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From: Jacqueline on 9 Nov 2005 17:25
This is work in progress! If you know of any support groups where you live,
let me know and I`ll gladly add it to the list! Thanks!!
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Australian Self help anxiety support groups

http://www.anxietynetwork.com.au/

http://www.anxietyaustralia.com.au/support_groups/victoria.shtml

BRISBANE OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER SUPPORT GROUP
New Farm Neighbourhood Centre
967 Brunswick Street
New Farm, Queensland,
Australia 4005
Contact: Patricia Minnaar
Phone: 07 3376 4383
E-mail: b.p.minnaar(a)uq.net.au

SOUTHSIDE ANXIETY DISORDERS GROUP (S.A.D. Group)
Contact: Kevin Robins
Phone: 0407 574 739, or at home: 07 3807 0228
Meets twice monthly on Brisbane's south side for the support and education of
anxiety disorders, required by sufferers and their support persons.
E-mail: kevrob(a)powerup.com.au

OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE & ANXIETY DISORDERS FOUNDATION OF VICTORIA
(Statewide organization)
16 Support Groups that meet once a month in various locations around Victoria.
President: Edwin Belfield
Director: Kathryn Ianson
Phone: (03) 9576 2477


Australian Self help social anxiety support groups

http://www.socialanxietyaustralia.com.au/

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Canada

CENTRAL ALBERTA ANXIETY (PHOBIA) SUPPORT GROUP

Meeting Location: Didsbury Public Library

Meetings every Thursday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Contact Dave of Pat @ (403) 335-8644

www.anxietytreatments.net

DURHAM REGION COMMUNITY CARE ASSOCIATION
Oshawa/Whitby COPE Mental Health Program
45 Bloor Street East, Unite 1
Oshawa, ON L1H 3L9
Canada
Contact: Sharon Wyeth, Pro. Manager
Phone: (905) 434-1693

SELF-HELP RESOURCE CENTRE OF GREATER TORONTO
(Ontario Self-Help Network)
40 Orchard View Blvd., Suite 219
Toronto, Ontario M4R-1B9
Canada
Phone: (416) 487-4355
Fax: (416) 487-0344
E-Mail: shrc(a)sympatico.ca
(a) Anxiety Disorders/ Free From Fear Foundation.
Contact: Deborah
Phone: (905) 831-3877
(b) Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Support Group
Contact: Dan
Phone: (416) 920-5887
(c) Recovery, Inc.
Contact: Roseanne
Phone: (905) 812-7935 or (416) 494-6412
(d) Emotions Anonymous
Contact: John
Phone: (416) 281-9364

OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER
Obsessive Compulsive Information and Support Centre, Inc.
R. 204 - 825 Sherbrook Street
Winnipeg, MB R3A 1M5
Canada
Phone: (204) 772-6979
Fax: (204) 786-0860

SOCIAL PHOBIA SUPPORT GROUP
CAMH
250 College Street

11th Floor, Room 1118
Toronto, Canada M5T 1N6
Contact: Earla Dunbar
Phone: (416) 747-4819
E-Mail: dunbarlamont(a)aol.com

Web site: http://socialphobics.tripod.com
Meets every Friday from 3:00-4:30pm

SELF-HELP SUPPORT GROUP LIST

Windsor, Ontario:
YMCA, 500 Victoria Street Entrance
Contact: Ken
Phone: (519) 258-9622 ext. 242 or

Contact: Terry
Phone: (586) 790-8867

BARRIE ANXIETY DISORDER AND & SELF HELP GROUP
39 High St.
Barrie, ON
Contact: Tina Ervine
Phone (705) 726-5033 ext. 240
Meets 3rd Wednesday of each month 5:00pm to 7:30pm


TORONTO ? EGLINTON SELF HELP GROUP (OCD)
North Toronto Community Centre
200 Eglinton Ave. West
Contact: Harold or Kevin Swartz

Phone: (416) 410-4772

Meets 1st Tuesday of each month 7pm to 9pm.

Group closed in July and August

TORONTO ? ETOBICOKE SLEF HELP GROUP (OCD)
Brentwood Library
Children?s section 2nd Floor
36 Brentwood Rd. North
Contact: Lisa & Jane
Phone: (416) 410-4772

OTTAWA SELF HELP GROUP
Hintonberg Community Centre
1064 Wellington St.
Contact Rollie Boisvenu
Phone: (613) 722-3607 or (416) 410-4772
Meets 2nd Wednesday of each month 7:30 ? 10pm.


ANXIOUS SPEAKERS' SUPPORT GROUP
B.C. Institute of Technology in Burnaby
Vancouver, B.C.
Monday nights from 7-9pm
Contact: Sandra Winter
Email: speakers(a)vcn.bc.ca


FREEDOM FROM FEAR FOUNDATION SUPPORT GROUP FOR SOCIAL ANXIETY SUFFERERS
St. Andrews Heights Community Hall
2504 ? 13 Ave. NW
Calgary, Alberta
Meetings are held every Tuesday from 7pm to 9pm

LONDON SELF HELP GROUP (OCD)

Canadian Mental Health Association
648 Huron St.
Contact: Jim Wallis
Phone: (519) 434-9191 or (416) 410-4772
Meets 1st Wednesday or each month 7 to 9pm
Group Closed in July and August

HAMILTON SELF HELP GROUP (OCD)
Self Help Centre
255 West Ave. North
Contact Lynn Clark
Phone: (905) 522-7353 ext 408 or (416) 410-4772
Meets 2nd Tuesday of each month
Group open year round. No registration required.


WINDSOR SELF HELP GROUP (OCD)
Y.M.C.A.
500 Victoria St.
Contact: Ken Hyra
Phone: (519) 258-9622 est. 242 or (416) 410-4772
Meets 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month 7 to 9 pm.


GUELPH SUPPORT GROUP (OCD) PROFESSIONAL LEADER
Community Mental Health Clinic
147 Delhi St.
Contact: Barb Hallman
Phone: (519) 821-2960
Meets 2nd and 4th Monday of each month at 5:30pm.
Screening Interview Required. For Wellington & Dufferin Counties Only.



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United Kingdom


First Steps to Freedom
1 Taylor Close
Kenilworth
Warwickshire
CV8 2LW

Tel (Helpline): 0845 120 2916
Tel (Office): 01926 864473
Web: www.first-steps.org
Best time to telephone: Helpline:10.00am -10.00 pm, 7 days

Anxiety Care
Cardinal Heenan Centre
326 High Road
Ilford
Essex
IG1 1QP

Tel (Helpline): 020 8478 3400
Tel (Office): 020 8262 8891
Web: www.anxietycare.org.uk

NO PANIC (National Organisation For Phobias, Anxiety, Neuroses, Information
And Care)
93 Brands Farm Way
Randlay
Telford
Shropshire
TF3 2JQ

Tel (Helpline): 0808 808 0545 (Freephone)
Tel (Admin): 01952 590 005
Fax: 01952 270 962
Web: www.nopanic.org.uk
Best time to telephone: Helpline: 10.00am - 10.00pm, every day; Admin:
normal office hours

National Phobics Society
Zion Community Resource Centre
339 Stretford Road
Hulme
Manchester
M15 4ZY

Tel: 0870 122 2325
Fax: 0161 227 9862
Web: www.phobics-society.org.uk
Best time to telephone: 9.30am - 9pm Monday - Friday.

Triumph over Phobia
PO Box 3760
Bath
BATH
BA2 3WY

Tel: 0845 600 9601
Web: www.triumphoverphobia.com

Northern Ireland Agoraphobia & Anxiety Society
29/31 Lisburn Road
Belfast
BT9 7AA

Tel: 028 9023 5170
Best time to telephone: Mon-Thurs, 9am-5pm, Fridays, 9am-1pm.

Stresswatch Scotland

Tel (Helpline): 01563 574144
Tel (Admin): 01563 570886
Fax: 01563 570886
Web: www.StresswatchScotland.org
Best time to telephone: 9.00am - 6.00pm, Monday - Friday.

Aleph One Limited
The Old Courthouse
Bottisham
Cambridge
CB5 9BA

Tel: 01223 811679
Web: www.aleph1.co.uk/bio
Best time to telephone: normal office hours.

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United States:

http://www.adaa.org/Public/index.cfm


Jackie
~*~When they discover the center of the universe, a lot of people will be disappointed to discover they are not it~*~
~~ Bernard Bailey

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From: ashc on 11 Nov 2005 12:10
For national self-help support groups in the USA, there's the...

American Self-Help Group Clearinghouse
http://mentalhelp.net/selfhelp/ or www.selfhelpgroups.org
There they provide a keyword-searchable database of over 1,100 national
and online "self-help" support groups for most any specific illness,
disability, addiction, bereavement situation, parenting, caregiver
concern, abuse, or other stressful life situation; suggestions on
starting both community and online mutual help groups, research
studies; and a registry for those trying to start new national or
international support networks that don't yet exist in the world.

They also have a listing of local non-profit self-help group
clearinghouses worldwide at the same site, which can provide
information on local anxiety support groups:
http://www.mentalhelp.net/selfhelp/selfhelp.php?id=859



"Self-help groups are the largest sector of the defacto treatment
system in the United States dealing with emotional problems for people.
The number of visits that people make to a self-help group far
outstrips the number made to a psychiatrist, or to a psychologist, or
to a doctor, or to a minister."
- Dr. Ronald Kessler, professor of health care policy at Harvard
Medical School.

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From: Chip on 11 Nov 2005 14:03

<ashc(a)cybernex.net> wrote

> The number of visits that people make to a self-help group far
> outstrips the number made to a psychiatrist, or to a psychologist, or
> to a doctor, or to a minister."
> - Dr. Ronald Kessler, professor of health care policy at Harvard
> Medical School.

That could be cause self-help groups are free. And you can go every day of
the week, and often several times per day.

And my experience with AA was that "it works"

I can't say that the visits to my psychiatrists were free or even worked.

Chip

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From: Jacqueline on 13 Nov 2005 17:59
On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 11:10:37 -0600, ashc(a)cybernex.net wrote:

::For national self-help support groups in the USA, there's the...

Do you mind me adding this to my list? I really appreciate it. Thanks! :)

Jackie
~*~Would you respect my mind more
if it bounced gently when I walked?~*~

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