The Self-Help Support Group Directory: Your Guide to Local New Jersey, National & Online Groups (25th Ed.)

Provides descriptions, meeting information, and phone contacts for over 6,750 no-fee support groups in NJ, broken down by county. Each category ends with descriptions, websites and contacts for the appropriate national, international, online, and model self-help support groups (over 1,100 in total). The groups listed cover a broad spectrum of physical, mental and rare illnesses, addictions, disabilities, bereavement situations, caregiver & family concerns, parenting, history of abuse, divorce, and many other stressful life problems. In addition to member-run self-help groups, the Directory includes no-fee NJ support groups run by professionals. The Directory also includes listings of all the NJ community helplines and psychiatric emergency hotlines, and over 400 toll-free NJ & national issue-specific toll-free helplines. Has suggestions for how individuals can join with others in their local NJ area to start their own self-help group, and the ways in which the Clearinghouse assists those in the process at no cost. This 25th Edition has a new section on Ways that Professionals Can Support Local Self-Help Groups, as well as lay and professional considerations for Choosing a Support Group, and an overview of How Self-Help Groups Help.