kimberly Chansen at 919.681.4041.