Would like to start up a local self help group

[panicdiva]

Hi there,

I would love to start a group for people in the Stirlingshire area that suffer from depression/phobias/anxieity/panic etc. Anyone have any tipsor advice on how to go about it?

[Karen]

Hi Panicdiva

You might find My new self-help group (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7816) helpful. Ray has just set up a local self help group and may have some tips for you.

It is a great idea and shows such initiative that you are thinking of how to bring this about.

Karen



Happiness is not a state to arrive at but a manner of travelling.

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough ~ Christine Cagney, Cagney & Lacey

[sal]

Sounds great and hope it works out for you. I am sure plenty of people from your area will want to join in.

Love Sal xx


Dont mess up the best things in your life, just because at present you are unsure who you are.


"Life is a distance and to travel that distance you were given the strength and guidance to do so".

[Coni]

Hi i think thats a great idea. I'm sure you'll get lots of interest. Unfortunately I'm from lanarkshire which is a bit too far from stirling (although I have a friend who lives there, whom I've never visited cos I'm too scared to drive there). Good luck
Coni

[clickaway]

Hi there,

If you'd like to ask me any questions about my self-help group, please pm me - be delighted to help you!

I saw this press release from 1998, http://www.scotland.gov.uk/news/releas98_3/pr2725.htm
and noticed it talked of a day facility for adults with mental health problems - does that mean there might be a room you could use there and could the NHS give you any backing.

My group is backed by a Mental Health Resource Centre, and independent organisation funded by the NHS and the council. It has 2 or 3 staff to support various self-help groups. They advertise all the groups at the local health centres which is a big plus, as you need to find your users somehow!

Anyway, feel free to get in touch with me.



Ray
http://www.anxietyrelease.org.uk/

And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance.
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