Support Group Opportunities

Email Kayce if you have a support group starting up available to survivors outside your catchment area - either in person or virtually.

SAPARS
Beginning in December 2022 SAPARS will be hosting an online writing group. Contact Jamie Demers FMI.

SASSMM
All Gender Support Group for Survivors of Sexual Violence
Virtual Support Group | Wednesdays January & February at 6:00p on Zoom
For more information go to their website or call 207-725-2181

SASSMM
HelpRoom - Online Peer Support Group
Tuesdays, 12p-1:30p
Free, private, and anonymous online support group for anyone impacted by sexual violence. No sign up necessary! Join for as many or as few sessions as you want to. Each group is facilitated by two SASSMM advocates. To log into the anonymous chatroom for support, all you have to do is be on our HelpRoom at the scheduled time and click "go chat." Link to HelpRoom: www.sassmm.org/helproom.

Support Group Facilitator Training

MECASA offers the Support Group Facilitator Training at least once a year, usually in March. Reach out to Katie K for details about the next training. 

Support Group Facilitators Manual
PowerPoint - Support Group Facilitator Training 
Facilitator's Guide - One-to-one/Interim Training
Sample Documents
All sample documents are built with the Quality Assurance Standards and best practice in mind. Your agency or program may want to add or edit so it can fit your practices and agency protocols. 
Referral Form
Screening Interview Form*
Screening for Yoga Groups
Screening Decision Documentation
Group Guidelines
Group Agenda
Confidentiality Agreement
outlines
These are provided by member center programs to give a sense of how a group might be structured. 
  • SASSMM Recovery Education and Creative Healing (REACH) Experiential 10-week Support Group Outline
  • SASSMM Traditional Female Identified Survivor 10-week Support Group Outline
  • SASSMM Recovery Education and Creative Healing (REACH) Experiential 10-week Support Group Outline
  • SASSMM 8-week Expressive Writing Group for People Who Are Incarcerated Outline
Activities
​Revisiting Our Roots: The Essential Advocacy Toolkit
Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs
A collection of trauma-informed resources & strengths-based activities for advocates supporting adult survivors of sexual violence.
A Personal Bill of Rights
Check-in Questions
Gender Boxes
Goal Setting & Relationships
Letter Writing
Tree of Life
Writing Prompts
Meditation & grounding
handouts
manuals and Webinars

Circle of Hope: A Guide for Conducting Effective Psychoeducational Support Groups, Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs (WCSAP) Second Edition June, 2014

LATIN@ Support Group Guide, WCSAP
A Guide to Psychoeducational Support Groups for Latin@ Survivors of Sexual Violence

Teen Support Group Guide, WCSAP

Power of Social Connection, North Carolina Coalition Against Sexual Assault

Holistic Healing for Survivors, Resource Sharing Project

Parent Support Group Guide, WCSAP


WEBINARS:

Trauma Responses Within Support Groups, WCSAP Webinar
October, 2000

Building Facilitator Skills, WCSAP Webinar
June, 2017

Teen Survivor Support Group, WCSAP Webinar
February, 2014

Dynamic Group Retention-How to Keep Psychoeducational Support Group Members Coming Back, WCSAP Webinar
April, 2013

Sexual Assault Support Groups-The Importance of Safety, WCSAP Webinar

facilitator guides & curriculum