DAY OF HOPE COMING UP SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9

Join us for a virtual Day of Hope to celebrate the possibility and beauty of recovery! On October 9th, join NAMI Seattle online to celebrate...

Meet Gabi Augustamar: Community Resource Coordinator

Gabi is the Community Resource coordinator at NAMI Seattle, who grew up in Washington and went to college in Portland, Oregon. ...

Living with Schizophrenia: An Interview with NAMI Seattle board member Elliott Neyme

Many people throughout the world live with schizophrenia, and NAMI Seattle board member Elliott Neyme is one of those people. ...

Celebrating Life: An Interview with James Donaldson, NAMI Seattle Board Member

“Around Thanksgiving, I was really having trouble sleeping through the night. I didn’t want to face things. When I’d wake up in the middle o...

Trauma, Stress, and Covid-19: Mental Health of Frontline Healthcare Workers

By Leah Sheppard, BSN, RN   Content warning: // Death, illness The U.S. is entering a new phase of the COVID-19 pandemic: vaccinat...

My Experience With Anxiety as a Child

I am a person with anxiety; almost no one around me experiences the same thing. I can tell you, it’s hard....

The Humanity in Schizophrenia

I was scared the first time I met Matthew. It was many years ago, before I knew much about mental health, and before I became a nurse....

The Intersection of the School-to-Prison Pipeline and Mental Health

Cory candidly shares his lived experience and perspective on the school-to-prison pipeline....

Meet Emma Sanyal, NAMI Seattle Board Member

By Kyle Kawahara, Nomin Ulziisaikhan, Netanel Younker, Hanson Tran and Nik Gorbs, UW Bothell School of Business “I think it’s important to k...

In Solidarity with the Asian American Community

Our collective mental health is strengthened by our shared humanity....

Mental Health and Generational Trauma: A Black Therapist’s Perspective

We had the opportunity to interview therapist LaVonne Dorsey over Zoom. She was comfortably sitting in her home, excited to talk with us as ...

Eleanor Owen is 100!!! On January 22, Eleanor Owen will celebrate her 100th birthday. If you’ve been around NAMI for a while, you likely kno...

Mental Health Talk with Steven González, Washington State’s First Latino and Jewish Supreme Court Chief Justice

In November 2020, Justice Steven González was elected by his judicial colleagues to become Washington State’s first Latino and Jewish S...

Introducing Sophie Taylor, NAMI Seattle Board Member

By Reagan Kim, Kyra Pennington, Matthew Kolden, Natalia Andrzejowiec, and Arundet Mee, UW Bothell School of Business Sophie Taylor (Photo cr...

Meet Penny Carothers, a NAMI Seattle board member.

Meet Penny Carothers, NAMI Seattle board member By Samuel Burley, Yeraldin Enriquez, Nathan Markley, Roewyn Umayam, and Boyue Xi, UW Bothell...

A Better September: Focusing on doing good

A Better September: Focusing on doing good Written By Kim Salada, NAMI Seattle volunteer and trained facilitator. Let’s face it. We ar...

Two Immigration Attorneys’ Perspectives on Mental Health in Immigrant Communities

Two Immigration Attorneys’ Perspectives on Mental Health in Immigrant Communities Thank you to the artists for sharing their work on Unsplas...

It’s Time to Envision a New System

Words matter. So do actions. We need you for both. NAMI Seattle stands in support of Black Lives Matter Seattle/King County and Black organi...

In Solidarity With the Black Community

Black lives matter. Black mental health matters too — but outside of the fullness of Black humanity and liberation, they’re just ...

NAMI’s Statement on Recent Racist Incidents

This statement was released by NAMI National’s CEO Danial H Gillison on 5/29/2020 Link to the direct post. The National Alliance on Me...

Matching Funds Still Available!

There’s still time to support mental health in Seattle! Donations made to NAMI Seattle during GiveBIG before 12:00am are still being matched...

Double your impact! A note from our Development Manager

First, I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart. The generous support of our amazing members, donors, and volunteers last year ...

How Support Groups Helped Me

Text 206 207 7765 Email helpline@namiseattle.org My depression and anxiety manifested itself before kindergarten. It was clear something was...

A letter to you from the Board of Directors

"At the best of times, my anxiety is like an annoying alter-ego- pestering me with unfounded worries and dread....NAMI Seattle is a dedicate...

Small Drawings / High Hopes – Emotions 6 & 7 of 7

by Kyle Krauskopf Elation and Kismet and The Finale great happiness and exhilaration | destiny; fate I find my greatest joys come from a job...

Small Drawings / High Hopes – Emotion 5 of 7

Love by Kyle Krauskopf Emotion 5 “Run to the rescue with love and peace will follow”  A lyric written by the late River Phoenix as delivered...

Small Drawings / High Hopes – Emotion 4 of 7

Sorrow by Kyle Krauskopf Emotion 4 A feeling of deep distress caused by loss, disappointment, or other misfortune suffered by oneself or oth...

Why Nami Seattle

by Kyle Krauskopf I had just finished several months of on-line charity auctions for the benefit of multiple endeavors, including NAMI. ...

Small Drawings / High Hopes – Emotion 3 of 7

Persistence  by Kyle Krauskopf Emotion 3 Firm or obstinate continuance in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition. In m...

Small Drawings / High Hopes – Emotion 2 of 7

Frustration by Kyle Krauskopf Emotion 2 The feeling of being upset or annoyed, especially because of the inability to change or achieve some...

Small Drawings / High Hopes – Emotion 1 of 7

Artist Kyle Krauskopf speaks about the first emotion he will be exploring in his live streaming art show "Small Drawings / HIGH HOPES" - W...

Artist Kyle Krauskopf Talks Candidly

Artist Kyle Krauskopf talks candidly about his journey with art and mental health. All my life I have felt out of place. It started with bei...