Support Groups - Survivors
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Support Groups - Survivors |
Introduction
Support groups provide first hand information and a level of emotional understanding that can only come from those who have lived through the same life altering experience. They also provide a safe haven in which frustrations and feelings can be expressed and validated, and new coping strategies learned.
The purpose of a support group is to learn more about brain injury and available services by meeting with others who are facing or have faced similar challenges. The essential elements of a support group are:
• Gather information
• Share common needs and strengths
• Provide a place to meet new friends and find new connections in
the community
• Provide a safe place to find courage and take risks
• Provide an opportunity to socialize
• Provide an environment where positive and negative views can be
expressed without being judged
Please call our TBI Help Line 877-824-1766 for help finding Support Groups in your area.
Source: Brain Injury Association
of Washington, www.braininjurywa.org
For more information on traumatic brain injury, please contact your
doctor or refer to the TBI Toolkit, produced by the Washington State
Department of Social and Health Services, http://www.aasa.dshs.wa.gov/Library/tbitoolkit.pdf
EASTERN WASHINGTON SUPPORT GROUPS
For the latest and most up to
date listing of BIAWA supports groups, we encourage you to visit the
support group listing on the BIAWA website at: http://www.braininjurywa.org/supportgroups