NAMI Glendale

NAMI Glendale No-cost support groups, education classes, and presentations for all those affected by mental illness
https://linktr.ee/NAMIGlendale

What We Do
NAMI offers the understanding that only those with the lived experience of mental illness can provide. Together with our grassroots volunteers, we work every day to provide help and hope to millions of Americans. Support, Education, Awareness, Advocacy, Research
Every day, we reach out and respond to those in need. As the navigator of our nine signature education programs, offered in thousands of communities across America through our NAMI State Organizations NAMI Affiliates, we ensure hundreds of thousands of families, individuals and educators are served. NAMI is tireless in our efforts to equip and train grassroots volunteer facilitators who provide individual and family support groups in thousands of communities across America. Through the toll-free NAMI HelpLine, we respond personally to hundreds of thousands of requests each year, providing free referral, information and support—a much-needed lifeline for many. Public awareness events and activities including Mental Illness Awareness Week (MIAW), NAMIWalks, and other efforts, successfully combat stigma, promote awareness and encourage understanding. By responding to current news events as they happen, NAMI ensures that media reporting is compassionate, understanding and accurate in portrayals of mental illness—NAMI promotes solutions. Each day, NAMI effectively shapes the national public policy landscape for people with mental illness and their families and equips grassroots volunteer leaders with the tools, resources and skills necessary to save mental health in all states. NAMI reaches out to our country’s youth and young adults, helping to shape the next generation’s experiences with recovery, encouraging a better tomorrow for all Americans. Recognizing the unique needs of our American heroes and their families, NAMI aggressively reaches out to help offer free and essential NAMI education and support group programs in thousands of local communities. NAMI actively promotes mental health care, support and a caring community for our veterans, their spouses and their children. Tirelessly promoting research, as they have done for decades, NAMI ensures solutions for early intervention, improved treatments and, eventually, a cure for mental illness. Continuing to build and cultivate virtual communities that reach millions of Americans who turn to NAMI through NAMI.org and social media channels for the latest information on treatment, services, supports, advocacy, research happenings, NAMI works every day to offer inspiration, information and encouragement.

If you have never tried support groups, NAMI is a good place to start!NAMI Peer Connections Support Groups are free peer...
03/27/2026

If you have never tried support groups, NAMI is a good place to start!

NAMI Peer Connections Support Groups are free peer-led support groups for any adult who has experienced symptoms of a mental health condition. LGBTQ+ groups are also facilitated by members of the community to ensure a welcoming and accepting space to share all parts of your life in a group setting!

Read this short guide created by Milly J. Correa (.vegan) to help understand why a NAMI Connections Group could be right for you!

Join us in the Edendale Library community room on Wednesday April 15th at 6 p.m. for Make Your Own Sensory Kit, a creati...
03/26/2026

Join us in the Edendale Library community room on Wednesday April 15th at 6 p.m. for Make Your Own Sensory Kit, a creativity and mental wellness workshop hosted by NAMI Glendale. Led by Kaitlynn DeFreitas, an Advanced Behavior Technician with Autism Spectrum Therapies, and Lee MacNaughton, facilitator of Glendale’s LGBTQ+ Connections Support Group.

All ages and backgrounds are welcome, LGBTQ+ individuals encouraged! We welcome everyone to learn ways of coping with stress and introduce yourself to NAMI’s LGBTQ+ programs.

Kaitlynn will guide participants in creating their own portable sensory kit, which can be accessed when you are feeling stressed or overwhelmed in order to calm yourself, to be able to continue pursuing your dreams and handling the tasks of daily life. Sensory kit items and small containers will be provided. Attendees can also create a thumbnail collage or sculpture or other tiny visual art piece to remind you of a good memory or of people who care about you. If you would like to bring a photo of someone in your life or a favorite place, or any small object that makes you feel good about yourself, please do! Bring a friend or make friends at the workshop, we hope you will join us!

The Edendale Library is at 2011 Sunset Blvd., but enter instead through the parking lot entrance on the Alvarado side.

Check out the last time we hosted this event: https://namiglendale.org/a-sensory-kit-could-make-your-day-better/

Never underestimate how much you can impact others!Make your impact positively by letting others know that you care and ...
03/25/2026

Never underestimate how much you can impact others!

Make your impact positively by letting others know that you care and are a safe person to share their story with, then watch that energy be returned to you.
At NAMI Support Groups, you have the chance to both provide and be provided a listening ear. Free virtual support groups for members of the LGBTQ+ Community are hosted every 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month at 6:30pm.

Go to bit.ly/nami-lgbt-support for more information!

Support, listen and share with a welcoming group of women who understand what it's like as a woman of color living with ...
03/19/2026

Support, listen and share with a welcoming group of women who understand what it's like as a woman of color living with a mental health condition.

Come out on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays from 6:00-7:30 PM to join the Women of Color NAMI Connection Support Group.

FREE PARKING at 6636 Selma Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90028
Enter through the door at the back of The Center in Hollywood

In need of a virtual hug? Join us on Zoom tonight for our LGBTQ+ Support groups meeting at 6:30pm using bit.ly/nami-lgbt...
03/19/2026

In need of a virtual hug? Join us on Zoom tonight for our LGBTQ+ Support groups meeting at 6:30pm using bit.ly/nami-lgbt-support!

Learn to fundraise for NAMI Glendale at the NAMIWalks Rally on Wednesday, March 18 from 6:00-8:00pm.RSVP now at:  www.na...
03/17/2026

Learn to fundraise for NAMI Glendale at the NAMIWalks Rally on Wednesday, March 18 from 6:00-8:00pm.

RSVP now at: www.namiglendale.org/calendar

LGBTQ+ Support groups meet THIS Thursday at 6:30pm! Use the QR code or bit.ly/nami-lgbt-support to join our online meeti...
03/17/2026

LGBTQ+ Support groups meet THIS Thursday at 6:30pm! Use the QR code or bit.ly/nami-lgbt-support to join our online meetings. Hope to see you there!

Are you part of the LGBTQ+ Community? Are you or a loved one living with a mental health condition? If so, check out our LGBTQ+ Support groups! They are FREE and confidential spaces to share and seek support from people with shared experiences.

NAMI National Alliance on Mental Illness - San Fernando Valley is hosting a very special virtual (Zoom) Ask the Psychiat...
03/15/2026

NAMI National Alliance on Mental Illness - San Fernando Valley is hosting a very special virtual (Zoom) Ask the Psychiatrist night with Dr. Alex Kopelowicz, who will take your questions on March 18.

"Our friend Dr. Alex Kopelowicz, Psychiatric Director at Oliveview Hospital, will be doing Q and A at our Ask the Psychiatrist night on March 18 at 7 pm on zoom. That's a Wednesday. "

"This is a great opportunity to learn more. Dr. K is a great explainer of complex and sensitive topics. Please let anyone you know who think might benefit from this Question and Answer session to log in. And you don't have to ask questions, you can just listen and learn. "

The Zoom link is:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81835523630?pwd=SVIrUzZMWnU5U2xxQy8zQ3hjaExvUT09

Meeting ID: 818 3552 3630
Passcode: 692327

Dial by your location:

+1 253 215 8782

+1 346 248 7799

+1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)

Make sure you log in.

What to expect at a NAMI Support Group:A safe and inclusive space to share whatever you are going through right nowAn op...
03/13/2026

What to expect at a NAMI Support Group:

A safe and inclusive space to share whatever you are going through right now
An opportunity to uplift others by offering your support
Chances to learn new coping skills from others with shared experiences
Discussions led by individuals with lived mental health experience
Evidence based tools that promote judgement-free perspectives on living with a mental health condition

Join us next Thursday for LGBTQ+ Family and Peer Connections support groups! Use the QR code or bit.ly/nami-lgbt-support to join our virtual meetings

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1540 E Colorado Street
Glendale, CA
91205

Opening Hours

6pm - 7:30pm

Telephone

+12137970494

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What We Do NAMI offers the understanding that only those with the lived experience of mental illness can provide. Together with our grassroots volunteers, we work every day to provide help and hope to millions of Americans. Support, Education, Awareness, Advocacy, Research Every day, we reach out and respond to those in need. As the navigator of our nine signature education programs, offered in thousands of communities across America through our NAMI State Organizations NAMI Affiliates, we ensure hundreds of thousands of families, individuals and educators are served. NAMI is tireless in our efforts to equip and train grassroots volunteer facilitators who provide individual and family support groups in thousands of communities across America. Through the toll-free NAMI HelpLine, we respond personally to hundreds of thousands of requests each year, providing free referral, information and support—a much-needed lifeline for many. Public awareness events and activities including Mental Illness Awareness Week (MIAW), NAMIWalks, and other efforts, successfully combat stigma, promote awareness and encourage understanding. By responding to current news events as they happen, NAMI ensures that media reporting is compassionate, understanding and accurate in portrayals of mental illness—NAMI promotes solutions. Each day, NAMI effectively shapes the national public policy landscape for people with mental illness and their families and equips grassroots volunteer leaders with the tools, resources and skills necessary to save mental health in all states. NAMI reaches out to our country’s youth and young adults, helping to shape the next generation’s experiences with recovery, encouraging a better tomorrow for all Americans. Recognizing the unique needs of our American heroes and their families, NAMI aggressively reaches out to help offer free and essential NAMI education and support group programs in thousands of local communities. NAMI actively promotes mental health care, support and a caring community for our veterans, their spouses and their children. Tirelessly promoting research, as they have done for decades, NAMI ensures solutions for early intervention, improved treatments and, eventually, a cure for mental illness. Continuing to build and cultivate virtual communities that reach millions of Americans who turn to NAMI through NAMI.org and social media channels for the latest information on treatment, services, supports, advocacy, research happenings, NAMI works every day to offer inspiration, information and encouragement.