At the last meeting of my DID/MPD support group, we *finally* managed to get an OK to send out an email to our list announcing the fact that people are starting a support group for supporters. So if you are a supporter of someone who has DID/MPD or another dissociative disorder, and you live within easy traveling distance of NYC, you may want to check this out:
Support for Supporters:
Some partners and friends of people with DID or other dissociative disorders would like to start a peer support group for people who are supporters of those with DID/MPD or another dissociative disorder. People who are welcome include partners, friends and supporters of those with DID.
The group will initially meet in Manhattan, at the same time as New Landscape, but in a different location so as to insure privacy to everyone in both groups. The person you support does NOT have to attend the New Landscape group in order for you to attend the supporters' group. The supporters' group will make its own decisions as to meeting guidelines, etc., once it gets going.
If there is enough interest (and there already is), the 1st Partner's Group meeting can start next month! If you or someone you know might be interested in attending this group, write us back for details.
~New Landscape
contact@new-landscape.com
2 comments:
good to hear that there will be a support group for supporters. i know that they are very, very important to myself. unfortunately, here in S, Canada, we don't have one.
good to hear and hope you are doing ok ...
a lot of this is me deciding something needs to exist, and then asking other people whether it exists, and they say, "no, but i wish it did" and then me saying, "well, let's see if we can make it happen."
and it's not the same as an in-person group, but my partner (and i, since i did the actual set-up) started an online forum for supporters--
Here is a link to it.
There aren't many members yet, so it's pretty quiet, but i think as people find out about it and join, it might be pretty useful for the partners. Certainly, in my mind, it would be better than some of the stuff provided by therapists who use the official treatment model for DID. If I can get the others to cooperate in here, I am SO posting a rant later today!!
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