Support Groups
You Are Not Alone
Peer Support Group
To support and empower. The goal of NAMI Wisconsin’s Peer Support Group is to offer a regularly occurring opportunity to share the challenges and successes of living with a mental health condition and receive support and informal recommendations through a truly peer environment. Groups offers respect, understanding, encouragement and hope.
Family Support Group
NAMI Family Support Group is a free and confidential, family member-led support group, for any adult with a loved one who has experienced symptoms of a mental health condition. Gain insight from the challenges and successes of others facing similar experiences.
Being Together - Online Groups
Being Together – NAMI Wisconsin, provides a directory of online support groups and classes for individuals across the state who do not have a local NAMI Affiliate or do not have certain support groups or classes provided by their local affiliate. This is a way to bring those in need of support together, regardless of their location. These support groups and classes are open to anyone in need within Wisconsin.
1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month 6:00PM-7:30PM
Hosted by At The Roots: 800 Wisconsin St, Bld 2D, Ste 301 Eau Claire, WI 54703
Peer Support Groups  are free, confidential, and safe groups open to any adult individual who identifies as living with a mental illness or mental health concern. Groups follow a flexible structure and include an educational activity. Individuals join a caring group of peers that offer support through their learned wisdom and participants can share as much or as little personal information as they wish.​
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​For first time participants, feel free to call 715-450-6484 or email info@namicv.org the NAMI Chippewa Valley office for further details.
1st Thursdays of the month 6:30PM-8:00PM
Gillette Room - 800 Wisconsin St, Bld 2D, 4th Floor Eau Claire, WI 54703
NAMI Family Support Group is a free and confidential, family member-led support group, for any adult with a loved one who has experienced symptoms of a mental health condition. Gain insight from the challenges and successes of others facing similar experiences.
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Research has shown that having someone to talk to is instrumental in the mental health recovery process. Too often, mental illness is an isolating experience, and not just for the individual but the family member as well. Families often face feelings of guilt and helplessness for their loved ones that can be addressed to a degree by a supportive peer community that offers support, encouragement, and insight. Recovery is possible for individuals with a mental health diagnosis, especially with the support of family and friends. NAMI  Family Support Groups are informal sources of support and guidance. Groups do not recommend or endorse any medications or other medical therapies.