Other Groups

 

 

The list below was originally intended for mental health or related support groups. Since there is no comprehensive list of support groups in Central New York, we have expanded the list to include all support groups in the area. For additions, deletions or changes, please click on the Contact tab to email us.

A suggestion that some of us learned the hard way: Contact the support group before attending to verify the meeting details.

 

 

Name

Purpose

Place 

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

ABIL

Agoraphobics Building Independent Lives

Eastwood Baptist Church School, 3212 James Street, Syracuse NY

Every Wednesday

7:00 pm

 

Jim at 687-5773  Call ahead before attending.

05/27/2007

 

Name

Purpose

Place 

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

Addiction Support Group

 

Unique Peerspectives, 230 Harrison St., Syracuse NY

Every Wednesday

3:00 pm

http://www.uniquepeerspectives.org

475-1994 or 475-1995

01/01/2003

 

Name

Purpose

Place 

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

Adult Med Survivors Network Anonymous (AMSNA)

Survivors talk about their good and bad medical experiences 

Trinity Lutheran Church, 140 Swansea Drive, Syracuse NY

Second Thursday of each month (not January or February)

7:00 - 8:00 pm

 

434-9198  Call ahead before attending. Wheelchair registration required.

05/27/2007

 

Name

Purpose

Place

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

Al Anon

Support group for the families of alcoholics

 

 

 

http://www.al-anon.alateen.org/

471-0191

05/27/2007

 

Name

Purpose

Place

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

Alcoholics Anonymous

 

Meetings throughout the city and county

Daily

Various

http://www.aa.org

463-5011

01/09/2012

 

Name

Purpose

Place

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

Alzheimer's Caregiver Support Group

For caregivers of those suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementia

Kirkpatrick Center, 441 West Kirkpatrick Street, Syracuse NY

Various

Various

http://www.alz.org/centralnewyork/

472-4201

05/27/2007

 

Name

Purpose

Place

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

Alzheimer's Support Group

For unpaid family caregivers of people with Alzheimer's or other dementia

St. Camillus Health and Rehabilitation Center, 813 Fay Road, Syracuse NY

Fourth Tuesday of each month

5:30 - 6:30 pm

http://www.st-camillus.org/

703-0676

05/27/2007

 

Name

Purpose

Place

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

American Council for Headache Education

 

 

 

 

http://www.achenet.org

Susan Grenyo at 455-8313

01/01/2003

 

Name

Purpose

Place

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

American Lung Association

Free support group to stop smoking. Asthma support group starting soon.

1620 Burnet Avenue, Syracuse NY

Second Tuesday of each month

5:00 - 6:00 pm

http://www.lungusa.org/

422-6142

05/27/2007

 

Name

Purpose

Place

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

Anorexia/Bulimia Support Program

For people with eating disorders

6493 Ridings Road, Syracuse NY

Every Tuesday evening

 

http://www.mha-oc.org/

445-1975  Call ahead before attending

05/27/2007

 

Name 

Purpose

Place

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

Anorexia/Bulimia Support Family & Friends Group

Eating disorders

3049 East Genesee Street, Room 130, Syracuse NY

Second and Fourth Tuesday

7:00 pm

http://www.mha-oc.org/

445-1975  Call ahead before attending

01/01/2003

 

Name

Purpose

Place

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

Anorexia/Bulimia Support Inc - Teens

Eating disorders

3049 East Genesee Street, Room 130, Syracuse NY

Wednesday

3:30 pm

http://www.mha-oc.org/

445-1975  Call ahead before attending

01/01/2003

 

Name

Purpose

Place

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

Arthritis Support Groups

Arthritis and fibromyalgia

 

 

 

 

455-8553

01/01/2003

 

Name

Purpose

Place

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

Asperger's Parent Support Group

 

Enable, 1603 Court Street, Syracuse, New York 13202

Third Wednesday of each month (no meetings in July/August/December)

7:00 - 9:00 pm

http://www.udel.edu/bkirby/asperger/suppNY.html

B.G. Downing at 455-7591, Ext. 237 or, Sylvia Noll at 475-1382, Ext. 417

07/24/09

 

Name

Purpose

Place 

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

Brain Injury Coalition

 

 

 

 

 

315-425-5364

01/09/2012

 

Name

Purpose

Place 

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

Branch Out and Grow Single Again

Separated and divorced people 

Harrison Diocesan Center, 1342 Lancaster Avenue, Syracuse NY

First and Third Wednesday of every month

7:30 - 9:00 pm

http://www.syracusediocese.org/events.asp?id=2046

(315) 472-6754 x320

05/27/2007

 

Name

Purpose

Place 

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

Cancer Support Groups

For patients and families

1000 East Genesee Street, Suite 400, Syracuse NY

Fourth Tuesday of each month

4:00 - 5:30 pm

http://www.hoacny.com/html/support_counseling.html

472-7504  Sponsored by Hematology-Oncology Associates

05/27/2007

 

Name

Purpose

Place 

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

Caregivers Support Group

 

Plymouth Congregational Church, 232 East Onondaga Street, Syracuse NY

Second Thursday of every month

Noon

 

Sponsored by Onondaga County Dept. of Aging and Youth, 435-2362

01/01/2003

 

Name

Purpose

Place 

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

Central New York Autism Society of America

 

Jowonio School, 3049 East Genesee Street, Syracuse NY

First Thursday of each month

7:00 - 9:00 pm

Main Page     Event Page

447-4466

05/27/2007

 

Name

Purpose

Place

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

Chiari and Syringomelia Support Group

Support for Chiari, Syringomelia and fibromyalgia 

Canastota Public Library, 102 W. Center St., Canastota, NY 13032 - (315) 697-7030

Second Wednesday of each month

6:00 - 7:30 pm

http://www.asap.org/

Tammi Brown 699-6303

05/27/2007

 

Name

Purpose

Place

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

CNY Help

Support for those living with Herpes

Buckland Room, DeWitt Community Library, Shoppingtown Mall, Dewitt, NY

First Thursday of each month

7:00 to 8:00 pm.

Website not working. Group may not be meeting.

Call the library to see if the group is still meeting.

01/09/2012

 

Name

Purpose

Place

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

CODA

Co-Dependents Anonymous

 

See website

 

Main Page    Search for a Meeting

463-6442 or 455-2876

04/02/2011

 

Name

Purpose

Place

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

Depression after Delivery

Postpartum Depression

 

 

 

http://www.depressionafterdelivery.com/

See website for local contact or call 1-800-944-4773

01/01/2003

 

Name

Purpose

Place

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

EnMotion

A CNY Amputee Support Group

521 East Washington Street, Syracuse, NY 13202

Second Tuesday of each month

6:00 - 8:00 pm

 

Mary Petrarca 315-652-9283   Email: mareliz@twcny.rr.com

10/28/2008

 

Name

Purpose

Place

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

Epilepsy Foundation of Syracuse and Rochester

 

 

 

 

http://www.epilepsyuny.org/

 

01/09/2012

 

Name

Purpose

Place

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

Epilepsy Foundation of Syracuse and Rochester - Parents Group

 

University Health Care Center, 90 Presidential Plaza, 4th Floor, Syracuse NY

Last Thursday of each month

6:00 - 7:00 pm

 

473-6973

05/27/2007

 

Name

Purpose

Place

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

Families of Prisoners Support Group

For friends or families with a loved one in prison

Rose Center, 420 Gifford Street, Syracuse NY

Third Saturday of each month

1:35 - 2:35 pm

 

242-4840

05/27/2007

 

Name

Purpose

Place

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

Gamblers Anonymous

Also families of gamblers

 

Call for meeting times

 

Main Page    Upstate New York Meetings

458-0085 (24 hours)

05/27/2007

 

Name

Purpose

Place

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

Gay and Bisexual Married Men's Support Group

Confidential Support Group

Write for info: PO Box 6608, Syracuse, NY 13217

First and Third Tuesdays of each month

 

 

 

05/27/2007

 

Name

Purpose

Place

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

Gay, Straight and Questioning Youth Group

For lesbian, gay, bisexual, questioning youth (ages 14-20) and their straight friends

 

 

 

 

475-2430  ext. 601

05/27/2007

 

Name

Purpose

Place 

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

Grief Support Group

 

Hospice Center, 990 Seventh North Street, Liverpool NY

See Calendar for details

 

http://www.hospicecny.org

634-2207

10/02/2008

 

Name

Purpose 

Place 

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

Grieving Parents Support Group

For parents and families who have experienced the loss of their baby

Marley Education Center, Room 410, 765 Irving Avenue, Syracuse NY

Second Thursday of every month

7:00 to 9:00 pm

 

470-7372

05/27/2007

 

Name

Purpose 

Place 

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

Healing from Rape

Healing, combining talk therapy, writing, art, bodywork, meditation and ritual

 

 

 

 

471-5068

05/27/2007

 

Name

Purpose 

Place 

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

HIV / AIDS Support Groups

 

Call for times and locations

 

 

 

475-2430

05/27/2007

 

Name

Purpose

Place 

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

Hospice of Central New York

Center offers physical, emotional and spiritual support

Hospice Center, 990 Seventh North Street, Liverpool NY

 

 

http://www.hospicecny.org/

634-1100

05/27/2007

 

Name

Purpose

Place 

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

Hope for Bereaved Parents

 

Bereavement Center, 4500 Onondaga Blvd., across from Westhill High School

Third Wednesday of every month

7:00 to 9:00 pm

 

475-4673

01/01/2003

 

Name

Purpose 

 

Place 

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

Hope for Widows/SHARE

For widows, widowers, and those who have experienced a miscarriage, still birth,

or newborn death.

Family Life Education Center, 1342 Lancaster Avenue, Syracuse NY

First Thursday of every month

7:00 pm

 

475-4673

01/01/2003

 

Name

Purpose

Place 

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

Hope for Youth

Support for bereaved children

Bereavement Center, 4500 Onondaga Blvd., across from Westhill High School

First and third Wednesday of every month

7:00 to 9:00 pm

 

475-4673

01/01/2003

 

Name

Purpose

Place 

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

Leukemia Society of America

Family support groups

 

Third Thursday of each month 

7:30 pm

http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/all_page?item_id=5064

471-1050

05/27/2007

 

Name

Purpose

Place 

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse

Also female survivors, mothers, children and women questioning their sexuality

Berkana Counseling and Healing Center, 203 South Beech Street, Syracuse NY

Starting soon - call for schedule

 

 

479-6386

05/27/2007

 

Name

Purpose

Place 

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

Mental Patients Liberation Alliance

Self-help center

Regency Tower, Suite 102, 770 James Street, Syracuse NY

Weekdays

9:00 am to 5:00 pm

 

475-4120     Hotline (1-800-654-7227)

01/01/2003

 

Name

Purpose

Place

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

Migraine Awareness Group

 

 

 

 

http://www.migraines.org/help/helpsprt.htm

Susan Grenyo at 455-8313

05/27/2007

 

Name

Purpose

Place

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

Multiple Sclerosis Society

 

See contact below for details

Third Tuesday of each month
10:30 - 11:30 am

http://www.nationalmssociety.org/chapters/NYR/index.aspx

Miriam Lester at (315) 492-6698

05/31/2007

 

Name

Purpose

Place 

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

Murder Victim Families

 

St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral, 310 Montgomery Street, Syracuse NY

 

 

 

366-6034

05/27/2007

 

Name

Purpose 

Place 

 

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

NAMI Syracuse, Inc.

Support Group for families and friends of persons with mental illness

Transitional Living Services, 420 East Genesee Street, Syracuse NY

Parking and entrance in rear of building.

Third Tuesday of each month

7:00 pm

http://namisyracuse.org

Phone 487-2085    email namisyracuse@namisyracuse.org

04/01/2011

 

Name

Purpose

Place

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

Narcotics Anonymous

Help for recovering addicts

 

 

 

Main Page   Meeting Search

472-5555

05/27/2007

 

Name

Purpose

Place

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

Ophelia's Place

Support group for eating disorders

See web site for details

 

 

http://www.opheliasplace.org/services.html

Call (315) 451-5544  or email lori@opheliasplace.org

05/31/2007

 

Name

Purpose

Place

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

Onondaga Survivors of Stroke

 

Old Country Buffet, 3179 Erie Boulevard East, Dewitt  NY 

Second Friday of each month

1:00 pm

 

487-2842

05/27/2007

 

Name

Purpose

Place

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

Organ Transplant Support Groups

 

See web site for details

 

 

http://www.tagcny.org/

Ellen Havens at 464-5418 or email ss2ndchancekp@aol.com

05/31/2007

 

Name

Purpose

 

Place

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

Overeaters Anonymous

No dues, no fees, no weigh-ins; only membership requirement is the desire to stop

eating compulsively.

 

 

 

http://www.oa.org/meetings/find-a-meeting.php

 

01/09/2012

 

Name

Purpose

Place

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

Parent Support Group

For parents of children with behavioral problems

See contact

 

 

http://www.becauseiloveyou.org/

Lydia at (315) 488-8013 or email lydiabuza@msn.com

05/31/2007

 

Name

Purpose

 

Place

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

Parents Without Partners

An international group devoted to the needs and interests of single parents and

their children.

 

 

 

Main page      Chapters in New York

634-3616

05/27/2007

 

Name

Purpose

Place

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

Parkinson's Support Group

 

May Memorial Unitarian Society, 3800 East Genesee Street, Dewitt NY

Second Tuesday and Third Thursday of each month

Call

 

652-6857  Call for other locations

05/27/2007

 

Name

Purpose

Place

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

PFLAG Syracuse

Parents, family and friends of lesbians and gays. Support and advocacy.

First Unitarian Universalist Church, 250 Waring Road, Syracuse NY

Fourth Tuesday each month

7:30 pm

http://www.pflagsyracuse.org/

446-5940

07/24/2009

 

Name

Purpose

Place

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

Pride Community Center

Programs for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals and groups

 

 

 

http://www.cnypride.com/

426-1650

05/27/2007

 

Name

Purpose

Place

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

Recovery Inc.

For anxiety, depression, nervousness or fears

DeWitt, Fairmount, Fulton and Utica

Weekly - call

Call

Main page      Find a Meeting

638-2303

01/01/2003

 

Name

Purpose

Place

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

 

Relatives as Parents

For aunts, uncles and grandparents who assume parenting of young family members

Dunbar Center, 1453 South State Street, Syracuse NY

Third Thursday of each month

7:00 pm

 

476-4269

05/27/2007

 

Name

Purpose

Place

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

Sex Addicts Anonymous (SAA)

Struggling with sexual addiction? Need "higher power" and group support?

 

 

 

 

695-8772 or write PO Box 1222, Syracuse 13201

05/27/2007

 

Name

Purpose

Place 

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

Sisters in Sobriety

Alcoholic support group for women

Women's Information Center, 601 Allen Street, Syracuse NY

Saturday

10:30 am

 

478-3646

01/01/2003

 

Name

Purpose

Place 

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

S.O.S. - Survivors of Stroke

 

 

 

 

http://www.strokeassociation.org/STROKEORG/strokegroup/public/zipFinder.jsp

Lisa at (315) 263-7390

01/09/2012

 

Name

Purpose

Place

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

Third Option

For couples who want to work on their marriages

Bishop Harrison Center, 1342  Lancaster Avenue, Syracuse NY

Every other Sunday

7:00 - 9:00 pm

http://www.thethirdoption.com/syr.htm

472-6728

05/27/2007

 

Name

Purpose

Place

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

Triangle of Truth

Those involved in an adoption search, such as adoptees and birth parents

Immaculate Heart of Mary, 425 Beechwood Avenue, Liverpool NY

First Tuesday of each month

7:00 pm

 

622-0620

05/27/2007

 

Name

Purpose

Place

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

Unique Peerspectives

General peer support group

230 Harrison St., Syracuse

Daily

11 am and 2 pm

http://www.uniquepeerspectives.org

475-1994 or 475-1995

01/01/2003

 

Name 

Purpose

Place 

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

Upstate Group for Panic Anxiety and Depression

Support group for those dealing with pain, anxiety and stress

Baldwinsville Public Library Community Room, 33 East Genesee Street, Baldwinsville

Group A meets 2nd and 4th Thursday. Group B meets 1st and 3rd Thursday.

7:00 to 9:00 pm

http://www.monicashelp.com

622-5596

07/24/2009

 

Name 

Purpose

Place 

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

Vera House

For women and children in crisis due to domestic violence

 

 

 

http://www.verahouse.org/

468-3260

05/27/2007

 

Name 

Purpose

Place 

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

Widow / Widowers Support Group

 

Bereavement Center, 4500 Onondaga Blvd., across from Westhill High School

First Wednesday of each month

6:30 - 8:30 pm

http://www.hopeforbereaved.com/index.php?page=support-group-calendar

475-9675

05/27/2007

 

Name

Purpose

Place

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

Women's Support Group

 

230 Harrison Street, Syracuse NY

Tuesday

3 pm

http://www.uniquepeerspectives.org

475-1994 or 475-1995

01/01/2003

 

Name

Purpose

Place 

Day(s)

Time

Website

Contact

Update

Wounds Without Scars

Chronic pain support group

North Syracuse Baptist Church, 420 South Main Street, North Syracuse NY

Every Wednesday

Noon to 2:30 pm

http://www.nsbconline.org/

455-3268

05/27/2007