American Cancer Society offers a Bone Marrow/Stem Cell Transplant Group, a
Gynecological Cancer Group, a Life After Loss Group, and Dialogue, a group for
persons with cancer and their friends and family, 928-1144
Anorexia, Bulimia Support Group, Tuesdays, 6-7:30pm, 469-7678
ATCMHMR/NAMI Austin Family Support Group
Date/Time: Second Monday of each month, 7 pm
Location: Austin Travis County Mental Health Mental Retardation, ATCMHMR Training
Room, Austin, TX; Park in lot behind 1700 S. Lamar, off Collier Street.
Contact: (512) 420-9810 for more information.
ATCMHMR Peer-to-Peer Support Group
Date/Time: Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays from 5:45-6:45 pm
Location: The Inn, 56 East Avenue, Austin
Contact: Eric Blumberg at (512) 445-7741 for more information.
Free and open to the public.
Austin Family-to-Family Support Group & Austin Sibling Support Group
Date/Time: Third Monday of each month; 7 pm
Location: Seton Shoal Creek Hospital, 3501 Mills Avenue, Austin TX
Contact: (512) 420-9810 for more information.
This group is a discussion and support group for friends and family members
of those with a mental illness.
A Bisexual Women's Support Group is now forming. Free, 479-0950
Chronic Pain Support Group is now forming, sponsored by the Mental Health Association/Austin Area, 454-7463
Debtors Anonymous, free, 12-step group for under-earning over-spenders; Business Owners Debtors Anonymous also offered, 912-5793
Depressive and Bipolar Support Alliance - Austin
www.dbsatexas.org
E-mail: dbsatexas@sbcglobal.net
Austin Date/Time/Location: Mondays, 7 – 9 pm, St. David's Hospital North;
Fridays, 7 – 9 pm, Shoal Creek Hospital
Austin Contact: Dawn at (512) 506-9344 for more information.
Cedar Park Date/Time/Location: Fridays, 7 – 9 pm
Cedar Park Contact: Vicky (512) 260-1409 for more information.
Round Rock Date/Time/Location: 2nd & 4th Tuesdays, 6:30 – 8 pm
Round Rock Contact: Robbye at (512) 244-0283 for more information.
Dual Recovery Anonymous (DRA)
Date/Time: Every Monday; 7–8 pm
Location: Seton Shoal Creek Hospital, 3501 Mills Avenue, Austin TX
Contact: Scott at 263-2101, ext 183 for more information.
Fibromyalgia Support, first Thursday of each month, 458-5572
Gay Men's Support/Therapy Group is held Tuesdays, 6-8pm, 477-0798
Grofians of Austin explores ego death/rebirth and non-ordinary consciousness (based on the work of Stan Grof), 448-1251
Hospice Austin offers free grief support groups, including a parent group, a spouse group, a general group, and a caregiver's group. 342-4700
Human Potential Center has 30 activities to help people transform their lives, 441-8988
A Men's Group meets Mondays for friendship and learning, 388-0756.
Men/Fathers Hotline for men experiencing custody or visitation problems, 472-DADS
Overeaters Anonymous, 327-2802
PFLAG, Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians and Gays, 302-FLAG
Parents Anonymous offers many programs, including a new Spanish-speaking group, 459-5490 (crisis hotline: 800/554-2323)
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Support Group
Date/Time: First Tuesday of each month, 7:30-9 pm
Location: Seton Shoal Creek Hospital, 3501 Mills Avenue, Austin, TX
Contact: (512) 292-9308 for more information.
Date/Time: Third Tuesdays of each month, 7:30-9 pm
Location: Gethsemane Lutheran Church, 200 W. Anderson Lane, Austin TX
Contact: (512) 292-9308 for more information.
Rational Recovery, a non-12-step alternative to AA, 451-8036 or 385-5877
Recovery, Inc.
Date/Time: Every Thursday, 7:30 pm
Location: St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church, 4800 Convict Hill Road, Austin,
TX
Contact: (210) 492-0756 or 171@recovery-inc.org
Recovery, Inc. is a self-help mental health organization that uses a system
of cognitive/behavioral techniques to help manage and control nervous symptoms
and fears. There is no charge to attend meetings, although a $3 donation is
suggested.
SAVERS (Suicide and Violence Education Resource Services)
Date/Time: First Saturday of each month, 1-4 pm
Location: Old Quarry Branch Library, 7051 Village Center Drive, Austin, TX
Contact: (512) 258-3812 for more information.
Schizophrenics Anonymous
Date/Time: Every Thursday, 5:30-6:30 pm
Location: Seton Shoal Creek Hospital, 3501 Mills Rd, Austin, TX
Contact: (512) 825-8371 for more information.
Schizophrenics Anonymous is a support group for those suffering from schizophrenia
or related disorders such as bipolar disorder, depression with psychotic symptoms,
psychosis otherwise unspecficied, schizoaffective disorder, schizoform disorder,
and personality disorders. Follows a six step recovery that is supplemental
to therapy and medication.
Texas Healing Arts Institute is currently forming a massage therapist support group, 236-8424.
Waterloo Counseling provides a variety of services for the gay and lesbian community (including bi, trans, HIV/AIDS affected), 444-9WCC