Sat, Oct 11
|NAMI Richland County
Family Support Group – Guest Speakers Bradley & Vanessa Share Their Lived Experience with Mental Health Recovery
A free, peer-led support group for any adult with a loved one who has experienced symptoms of a mental health condition. This month, guest speakers Bradley and his mom, Vanessa, will share their journey with his schizoaffective disorder and how they found hope through support.
Time & Location
Oct 11, 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
NAMI Richland County, 2131 Park Ave W, Ste. 200, Ontario, OH 44906, USA
About the event
NAMI Family Support Group is a peer-led support group for any adult with a loved one who has experienced symptoms of a mental health condition. Gain insight from the challenges and successes of others facing similar experiences.
This month, we'll be hearing from Vanessa and her son, Bradley, who lives with schizoaffective disorder.
Bradley’s Schizoaffective illness, from the ages of 11 to 26, turned him into a virtual boomerang, he was in and out of the Hospital so much; and at that time, he had many negative interactions with police. Until the AOT Program, and NAMI, entered his life in 2019. Now, he has gone 6 years with no hospital visits, and zero bad run-ins with the police. Come and learn how the Assisted Outpatient Treatment Program, and NAMI, helped Bradley and his mother, Vanessa, to overcome the revolving door of illness relapse, to improve their quality of life, and to…
