Depression

DBSA Black Community Peer Support Groups

Hosted By
Michele B.
Monday, Apr 29, 2024 | 06:30pm - 07:30pm CDT
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About this meeting
DBSA has developed and nurtured the formation of online peer support groups specifically for Black individuals living with a mood disorder or who believe they may have a mood disorder. The groups, led by a Black peer facilitator, create a safe, culturally sensitive space for people to share stories, questions, and concerns.
About the host
I am a person with many years of lived experience with a mood disorder. I am a retired Human Resource Manager. I’m a Certified Peer Specialist, a long seasoned DBSA facilitator and a former DBSA Chapter President. I have completed Whole Health Action Management Training as well as Intensive Peer Support Training. Peer Support is my passion!
Motivation for help
I lived many years with a mood disorder and dealt with many life interruptions due to my mood disorder. I didn't have a full understanding of how I would go from a good place of wellness to being very unwell. About 15 years ago I completed my Wellness Recovery Action Plan and it gave me insight into my own pattern of unraveling. I now know the early warning signs to pay attention to in order to avoid crisis episodes. I would like to share lessons I've learned on my long recovery journey (failures and successes) and to assist peers in gaining the insight they need to avoid the life interruptions a mood disorder can bring.
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Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance

Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) is the leading peer-focused national organization focused on depression and bipolar disorder. DBSA's peer-based, wellness-oriented, and empowering services and resources are available when people need them, where they need them, and how they need to receive them. This includes online and local support groups, audio and video casts, and printed materials distributed by DBSA, our chapters, and mental health care facilities across America.

DBSA online support groups provide people living with depression and bipolar disorder a place to share experiences, discuss coping skills, and offer hope to one another. DBSA support groups are peer-led, meaning they are facilitated by someone living with a mood disorder who has been trained and certified to guide others on their journey.

DBSA online support group meetings are peer-based self-help groups. In the DBSA context, a peer is a person with a mood disorder. Another distinction of peer is that we are not professionals - physicians and other mental health providers. We are here to assist, encourage, and enable each other to help ourselves.

Please note that the schedule for DBSA support group meetings on HeyPeers has been updated for 2024. To see all available meetings through DBSA, or to find alternatives if you are waitlisted for a group, visit https://www.dbsalliance.org/support/chapters-and-support-groups/.

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