UCO Student Counseling Center: Self Help Resources: Child Development

Off Campus Counseling Resources: Support Groups

Edmond Support Groups

12 Step Groups:
Traditionally open groups meet at 12:10 p.m. at the Wesley Foundation, 311 Hurd (behind Thompson's Bookstore, across from the UCO Administration Building). The day and the type of group various depending upon the particular semester. Past groups have focused on curbing destructive drinking, spending, and co-dependent relationship patterns. Click here and then select the "surrounding towns and suburbs" to find out information listed by the intergroup of OKC.

Depression/Bipolar Disorders Individual/Family Support Group:
Support for Individuals and Their Families. Meets Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m., Edmond Medical Center Hospital Cafeteria, located on N.W. corner of 2nd and Bryant. Enter off 2nd street - south visitor's entrance. Call John or Gerri Hames at 844-7967 for more information.

Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance:
Support for individuals and their families. Various metropolitan and state wide locations. Click here for more information.

Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area Support Groups
A Chance to Change Education Series about addiction and the family. 6:30 p.m., Mondays, Oklahoma City, Crowne Plaza, 2945 Northwest Expressway, 840-9000.

		Alcoholics Anonymous: Click on the AA Link or call (405)524-1100 for a listing of open meetings: the AA Services Office can be reached at (405) 949-0910. AL-ANON/ALATEEN: Support for those with friends or loved ones who are abusing alcohol or drugs. 3801 NW 63rd, Suite 129, Oklahoma City, OK 73116. (405) 767-9071. Anxiety/Panic Support Group: 7:00-9:00 Tuesdays at Consumer Council, 1211 S. W. 59th, (north entrance), OKC. Beginning Again: A support group of adults dealing with issues of separation, divorce and co-dependency; 7 p.m. Tuesdays at First Presbyterian Church, 564 Buchanan, Norman. Contact, Dr. Wiley Harwell 329-8821. Co-dependency Support Group: 5:30 p.m., Sundays at St. Anthony's Mental Health Center, 1000 N. Lee, OKC. Info. call: 272-7000. COPE, INC: Individuals, Groups and Families. Psychological Testing/Evaluation, Parenting, Children and Play therapy, Substance Abuse, Domestic Violence, Impulse control, Sexual Abuse, Marital Problem Solving 2701 N. Oklahoma Ave, OKC 73105; Call (405)524-COPE. Cope accepts Medicaid/HMO, Insurance and offers sliding scale fees. Depressive and Manic Depressive Support Groups: Midwest City Regional Hospital, Thursdays starting at 7:00p.m. Contact Carolyn Archer for more information (405) 840-0607. Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance: Support for individuals and their families. Various metropolitan and state wide locations. Visit this website for current locations and contact information. Divorce Recovery Support Group: 7:00 p.m. Wednesdays, Quail Springs Church of Christ, 14401 N. May, OKC. Emotions Anonymous: 7:00-8:15 p.m., Tuesdays at Hillcrest Methodist church, 58th & S. Penn, OKC. Contact Mel at 642-1547. Family Support Group, 6:30 p.m. on 4th Mondays at 6300 N. Classen, Bldg. C. Freedom, Inc.: (all mental illnesses) 4th Wednesdays at Transition House "drop-in center", 706 Asp, Norman. Info call 360-7926. Good Grief: Support group for children and teens dealing with the death of a loved one. Meetings on 1st Monday of each month at 6:30-8:00p.m.; Mercy Hospital, 4300 West Memorial Road, OKC, Rd 529. Call (405) 752-3600. Grief Support Group: 7 p.m. the third Thursday each month. Norman Regional Hospital Education Center, 901 N. Porter. Call Mike Bumgarner, 307-1037. Grief Share: 6:45 p.m. Wednesdays, Alameda Church of Christ, 801 E. Alameda, Norman. 321-0788. Homicide Survivors: 7:00 p.m. 1st and 3rd Mondays at OKC Police Training Center, 800 N. Portland, Room 101, OKC. Mental Illness Support Group: 7 to 8:30 p.m. the first and third Tuesday each month. Edsel Ford House, 107 State Drive, Norman. 701-2078. New Horizons Grief Recovery Group: 7:00-8:30p.m., Mondays; Mercy Hospital, 4300 West Memorial Road, OKC, Patient Level 3. Call (405) 752-3388. Meetings are held in the Conference Center. Recovery, Inc.: For persons with nervous symptoms and fears. Edmond area (405) 843-9900. Survivors of Suicide: McFarlin United Methodist Church, University Boulevard and Apache Street, Room 238; 2nd Sunday of each month at 2:30p.m. Contact person: Jery Guy (405) 447-1498 or (405) 329-4280. Statewide Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance: Support for individuals and their families. Various metropolitan and state wide locations. Visit the website for current locations and contact information. NAMI Oklahoma, Inc.: Education and support for individuals and/or families afflicted with mental illness. 500 North Broadway, Suite 100, OKC, 73102. (405) 230-1900 or toll-free 1(800) 583-1264. Oklahoma Mental Health Consumers Council: State Headquarters, 5131 N. Classen Blvd., Oklahoma City (of/for consumers of mental health services), (405) 840-0607, Advocacy for Consumers. Oklahoma Alliance for the Mentally Ill: State Headquarters, Oklahoma City, (405) 230-1900 for affiliates all over Oklahoma. Contact OAMI headquarters for information of groups in your city or town. OAMI Child and Adolescent Support Network: family education on mental illness, Oklahoma City (405) 230-190l. Thursdays 7:00-8:00p.m., All Souls Episcopal Church, corner of 63rd and North Penn, OKC. Depression Bipolar DPSA contact person: Tera (405) 634-4644 or (405) 517-9472. Reach-Out Hotline: (24 hour referral) toll-free statewide 1(800) 522-9054. Teen 2 Teen: Oklahoma City, (405) 271-TEEN for local Oklahoma City calls or 1(800) 522-9054 toll-free statewide.

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