Self-help groups bring together people who share a common life experience for support, education, and mutual aid. Members of self-help groups share a belief that positive change happens through individual efforts with the support of others. The benefits of self-help groups include:
- Learning new information and strategies for confronting problems.
- Finding reassurance and support from others with similar life experiences.
- Developing personal insights and achieving personal growth.
- The opportunity to be helpful to others.
- Feeling less isolated.
- Learning to express feelings better and to be more sensitive to the feelings of others.
- Feeling empowered and more self-confident in coping with challenges.
- Developing a connection to a community and personal identification with a social group.
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AREA (CITY) |
MEETING TIME |
MEETING LOCATION |
CONTACT INFORMATION |
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ADAMS COUNTY “Mighty Sweet Apples" |
3rd Wednesday |
Harbaugh Thomas Public Library |
Jim Temchack |
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CLINTON COUNTY |
2nd Thursday |
Please call for more information |
Bonnie Long-Bortot |
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CENTRE COUNTY |
3rd Tuesday |
HealthSouth Nittany Valley Rehabilitation Hospital 550 W. College Avenue, Pleasant Gap, PA |
Patti Ellenberger |
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CUMBERLAND COUNTY
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4th Monday NOTE NEW TIME |
Otterbein United Methodist Church of Boiling Springs |
Sara Graham Bret Ritter |
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CUMBERLAND COUNTY CARLISLE “BUT YOU LOOK SO GOOD” |
2nd Tuesday (Not meeting June, July, and August) |
Carlisle Y.W.C.A. Resource Room |
Elizabeth Hale |
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CUMBERLAND COUNTY NEWLY DIAGNOSED |
4th Tuesday |
HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital |
Dawn Moyer
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DAUPHIN COUNTY CARE PARTNERS SPOUSES |
2nd Wednesday |
Ridgeway Community Church |
Susan Gelber |
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DAUPHIN COUNTY CLARA SHEAFFER CLUB |
Please Call |
Harrisburg Area |
Eileen Horner |
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DAUPHIN COUNTY LIVING IN COLOUR
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1st Wednesday 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. |
East Shore YMCA - Community Room |
Shelley Mosley
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DAUPHIN COUNTY |
3rd Monday |
The Manor at Susquehanna Village |
Edith Shoop Cheryl Reisch |
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FRANKLIN COUNTY |
3rd Wednesday |
United Brethren Church |
Cheryl Wauls |
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LACKAWANNA COUNTY
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2nd Sunday |
Allied Services Building |
Peggy Carrick Mr. Gail Wintermute |
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LANCASTER COUNTY "Adapt" MS Self Help Group |
1st Monday of every month (beginning October 5, 2009) 10:00 a.m. |
Pheasant Ridge Community Center 209 Longwood Ct., Lancaster, PA |
Alexis Henry (717) 399-0277 |
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LANCASTER COUNTY L.A.M.S. NOTE NEW TIME AND ROOM LOCATION |
1st Monday |
Lancaster General Health Campus |
Vahid (Vic) Tahmasbi |
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LEBANON COUNTY |
2nd Tuesday |
Palmyra Nursing Home |
Cindy Laverty |
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LEBANON COUNTY LEBANON MS SUPPORTERS NOTE NEW DAY AND LOCATION |
1st or 2nd Tuesday |
Various Lebanon County Restaurants
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Cheryl Lynch |
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LUZERNE COUNTY |
3rd Sunday |
Center City Apartment |
Linda Keiper-Quinn
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LYCOMING COUNTY |
Call for Schedule |
St. John’s Methodist Church |
Esther Fuller |
| MONTOUR COUNTY Danville, PA |
3rd Wednesday |
Grandview Home Health 49 Woodbine Lane Danville, PA |
Sister Maria Theresa Hronec(717) 919-4247 |
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NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY |
Currently not meeting |
Family Medical Center |
Mary O’Donnell Support by phone |
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PERRY COUNTY |
4th Wednesday ***November meeting will be Wednesday the 18th / No meeting in December |
New Bloomfield Senior Citizins Center 225 W. Main Street New Bloomsfield, PA |
Paula Divens (717) 582-7953 |
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POTTER COUNTY
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Last Monday of the Month |
C.M.A. Church |
Dean Dow |
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UNION COUNTY |
2nd Tuesday |
Evangelical Community Health Education Center |
Ilene Daniels Jody Zimmerman |
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WAYNE COUNTY |
4th Sunday |
Wayne Memorial Hospital Conference Room |
June Utegg |
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TIOGA COUNTY |
Currently not meeting |
Soldiers and Sailors Hospital Education Room |
Mike Trujillo |
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YORK COUNTY MS HOPE CLUB |
2nd Thursday Groups meets April through October |
Church of Christ |
Susie Harro |
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YORK COUNTY YORK MAKING STRIDES NOTE: NEW TIME |
1st Tuesday 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. NOTE NEW DAY AND TIME |
The Country Meadow’s Retirement Community |
Shelly Butcher Judy Smith |
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SUPPORT BY TELEPHONE |
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Hanover |
Alice Boothroyd |
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SUPPORT BY TELEPHONE |
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Adams |
Lynn Moody |
| SUPPORT BY TELEPHONE | Lancaster |
Juliette Zaengle |