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Basic Self-help Principles
What are self-help groups?
- Share experiences, information, and
strategies for living successfully with mood disorders
- Peer-led
- Safe & non-judgmental
- Confidential
- Everyone has a chance to talk, if
desired
- Meet regularly
- Free of charge
What they’re NOT
- Not therapy or treatment
- Not a place to diagnose
- Not a “pity party”
- Not an expert giving a lecture
- Not a replacement for professional
care
To learn more about the process of
self-help, consider reading, Leading Self-Help Groups, by
Lucretia Malloy. This book is available for purchase through DBSA's
Bookstore.
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