EDUCATION CLASS
NAMI Peer-to-Peer
NAMI Peer-to-Peer is a free, eight-session educational program for adults living with a mental health condition who want to better understand themselves and their recovery. It’s taught by trained leaders with lived experience, and it includes activities, discussions, and videos in a safe, confidential, and accepting environment.
This is a place to learn about recovery among people who genuinely relate to your experiences. As with all NAMI programs, it doesn’t recommend specific treatments — instead, it offers understanding, tools, and mutual support.
About this program
Peer-to-Peer is built around the idea that recovery is not only possible but, for many people living with mental illness today, probable. The course is led by trained mentors who are themselves in recovery, so every session is grounded in real, shared experience.
What you'll learn
- A deeper understanding of your own experiences and mental health
- Current information on how the brain works and how symptoms relate to your experiences
- How to create a personalized relapse-prevention and wellness plan
- Tools to prepare for and get the most out of interactions with health care providers
- Skills for making decisions, setting goals, and reducing stress
- Strategies for building a support network and speaking up for yourself
- Wisdom and encouragement drawn from shared experience
Who this is for
Peer-to-Peer is for any adult (18+) living with a mental health condition who wants to focus on their own recovery and wellness. No official diagnosis is required. If you’re a family member or friend supporting someone else, our Family-to-Family class is the equivalent program for you.
What participants say
“NAMI Peer-to-Peer gave me hope when I was close to giving up. I realized that things can and do get better and that my mental health condition doesn’t define me.”
— Peer-to-Peer participant
“It made me feel I was not alone in coping with mental illness; it gave me hope that I could recover.”
— Peer-to-Peer participant
Also available in Spanish
Peer-to-Peer is also offered in Spanish as De Persona a Persona de NAMI.
Next sessions
No sessions are scheduled right now. Check back soon, or call us at 702-369-4357 to be notified when the next one opens.
- COST
- Free — no insurance required
- LANGUAGE
- English · Spanish support available
Also offered online
Virtual sessions available via Zoom. Same program, same results — from anywhere in Nevada.
Program interest form
Session not currently scheduled? Submit your interest and we’ll notify you when the next one opens.
Questions?
Call us at 702-890-9729 or book a CARES peer support session if you’d like to talk something through one-on-one first.