Support Groups

NAMI-CT 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.

  • 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

Thomas Golden Center
St. Thomas More
The Catholic Chapel at Yale Univeristy
268 Park Street, 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, Fellowship Hall
590 West Avon Rd., Route 167, Avon
3rd Monday – 7:00 – 8:30pm
Janet (860) 620-7717

NAMI Hartford

Call for meeting Place/Time
Iris (860) 882-0236, membership@namict.org
Ben (203)843-3897, namihartford@gmail.com

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
Nancy (860) 523-4773

NAMI Shoreline

Friends & Family Support Group

Harbor Health Services
14 Sycamore Way, Branford
2nd Thursday – 7:00 – 8:30pm
Mary Alice (203) 481-8695
Lois (203) 453-9793

NAMI Southeast CT

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 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

St. John Lutheran Church
445 Providence Rd. (Rt. 6), Brooklyn
1st Tuesday 7:00 – 9:00pm
Ralph (860) 377-9682
Gail (860) 974-0426

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
Starting Jan. 12, 2nd Monday 7:00-8:30pm
Joan (860) 739-8822
Mary (860) 434-0737

Hamden

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

Madison

Scranton Public Library, History Room
Corner of Boston Post Rd. & Wall St.
801 Boston Post Road
4th Wednesday – 7:00 to 8:30pm
Wendy (203) 401-1322
wendyjhansen@sbcglobal.net
Susan- (203) 421-5563
cayerstout@hotmail.com

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, Cottage. 16, small white house,
Across from Haviland Hall
3rd Wed. 7:00 – 8:30pm
Jackie (860) 342-2786

North Grosvenordale

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

New Canaan (program of NAMI Stamford/Greenwich)

Silver Hill Hospital, 208 Valley Road
Jurgenson Bldg., Group Room 5
2nd Tuesday, 7:00-8:30pm
Peter (203) 322-3383
Lorraine (203) 858-1477

Putnam (program of NAMI Windham Cty.)

Day Kimball Hospital, 320 Pomfret Street,
RHF Conference Room
3rd Monday – 6:00 pm
Bill and Terri (860) 928-5947
Renee (860) 961-0318

Stamford(Spanish/Español) (program of NAMI Stamford/Greenwich)

Stamford Community Ctr., 805 Atlantic St.
2nd Wed. of the month 6:30 – 7:30pm
Irma (203) 388-1625

Torrington (program of NAMI Litchfield)

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, Community Room
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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