How to Help Family Members or Friends with Mental Illness

Practical Counseling Skills to help children, family or friends with Depression, Anxiety, or Other Mental Illness

Created by: Emma McAdam
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

What Will I Learn?

• Learn how to support your loved one with mental illness in a positive and helpful way
• Parenting skills for a Child with Mental Illness
• Create a Healthy Relationship where you can influence them positively
• Become a great listener so they'll open up to you
• Know what to do if your loved one won't talk, won't get help, or is suicidal
• Learn alternatives to traditional treatment so that they have multiple "tools" to help your loved one
• Better understand relationship dynamics so you can improve your role in the system.
• Boundaries
• Self-Care
• How to help them access resources
• Advanced topics like suicide prevention, recognizing dysfunctional roles, managing attention seeking behaviors and self harm, and so much more

Requirements

• You need to care about someone with a mental illness.

Target audience

• Parents, spouses, friends and family members of someone with Depression, Anxiety, or other Mental Illnesses
• Mental Health Providers who want to learn a foundation in Relationship Based Influence