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From: MsMonarchdancer on 19 Nov 2008 18:17

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

ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SUPPORT GROUPS AUSTRALIA

Covers all major cities of Australia: Adelaide Brisbane Canberra Darwin Hobart
Melbourne Perth Sydney
Find us online at www.anxdepaust.com
Contact: Andrew Jones
E-mail: mail(a)anxdepaust.com


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://www.socialphobia.ca/
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 (OCD)
McNabb Community Centre
180 Percy Street
Contact Mark
Phone: (613) 736-7364
Meets every 2nd Wednesday 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.


OCD Education/ Support Group
Anxiety & Stress Clinic of York Region
10815 Younge St., Ste. 200
Richmond Hill, ON L4C 3E3
Leader and Contact: Dr. Donald Rayko
Phone: 416-410-3517
Meets: 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month, 6:00pm � 7:30pm

www.anxietydisordersclinic.ca

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


Vancouver Anxious Speakers Support Group
B.C. Institute of Technology (Burnaby campus)
Vancouver, B.C.
Monday nights from 7-9pm
Contacts: G. Wayne Thomas (phone), Sandra Wintner (email)
Phone: (604) 435-2650
Email: speakers(a)vcn.bc.ca


ANXIETY AND PANIC ATTACK INFORMATION AND SUPPORT GROUP
Open to anyone who is experiencing anxiety or panic attacks.
Meetings held every Thursday night.
Centre Street Church, West Campus
Room West 142
4120 Centre St. N.
Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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Germany


DASH
(Deutsche Angst-SelbstHilfe)
Bayerstr. 77 a
80335 M�nchen
Tel.: (++49) - 0 89 - 51 55 53 15
Fax: (++49) - 0 89 - 51 55 53 16
Homepage: www.panik-attacken.de
E-Mail: kontakt(a)panik-attacken.de


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India

http://www.indianngos.com/n/nami_india.htm


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Mexico


VIVIR MEJOR (LIVING BETTER)
ASOCIACION MEXICANA DEL TRASTORNO OBESESIVO COMPULSIVO, A.C.
(Mexican Obsessive Compulsive Association)
Colonia Del Valle
Gaiza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Contact: Patricia Silva Martinez
Phone: 52 81 114-7383 or 52 81 114-7384
OCD sufferers and their families at no cost.


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South Africa


SOUTH AFRICAN DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY SUPPORT GROUP
P.O. Box 652548
Benmore, 2010
South Africa
Contact: Lynda Woods
Phone: 27 11 783 1474/6
Fax: 27 11 884-7074
E-mail: anxiety(a)iafrica.com
They run a telephonic counseling service from an office in Johannesburg Monday
through Friday and Saturdays. They have a network of 175 support groups
throughout Southern Africa (South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho).

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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

http://www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/databases/

http://www.adaa.org/GettingHelp/SupportGroups.asp


~The NIMH Referral List can help you find a support group in your area. If there
are no groups near you, you may want to form your own. Some of the sources
listed can aid you in doing this. NIMH also has a Resource List that provides
some self-help information about panic disorder, including books, articles,
and
videotapes. (Call 1-800-64-PANIC)


~American Self-Help Group Clearinghouse

American Self-Help Group Clearinghouse.
Our national Group Information Helpline is 973-989-1122 (8:30am - 5pm
Eastern, weekdays).


- a keyword-searchable database of over 1,200 national, international,
and model self-help support groups for most any specific illness,
disability, addiction, bereavement situation, parenting, caregiver
concern, abuse, or other stressful life situation;
- listing of local non-profit self-help group clearinghouses worldwide
http://www.mentalhelp.net/selfhelp/selfhelp.php?id=859

- suggestions on how to start either a community and/or online mutual
help group;
- information on research of self-help groups - to see a summary of
the more rigorous outcome research studies, you can see a copy of the
chapter from the last 7th Edition of our Self-Help Group Sourcebook
at:
http://www.chce.research.va.gov/docs/pdfs/KyrouzHumphreysLoomis2002.pdf
- and a registry for those trying to start new national or
international support networks that don't yet exist in the world.

For information on national, online, or model groups, those outside
New Jersey can also phone our national helpline at 973-989-1122
(8:30am - 5pm Eastern, weekdays). The last hardcopy edition of the
Self-Help Group Sourcebook (the 7th Edition) was published Fall, 2002.
But more updated and complete group information is available simply
through the search engine at our American website.

http://www.mentalhelp.net/selfhelp/selfhelp.php?id=859


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Illinois.....

Announcing the start of a free, peer-led CBT based support group for
Social Anxiety in Chicago. We take a structured, therapeutic approach
based on Dr. Richards' tapes, though you can join the group even if
you don't have the tapes/workbook.

Meetings take place every Saturday at 2PM at UIC's Library of the
Health Sciences (on the West Campus) in a private and confidential
setting and the location is accessible by public transportation.

You are not required to talk if you don't feel like it, but in order
to maintain morale and motivation in the group, we do request that
members try and attend the meetings regularly.

If interested, please email SAChicago at yahoo.com to sign up or for
more information.

WHEN: Every Saturday at 2 PM

WHERE: Library Of the Health Sciences, UIC
1750 W. Polk Street, Chicago 60612

(http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/lhsc/services/location.shtml)

GETTING THERE: Take the Pink Line train to the Polk station. The
library is right across the street. Street parking is available in the
area.

WHO : SAChicago at yahoo.com

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Michigan.....


THE OCD FOUNDATION OF MICHIGAN
P O Box 510412
Livonia, Michigan 48151
E-mail: OCDmich(a)aol.com
Website: www.ocdmich.org

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New Jersey.....

NJ that has info on over 4,500 local NJ support
group meetings for most any mental health disorder, illness,
disability, addiction, bereavement situation, parenting, caregiver
concern, abuse, or other stressful life situation. From anywhere in NJ,
one can call them at 1-800-367-6274 or 1-800-FOR-M.A.S.H. (Mutual Aid
Self-Help).


New Jersey....
http://www.naminj.org/support/iffs.html




Jackie
~*~You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view,
until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it~*~ ~~Atticus

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