NAMI Greater Boston

PSAN & MBRLC Walk
2023-05-05 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
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PSAN Peer Support Group
2023-05-09 11:00 - 12:30, 2023-05-16 19:00 - 20:45, 2023-05-23 11:00 - 12:45, 2023-05-30 11:00 - 12:45, 2023-06-06 19:00 - 20:45, 2023-06-13 11:00 - 12:45, 2023-06-20 19:00 - 20:45, 2023-06-27 11:00 - 12:45 and 6 more dates

DMR SAN Basics Class #3
2023-05-09 18:00 - 20:30

DMR SAN Basics Class #4
2023-05-16 18:00 - 20:30

Latinx SAN - Grupo de Apoyo Familiar
2023-05-17 18:30 - 20:00, 2023-06-21 18:30 - 20:00, 2023-07-19 18:30 - 20:00

PSAN Recovery Speaker Series - Michael Siena's Recovery Story
2023-05-18 18:30 - 19:30
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Michael Siena will talk about his recovery story followed by an in-depth description of his work within the Metro Boston Recovery Learning Community (MBRLC) over the last ten plus years. He will cover working on the Peer Support Line as well as working at the Boston Resource Center, giving details of the tools, resources and challenges involved with working in both settings. At the end of the talk, he will go over some things he learned over the years working in the MBRLC and as a person in recovery.
About Michael Siena
I grew up in Connecticut and moved to the Boston area in 1994 to go to school at Tufts University. I left Tufts during my junior year in 1996 due to depression but returned and graduated in 2004 with a degree in philosophy. I have battled mental health challenges ever since that first depression in college and continue to do so. After a lot of work on my recovery, I have a full and satisfying life today. I try not to let my mental health challenges interfere too much but I still struggle at times. However, I continue to experience personal growth through recovery, as well. I enjoy many pursuits including skateboarding, snowboarding, hiking, reading, writing, connecting with friends and family and watching basketball. I have been working as a peer specialist for about ten years and feel grateful to have a fulfilling job. I am also pursuing a recovery coach
certification. Life, recovery and mental health are still difficult a lot of the time but I work on my recovery every day, reaching out for support, using coping skills, putting one foot in front of the other and seeking to overcome my challenges. My story is not one of triumph but of perseverance.

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NAMI Mass WALK
2023-05-20 11:00 - 15:00 | Artesani Park, 1255 Soldiers Field Rd, Boston, MA, United States
Join us for the NAMI Mass Walks. Learn about our teams and how to sign up!

DMR SAN Basics Class #5
2023-05-23 18:00 - 20:30

DMR SAN Basics Class #6
2023-05-30 18:00 - 20:30

DMR SAN Family Support Group
2023-06-07 18:00 - 19:30, 2023-07-05 18:00 - 19:30, 2023-08-02 18:00 - 19:30

DMR Bi-monthly meeting
2023-06-15 08:00 - 18:00

PSAN Recovery Speaker Series - Yale Hicks
2023-06-15 18:30 - 19:30
Yale will talk about his recovery story including an in-depth description of the different communities he has been a part of that have been so helpful. These communities include Gould Farm, the Twelve Step Program, and where he works today which is Waverley Place affiliated with McLean Hospital. Yale has worked at Waverley Place for over 17 years. He will cover his evolvement as a person mentally, emotionally, professionally, and spiritually on his recovery journey.
About Yale
I grew up in Dallas, Tx and spent my first 18 years there. Life was not easy, and I found solace with friends and sports. I attended Tulane University after graduating high school. While studying abroad, I had my first spiritual emergency which started my recovery journey. I then battled labels including a diagnosis and a great deal of discrimination. After bouncing around and having no meaning in life or purpose, I found Gould Farm which was a life saver. From there my journey was on an upward trajectory with setbacks along the way. Each step back led to more learning and evolvement. Now I work at Waverley Place in Belmont, MA as the Program Coordinator which is affiliated with Mclean Hospital. This community has provided me with a place of acceptance, non-judgement, a place to be myself, and inspirational work. Some of the achievements I have achieved along the way were things at times I never thought were possible. Realizing that I needed support was a realization that helped me tremendously.
Join us to learn more about Yale Hicks personal journey.
McLean News | Yale Hicks: His Journey to Becoming a Peer Specialist (mcleanhospital.org)

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PSAN Recovery Speaker Series - Dan Fisher
2023-07-20 18:30 - 19:30
Heartbeats of Hope by Daniel Fisher,MD,PhD

Dan will describe his recovery from several episodes of psychosis, for which he was diagnosed as schizophrenia. However, instead of being a life ending experience Dan was able to turn the adversity into an experience of healing.

About Dan
In his twenties Dan had set out to solve the chemical puzzle of severe mental health conditions. He was hoping he could assist his sister who had suffered from mental health challenges starting in her childhood. He obtained a PhD in biochemistry and pursued neurochemical research at NIMH. There he made discoveries about the regulation of neurotransmitters. However, in the course of carrying out the research, he delved so deeply into the nature of his chemistry that he came to believe he was the enzyme he was studying. During his second psychiatric hospitalization, at Bethesda Naval Hospital, he decided to become a psychiatrist and humanize the mental health system. He worked as a community psychiatrist for 30 years, but was disappointed to learn that though psychiatrists are powerful within the psychiatric hospitals, they are not powerful in the political realms that must be reached to carry out transformation. So he founded and ran a policy and training organization, the National Empowerment Center, 31 years ago. His work in promoting change was recognized by his being appointed a member of the White House Commission on Mental Health. He was able to get the commission to promote a vision of “a future when everyone will recover from mental illness.” More recently he has helped found a national advocacy organization, the National Coalition for Mental Health Recovery (www.ncmhr.org), and published a book describing his journey and his recommendations for improving the system, “Heartbeats of Health.” He is now working to shift societal attitudes towards emotional distress by developing the evidence-based training program, Emotional CPR (www.emotional-cpr.org). He considers eCPR one of the most important ways to prevent severe mental health conditions by teaching everyone in society to help each other through emotional crises. eCPR can also assist in recovery from trauma-induced states such as mental health conditions and substance use disorders.

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