Connections

The NAMI Connection Recovery Support Group Program is a peer-based, mutual support group program for any adult living with a mental illness. Connection groups provide a place for individuals who have in common the experience of living with mental illness, to share experiences and use them as learning opportunities. Groups are a safe space to confront the challenges that all people face, regardless of diagnosis.

Each group: 

  • Meets weekly for 90 minutes
  • Is offered free of charge to NAMI members and non-members alike
  • Follows a flexible structure without an educational format
  • Does not recommend or endorse any medications or other medical therapies or modalities
  • Is facilitated by trained people living in recovery

All groups are confidential; participants can share as much or as little personal information as they wish. Connection groups maintain a positive atmosphere through sincere, uncritical acceptance modeled by the facilitators, the guideline to “keep it in the here and now,” and the invitation for group members to share “what has worked” for them. 

These groups provide a place that offers respect, understanding, encouragement, and hope. Connection groups should add to, and not replace, the treatment plans determined by individuals and their mental health care provider.

 

Metro Denver Connection Support Groups 

NAMI Arapahoe/Douglas
Meets 1st and 3rd Monday from 7:00PM – 8:30PM Virtually
Contact:  outreach@namiadco.org or 303-991-7688 to Pre-Register

NAMI Boulder County

Meets every other Tuesday evening from 6:30-8:00pm MT virtually

To register, please contact Julia at: jkaufman@namibouldercounty.org or Casey at casey.dunne@colorado.edu.

NAMI Colorado (other metro Denver options)

Every Monday – 6:30-8 pm 

1st Tuesday of the month – 6:30-8 pm 

2nd Tuesday of the month – 6:30-8 pm  

Every Wednesday – 6:30-8 pm 

Every Thursday – 6:30-8 pm 

To receive a link to attend one of the above, please email one of the following facilitators and specify which evening you are interested in attending: 

Laura:  lauramoran1234@comcast.net

Ray:   ray@namicolorado.org

For more information about metro Denver in person Connections contact:

Laura:  lauramoran1234@comcast.net

 

Connection Support Groups Outside  Denver Metro Area

 

NAMI Colorado Springs:
Meets Thursdays from  7:00PM – 8:30PM
First United Methodist Church
420 N. Nevada Ave Room 234
Contact:  719-473-8477

NAMI Colorado Springs
Meets Tuesday from 7:00PM – 7:30PM Virtually
Contact:  719-473-8477

Larimer County
Meets 1st and 3rd Friday from 5:30PM – 7:00PM
1148 E. Elizabeth St, Fort Collins, 80525
Contact:  Cathy  wkever@comcast.net
970-282-8796

NAMI Roaring Fork Valley
Meets 1st and 3rd Thursday from 6:00PM – 7:30PM
Church of Christ
260 Soccer Field Road, Glenwood Springs
Contact:  Linda 970-319-9432

NAMI Southeast Colorado
Meets Thursdays from 4:30PM – 6:00PM
First Presbyterian Church
210 W 10th St, Pueblo
Contact:  Dominique  719-315-4975

NAMI Southeast Colorado
Meets Tuesdays from 6:00PM – 7:30PM
Virtual (via Zoom)
Contact:  Call Courtney at 719-725-7347 or Email courtney.mae.sledge@gmail.com

NAMI Union Colony Greeley
Meets Tuesday from 4:00PM – 5:30PM Virtually
Email:  Jay Thomas Call: 970-356-0733