This is a free group formed by friends, family members, and professionals who are impacted by someone with a severe mental illness/serious brain disease.  A Certified Family Life Educator facilitates it with lived experience as a family member and a “seasoned professional.”  It meets every Sunday at 7 pm (resuming September 7, 2025) and every Tuesday at noon (resuming September 16, 2025).

• The Replanting Lives Peer Support Program is a group for all who want better, more effective outcomes in their relationships with family members, professionals, and those who have severe brain diseases.
• This group focuses on adjusting to a new family dynamic through skills, exercises, and discussions on various topics including “Symptom Management,” “Establishing Healthy Boundaries,” “Sense of Loss,” “Effective Communication,” and many other topics.
• This group’s focus is on caregivers and family members, and their needs.
• The group meets weekly for 60 minutes via zoom.
• Meetings are structured on the successful 12 Steps of AA with an Opening, Topic, and the closing (Serenity Prayer).
• The program is financed through donations and grants.
• What is said in the group stays in the group.  Confidentiality is expected and respected.

Straight Talk About Mental Illness