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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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