Support groups provide safe opportunities for people to share personal experiences, feelings, and coping strategies in an effort to better deal with their stressors.
TYPES OF SUPPORT GROUPS
Support groups can address a variety of conditions and disorders or provide support both for sufferers and for those around
them:
- Illness/Conditions: Depression or anxiety, psychosis, fibromyalgia, trauma, addiction.
- Situational crises: Death of loved ones, divorce, single parenthood.
- Family support: Parents, children, siblings, caregivers of individuals with mental health difficulties.
CURRENT GROUPS AVAILABLE
Women’s trauma support group: THRIVE
THRIVE’S mission is to empower women who are victims/survivors of abuse/violence at any stage of their lives to come together to tell their story to others who have shared similar traumatic ordeals, giving all the opportunity to learn from each other. The group also provides an educational therapeutic component to help participants understand the impact of abuse. THRIVE creates a non-judgmental, confidential safe space for women. Its aim is to support each other to look forward to the future and find ways to safely move forward