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Support Groups

NAMI Connecticut offers a variety of support groups throughout the state in conjunction with its local affiliates, including groups for parents, siblings, spouses, and parents of children and adolescents, and people with psychiatric disorders. New groups are started all the time so be sure to check back regularly to this page if you don’t see a group in your area.

  • NAMI Affiliate Friends and Family Support Groups
  • Other NAMI Friends and Family Support Groups
  • NAMI-CAN Support Groups (Child and Adolescent Network)
  • The Connection Support Groups

The Connection Support Groups are listed on the For Consumers page.

NAMI Elm City

Stop & Shop Community Room, 2nd Floor
150 Whalley Avenue, New Haven
1st Thursday – 7:00pm-8:30pm
Elaine (203) 777-1111
Lisa (203) 488-0168

NAMI Fairfield

Friends & Family Support Group

First Congregational Church
148 Beach Rd., Fairfield
1st Wednesday, Speaker Meeting
3rd Wednesday, Support Group
Both Meetings 7:30-9:00pm
Judy (203) 650-3463

NAMI Farmington Valley

Friends & Family Support Group

Valley Community Baptist Church, Valley Cafe Room
590 West Avon Rd., Route 167, Avon
3rd Monday – 7:00 – 8:30pm
Janet (860) 620-7717

NAMI Hartford

95 Woodland Street, Conference Room A
1st Wednesday of the month 6:00pm-7:30pm
Iris (860) 281-8592

NAMI Manchester

Friends & Family Support Group

Center Church, Manchester
3rd Thursday – 7:00 – 8:30pm
Mary (860) 645-9563

NAMI Newington

Friends & Family Support Group

Joseph Doyle Senior Ctr. 120 Cedar St.
2nd Tuesday – 7:00 – 9:30pm
Michelle (860) 205-9542

NAMI Southeastern Connecticut

Friends & Family Support

South Eastern Mental Health Authority
401 West Thames St., Bldg 301, Norwich
1st & 3rd Wednesday – 7:00 – 9:00pm
Julia (860) 859-4658

NAMI Shoreline

Friends & Family Support Group

Madison

Scranton Public Library, History Room
Corner of Boston Post Rd. & Wall St.
801 Boston Post Road
4th Wednesday – 7:00 to 8:30pm
Dan / huntonting@gmail.com
Jeanne (203) 453-2530 / Jeanne.proctor@sbcglobal.net
Susan- (203) 421-5563 / cayerstout@hotmail.com

NAMI Stamford Greenwich

Friends & Family Support Group

Tully Health Ctr, 32 Strawberry Hill Court
Conf. Rm. B, Stamford
1st Wednesday 7:30 – 9:00pm
3rd Wed. Educational Meetings(call to see if scheduled)
Peter (203) 322-3383
Lorraine (203) 858-1477

NAMI Waterbury

Friends & Family Support Group

Old Russell School, 969 West Main St.
2nd & 4th Wednesday – 7:00 – 8:30pm
Karin (203) 264-4408

NAMI Windham County

Friends & Family Support Group

Quinebaug Valley Community College Room A-131
742 Upper Maple Street, Danielson
1st Tuesday – - 6:30-8:30pm
Ginny (860)774-3690
Bill (860) 928-5947

NAMI Windsor Locks

Friends & Family Support Group

Kettlebrook Nursing Home
96 Prospect Road, East Windsor
2nd Sunday – 2:00pm
Judy (860) 627-0489

Other NAMI Family Support Groups

Bloomfield (A program of NAMI Farmington)

Bloomfield Senior Center, 330 Park Avenue, Bloomfield
First Monday 7:00 – 8:30pm
Marisa (860) 299-5705 marisawalls@sbcglobal.net
Carmen (860) 217-1948 c.monaco@comcast.net

Bristol (A program of NAMI Newington)

CMHA, 81 North Main Street, Bristol
Last Wednesday 6:00- 8:00pm
Michele (860) 205-9542

East Lyme (A program of NAMI S.E. CT)

St Agnes Church Hall
2nd Monday 7:00-8:30pm
Joan (860) 739-8822
Mary (860) 434-0737

Greenwich (program of NAMI Stamford Greenwich)

Greenwich Hospital, Cafeteria-Conference Room (First floor)
Perryridge Road, Greenwich,CT
3rd Thursday, 7:00-8:30pm
Peter (203) 322-3383
Lorraine (203) 858-1477

Hamden

The Whitney Center
200 Leeder Hill Road, Hamden
3rd Wednesday 7:00-9:00pm
Laura (203) 389-6325

Mansfield (program of NAMI Windham Cty)

Natchaug Hospital
189 Storrs Road (Rt. 195)
2nd Monday – 6:30 – 8:30pm
Dexter (860) 429-9844
Carol (860) 423-7601

Meriden (program of NAMI Waterbury)

Rushford Center,
883 Paddock Ave.
Last Wed. of the month 6:30 – 8:00pm
Barbara (203) 599-5205

Middletown (program of NAMI Newington)

CVH, Page Hall, Room 212
3rd Wed. 7:00 – 8:30pm
Jackie (860) 342-2786

New Canaan (program of NAMI Stamford Greenwich)

Silver Hill Hospital, 208 Valley Road
Jurgenson Bldg., Group Room 1
2nd Tuesday, 7:00-8:30pm
Peter (203) 322-3383
Lorraine (203) 858-1477

North Grosvenordale

Thompson Library/Community Center
934 Riverside Drive, Thompson
2nd Monday of the month 6:30 – 8:00pm
Sonya (860) 923-9344

Norwalk (program of NAMI Stamford Greenwich)

Starting on SEPTEMBER 4TH 2012
Norwalk Hospital, CP2 Conference Room
34 Maple Street, Norwalk, CT 06850
1ST Tuesday, 6:30-8:30pm
Lucie (203) 855-3530

Putnam (program of NAMI Windham Cty.)

Congregational Church (back entrance – meeting in the dining hall)
175 Main St, Putnam, CT
3rd Monday – 6:00 pm
Bill and Terri (860) 928-5947

Torrington

284 Chestnut Hill Road
2nd Tuesday – 7:00 – 9:00pm
Joan (860) 489-0018

Watertown (Spousal Support Group)

(A program of NAMI Waterbury)
First Congregational Church, DeForrest St.
3rd Monday – 7:30 – 9:00pm
Bev (860) 274-5841

Westport (program of NAMI Stamford Greenwich)

St. Vincent’s Behavioral Health Services
(formerly Hall-Brooke Behavioral Health Services)
47 Long Lots Road, Board Room, Lower Level
Last Tuesday, 6:30-8:00 p.m.
Jenna (203) 286-4697 or jrm6855@yahoo.com

NAMI-CAN Support Groups

Dayville

United Services
1007 North Main Street, Dayville
1st Wednesday – 6:30-8:00pm
Lorna (860) 456-0038, ext. 350
Grivois620@comcast.net

Manchester (A program of NAMI Manchester)

Faith Baptist Church,
52 Lake Street, Manchester
2nd Tuesday – 6:30 to 8:30pm
Karen (860) 895-1292

Mansfield

Community Health Resources
7B Ledgebrook Drive, Mansfield
4th Monday – 6:30 to 8:00pm
Lorna (860) 456-0038 ext. 350

Meriden (Bilingual English/Spanish)

Child Guidance Clinic for Central CT
384 Pratt Street, Meriden
3rd Wednesday 5:00-6:45pm
Marta (203) 535-4804 or mperisa@cox.net

Stamford (A Program of NAMI Stamford Greenwich)

Tully Health Ctr, 32 Strawberry Hill Court
Conf. Rm. B, Stamford
2nd Tuesday 10:00 – 11:30am
Dawn at (203) 249-5935 or
Lorraine (203) 858-1477

Waterbury (A program of NAMI Waterbury)

Old Russell School, 969 West Main St.
3rd Wednesday of the month 7–8:30pm
Kim (203) 578-5447

Waterbury (A program of NAMI Waterbury)

Waterbury Youth Service Bureau
95 N. Main St.
1st & 3rd Tuesday 10:00am to 12pm
Debbie (203) 757-7569-home
(203) 592-5537-cell

Waterford

Waterford Public Library
49 Rope Ferry Road
1st Thursday 7:30pm to 8:45
Michelle (860) 514-8018
creegirl03@yahoo.com

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