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Gamblers Support Group -- Compulsive Gambling Support
Groups
Ban Yourself! An
interesting concept and a new website with online support groups for
teens and adults.
Christian addiction recovery support group,
12 Warning Signs of Problem Gambling!
Is your gambling compulsive?
Compulsive Gambling - What Are You Willing to Risk?
Gamblers Anonymous
(for help with gambling problems)
International Service Office
P.O. Box 17173, Los Angeles, CA 90017
(213) 386-8789 - Fax (213) 386-0030
National Council on Problem Gambling
The National Problem Gambling Helpline Network
(800.522.4700) is available toll-free 24 hours a day, 7
days a week everywhere in the U.S. All calls are strictly
confidential.
The WAGER:
WEEKLY ADDICTION GAMBLING EDUCATION REPORT,
The division on Addictions at Harvard Medical School
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Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Support Group
Gay
Lesbian
Bisexual
Transgender
health webpages
GayAlcoholics.com: a good starting point for finding
Twelve Step and other gatherings in different locations,
all focusing on the needs of gay men and lesbians.
Nationwide listing and links to gay, lesbian, bisexual,
and transgender AA groups.
Honolulu Gay Support Group is the longest-running
weekly Gay-supportive discussion group known anywhere.
Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbian and Gays (PFLAG)
is a national non-profit organization with over 250,000
members and supporters and over 500 affiliates in the
United States.
Support groups for gays in Washington State (and
nationally) are listed under the heading "Hot
Links" on this Washington State Department of Health website.
Gilda's Club Seattle: Gay/Lesbian (LGBT) cancer support and
networking groups beginning summer 2005 at Gilda's Club
Seattle. Our free cancer support groups are for anyone
living with cancer, their families, partners and friends.
Telephone: (206) 709-1400.
Seattle Support Group for
Women "Coming Out" After 30:
Thursdays, 7:30-9:00 p.m., ongoing, drop-in by 7:30 p.m.
Join
Dunshee House's ongoing, peer-facilitated, and completely confidential drop-in
support group for women, over the age of thirty, who are "coming
out" as queer, lesbian, or bisexual or who are questioning their
sexuality. For more information, please call the Dunshee House, 303 17th Avenue East, Seattle, WA.
(206) 322-2437.
Also see:
Seattle MS Support Group, below.
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Compassionate Friends: Grief support after the death of a child
GriefShare Find a group that helps as you grieve the loss of a family member or friend.
Grief support for people who have lost
parents, or whose parents are in the process of dying. Also
for adult children who have parents in persistent vegetative states.
AARP [American Association of Retired People] grief
support by trained volunteers. Family members, friends and
co-workers who have lost a loved one are encouraged to call
this line for support with their grief.
1-866-797-2277 toll free, 9am - 9pm EST, Daily.
The service is confidential and is available in 140
languages and dialects. National Relay Service for the
hearing impaired and the speech disabled is available.
There is also
online sharing and support.
Military: death of a loved one serving in the armed forces.
Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors is a
national non-profit organization committed to helping
families, friends and military service members who have been
affected by the death of a loved one serving in the armed forces.
Pet Loss Grief Support Website, when a beloved pet passes on.
Seattle Beginning Experience
is an international support program for divorced, separated and
widowed individuals, and their families. The program is designed to
facilitate the resolution of the grief surrounding the end of a
marriage/relationship and to promote healing. [A weekend away for a
lifetime of change.]
See also:
Parenting
Support Groups.
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Hepatitis C Support Group
Hepatitis Support Groups play an important role in their
efforts to empower patients and their families.
Participants gain increased knowledge from speakers,
facilitators and other patients. They develop and improve coping skills.
Janis & Friends Hepatitis C Support Web Site. We hope to answer many of your
questions. What is Hepatitis C and it's symptoms? What is a
biopsy? Do you need help with understanding your Hepatitis C
tests? What are the latest treatments, & their side
effects. Locating a support group in your area.
Sandi's Crusade Against Hepatitis C: designed to support
the plight of HCV sufferers everywhere.
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Herpies Support Groups
SSNA, The Social Support Networking Alliance, a list of
local and international groups for people concerned about Herpes, Human
Papillomavirus (Genital Warts) and other Sexually Transmitted Diseases.
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HPV Support Groups
[ Human Papilloma Virus ]
13 states have at least one
support group for persons concerned about HPV and cervical cancer prevention.
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Incest Support Group
Incest Survivors Anonymous
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an international self-help, mutual-help recovery program for men, women, and teens that is run for and by survivors.
For local meetings, look for their telephone listing in the business section of the white pages of your local telephone book
Survivors of Incest Anonymous World Service Office, Inc. a resource for survivors of child sexual abuse. Survivors of
Incest Anonymous. "a self-help group of women and men, 18 years or older, who are guided by a set of 12 Suggested Steps
and 12 Traditions, along with some slogans and the Serenity Prayer. There are no dues or fees. Everything
that is said here, in the group meeting or member to member, must be held in strict confidence. We do not
have any professional therapist working in our group. SIA is not a replacement for therapy or any other
professional service when needed. The only requirement for membership is that you are a victim of child sexual
abuse, and you are not abusing any child."
SIA defines
incest very broadly as a sexual experience by a
family member or by an extended family member that
damaged the child."Extended family" may include an aunt,
uncle, in-law, step-parent, cousin, friend of the
family, teacher, coach, another child, clergy or anyone
that you were led to trust.
On-line SIA Meetings: There are three online SIA meetings at this time, one which occurs via email and
two which occur via a website (Livejournal).
SIA Woman's-Only Phone Bridge Meeting support group. Please contact Diana at
(919) 341-2455 for phone number and pin.
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Oregon:
Portland Area Survivors of Incest Anonymous meetings in Portland Oregon.
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Kleptomania /
kleptomaniac and related problems
Kleptomanic (misspelling)
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Klinefelter's Syndrome Support Group
Klinefelter Syndrome and Associates--(888) 999-9428 The XXY guy: newsletter, support groups, information.
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Mental Health Consumer's
Self-Help Clearinghouse
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Dissociative Identity Disorder [Multiple Personality
Disorder] Support Group
In the Seattle Area,
Amazing Multiples is a peer-facilitated social and support group for multiples
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Multiple Sclerosis
MS Support
Groups
Multiple Sclerosis Online Support
Message boards, daily chats, e-mail and more for
multiple sclerosis patients.
The Multiple Sclerosis Foundation and
support groups.
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Seattle:
Support group
for Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transsexuals with
Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Partners and care
providers are also welcome! Provides a safe environment
to express your concerns, frustrations and the impact of
MS on your life or on that of a loved one. Talk openly,
freely about challenges and achievements. When:
every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month at 6:30-8:00pm.
Where: Multiple Sclerosis Association of King
County, 753 North 35th Street, Suite 208, Seattle, WA
98103. For information
call Lisa Huang at (206) 633-2606 or Shelly Henry
at (206) 250-5002.
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National Coalition for Patient Rights
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Nicotine Support
Groups
Nicotine-Anonymous.org: a 12 step support group for those who want to stop smoking. Also, information on how to start a group in your area.
Nicotine Anonymous meeting--Seattle WA
Sundays 1:30-2:30 pm.
(Capitol Hill area) Seattle Central Community College,
1701 Broadway, for room number and location please call (206)
666-6795. Contact phone: Patty (206) 755-5116,
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Skin
Picking
Support Groups
also called: compulsive
skin picking (see
Dermatillomania)
First recommended
step: see a Dermatologist, a doctor who specializes in skin
problems to eliminate physical problems. When appropriate, the
dermatologist may be able to refer you to local licensed mental
health counselors with experience in cognitive behavioral therapy.
See medical discussion of possible serious effects and effective
treatment of pathological skin-picking.
Skin Picking Recovery--share
support, tips for quitting, progress journals, social dialogue, and
information about Obsessive Skin Pickers Anonymous (OSPA) 12 Steps
to Recovery.
On-Line Discussion:
I am an obsessive picker...SOMEone Help Me!
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Overeaters
Support Groups
OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS
Try the questionnaire: Are You
a Compulsive Overeater?
See also:
Eating Disorder Support
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North American Council on Adoptable Children -- parent
support group page contains links to
adoption-related groups from across the United States and Canada.
"Because I Love You"
is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting
parents with
troubled children of any age.
NAMI--The Nation's Voice on Mental Illness--has a state
organization in all 50 states as well as in Puerto Rico and the
District of Columbia. There are also more than 1,200 local
affiliates spanning all 50 states, D.C. and Puerto Rico.
[NAMI Washington State (425) 990-6404]
Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
Puget Sound Area: :
Parent Support for Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Newborn Death. We offer
parent-to-parent support for families enduring miscarriage,
stillbirth and newborn death. We have several support group meetings
around the Puget Sound area including pregnancy after a loss
meetings and also offer an online message board.
Also, see individual problem topics on this page.
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Support Groups
PSAS Support Group Online:
Jean Lund started a PSAS website and a Yahoo support group. Also note
the link to
Dr. Sandra Leiblum's web page at the University School of
Medicine, New Jersey, and fill out her "PSAS Survey" in order to help
get research started.
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Pet Loss Support Groups
Lost a dog, cat, horse or other pet?
The following groups offer support activities
for persons dealing with grief and loss over the death or disappearance of a loved pet (including
pets that must be euthanized--or "put down"--for humane reasons).
The
Association for Pet Loss and Bereavement web site is staffed by volunteers and offers
a number of support activities.
In the Pacific Northwest (Puget Sound
Washington) region:
(1.)
Washington State University has a Pet Loss Hotline on their website
and other helpful information.
(2.) Seattle
Animal Shelter has a Pet Loss Support Group
that meets every Thursday evening from 6:00 to 7:30 in
the Conference Room, 2061 15th Avenue West in Seattle,
Washington.
There is no fee to attend. Donations to the "Help the Animals Fund" are welcome and appreciated.
Facilitator: Connie Starr. Phone: (206)375-5028 [ or send an email.]
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Postpartum Support Groups
Postpartum Support International: Find a PSI social support
group, read about postpartum mood disorder, take a
postpartum self-assessment test. Participate in
Postpartum Communication Forums plus chat and email.
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HOPE
Help Overcoming
Professional Exploitation
a helpful resource for victim/survivors, their family and friends, the general public,
and for victim advocates and professionals.
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Rape Support Groups
Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network
(800) 656-4673. RAINN does not currently provide
online counseling. Call for information on how to
reach a counselor in your community.
Extensive
database: search by zip code or state for local rape
crisis hotlines, or for specialized services such as
groups for male, elderly, teen or disabled survivors,
programs for people under age 12, spouses or family
members, adults molested as children or GLBT survivors, as
well as services via TTY, in Spanish or other languages.
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Reactive Attachment Disorder
Support Groups
Happy Mom Anna: provides online support for families who have adopted special needs
or waiting children. Many families adopt an older child only to find there are
attachment issues and other problems. Become part of their Forum Community.
Older Child Adoption Discussion Forum for parents at all stages of the
adoption journey. Come read, share information, or ask for ideas. The
Older Child Adoption Forum is part of
the Older Child Adoption website.
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Recovery Support Groups
Recovering Couples Anonymous: Groups throughout the US
and in other countries. We are couples committed to
restoring healthy communication, caring and greater intimacy
to our relationships. We suffer from many addictions and
co-addictions; some identified and some not, some treated
and some not. We also come from different levels of
brokenness. Many of us have been separated or near divorce.
Some of us are new in our relationships and seek to build
intimacy as we grow together as couples. [Look under
"Couples Resources" for local meetings.]
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Schizophrenia Support Groups
Schizophrenia Self-Help Groups a listing of support
organizations in the USA for people with schizophrenia and
their families.
Schizophrenia.com--the best schizophrenia site I have ever seen.
Extensive information for family and friends--resources,
success stories, support groups.
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Scoliosis Support Groups
The Internet Scoliosis Club, started in of 1997, is for
patients with scoliosis and their families. Check out our
information on scoliosis and our support groups.
[Opening page difficult to read--blue
links on black background.]
Scoliosis Support Group (An MSN online group) This is for people who have scoliosis and their loved
ones. We share information and support. You must want to
become part of a "family" whose binding tie is the back
condition called scoliosis.
Spine Kids providing a community that supports kids and families living
with scoliosis in a safe, fun environment on the Web.
Message Exchange (there are boards for kids & parents) play
and download games, and read stories from SpineKIDS just like you.
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Seattle area--
Anonymous (12-Step) Groups
This page is part of the Peace Heathens'
Seattle Crisis Resource Directory.
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Self Harm Support Groups
SIARI--the
Self Injury and Related Issues website, dealing with "deliberate
self-harm (DSH), self-harm, self-mutilation, self-inflicted violence (SIV),
self-cutting, parasuicide, and self-abuse....an expression of acute
psychological distress. It is an act done to oneself, by oneself,
with the intention of helping oneself rather than killing oneself.
Paradoxically, damage is done to the body in an attempt to preserve
the integrity of the mind."
(Caution: This site contains
potentially triggering material. Please keep yourself safe when
browsing the pages. ("Triggering" material means
topics or stories that might trigger thoughts of self
harm.) Links to popular
online communities, message boards and forums, support groups and
web boards.)
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Senior Citizen Support Groups
Senior Citizens League (TREA)
Social Security, Medicare, and Senior Citizen Information. The Actionable Online Library & Guide
Search hint: most senior support groups are local. Search for
them using a search phrase "senior support group"
Enter the phrase followed by your city name or county name and your state.
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Sexual Addiction
Sex Addicts Anonymous, is a fellowship of men and women
who share their experience, strength and hope with each
other so they may overcome their sexual addiction and help
others recover from sexual addiction or dependency.
Sexual Compulsives Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women
who share their experience, strength and hope with each
other, that they may solve their common problem and help
others to recover from sexual compulsion. The only
requirement for membership is a desire to stop having compulsive sex.
For the partner, spouse, or family member of a sex addict:
International Service Organization Of COSA, "a recovery program for men and women whose
lives have been affected by someone else's compulsive sexual
behavior. In COSA, we find hope whether or not there is a sexually
addicted person currently in our lives. With the humble act of
reaching out, we begin the process of recovery."
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Shoplifting, Fraud, Kleptomania and Embezzlement Recovery Support Group
Shoplifters Anonymous: Recovery from "addictive-compulsive" dishonest behavior,
primarily shoplifting, fraud, kleptomania and embezzlement. Some local groups, email
support. (CASA--Cleptomaniacs --old spelling) is now (as of 2005) known as the
National Association for Shoplifting Prevention, 1-(800) 848-9595.
Seattle
Kleptomaniacs and Shoplifters Anonymous/CASA
Every Wednesday from 7:00-8:30pm at
St. Paul's Church, Room 3, 6512 12th NW, Seattle, WA.
e-mail FirstRock at aol.com for more info.
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Single Parent Support
Groups
Parents Without Partners (PWP) provides real help in the way of
discussions, professional speakers, study groups,
publications and social activities for families and adults
to help with the many problems of bringing up our children
alone, contending with the emotional conflicts of divorce,
never-married, separation or widowhood.
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Sleep Disorders Support Group
SleepDisorders.Com
Resources for people suffering from sleep apnea, insomnia, sleep walking, restless legs and other disorders.
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Smoking Cessation Support Group
QuitNet You should stop smoking. It's the most
important thing you can do to improve your health.
Quit Smoking Buddies: email contacts with others who
are quiting smoking. Yahoo! Groups.
Also, see:
Nicotine Anonymous
meeting--Seattle
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Social Anxiety Support Group
Social Phobics Anonymous :
12-Step social anxiety support group appears to be
relatively new in 2005, consisting of one face-to-face group
and set up for national telephone meetings (no charge, but
pay your own long distance charges). Instructions for
starting your own local group, suggested books, other resources.
See also:
Anxiety Support Group
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Spiritual Abuse: Christian
Recovery International resources relating to "Spiritual
Abuse."
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Stuttering Support Group
[also sometimes called "stammering" ]
Bill Parry's Stuttering Links Bill Parry, now a
trial lawyer in Philadelphia, PA, wrestled with a severe
stuttering problem for most of his life....He is the founder
of the Philadelphia Area Chapter of the National Stuttering
Association.
National Stuttering Association Information for
parents, children, teenagers, adults, clinicians, educators,
physicians and employers.
The Stuttering Foundation
provides free online resources, services and support to those who stutter and their families. 1-800-992-9392
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Support-Group.com allows people with
health, personal, and relationship issues to share their experiences through 200+ Bulletin Boards and provides links to
support-related information on the Internet.
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Suicide Support Group
Survivors of Suicide--
SOS
Survivor Support Links
--American Association of Suicidology: Survivors
Resources, SOS Handbook, and a newsletter.
Suicide Prevention Advocacy Network suicide and suicide prevention
Bereavement, Crisis, Grief & Healing
The book, "Suicide
the Forever Decision: For those Thinking about Suicide and
for Those who Know, Love and Counsel Them," by
Paul Quinnett, Ph.D. is available in a free electronic
format to anyone in the world who wishes to read
it or share it with others. Electronic copying, translation and distribution is encouraged.
Local SOS
King / North Pierce County Suicide Support Group
Auburn, WA & info about Olympia, WA
Seattle / King
County Survivors of Suicide (SOS) support group offering
bereavement counseling to individuals who have lost a
loved one to suicide. This is a
Crisis Clinic service & meets twice a month 6:30-8:30 pm on
the first and third Monday of each month. Call (206)
461-3222 or toll free 1-(866) 427-4747 for location and
more information.
National
Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-TALK.
[ See also: "Self Harm
Support Groups," above.]
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Support Group Clearinghouse
American Self-Help Group Clearinghouse: A guide for exploring support
groups and networks that are available throughout the world and in
your community. The self-help groups, contained in the database that
you can access by keyword in the box at the bottom, can help you find
and/or start a support group in your community.
Mental Health & Psychology Resources Online: Dr. Grohol's annotated directory of
mental health resources for professionals and consumers on the Internet.
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Weight Loss Support Group
Good Housekeeping online Weight Loss Support Group
My Diet Buddy, an
online support group
Overeaters Anonymous
There are no dues or fees to attend worldwide meetings of
Overeaters Anonymous. Their program of recovery from
compulsive overeating is based on the Twelve Steps and
Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous.
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Women in Recovery
She's In Recovery: the online community for women in recovery from alcohol or drug
addictions of all kinds. Information about special populations: native, youth,
lesbian, pregnant, women, African, American, elderly. Resources,
links, newsletter, personal recovery pages.
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would like this directory to list the best support groups in the
United States, North America and internationally. Since many
support groups offer support through online postings, email, blogs,
chat room and other techniques, the location of the support group is
much less important than in the past. If you would like to suggest
other support group sites, please
contact us. We reserve the right to pick and choose, but
there is no charge to be listed here.
NOTE: Over
time website content can change without our knowledge. If any of
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