Support Group Opportunities

Email Kayce if you have a support group you'd like to share.

SASSMM
Hobby Spot - Online Support Group
Paused until further notice. Email: [email protected] FMI.

​AMHC PSAS
Come As You Are - Virtual Support Group Beginning December 3rd
Contact [email protected] FMI

​SARSSM has a Peer Support Group Offerings page on their website.

SAPARS Online Writing Group
Support and skill building for anyone  impacted by sexual violence.
Thursdays, February 20th to March 27th, 10-11:30 am via Zoom
Contact Jamie at 207-784-5272 or [email protected] FMI.

Support Group Facilitator Training

MECASA offers the Support Group Facilitator Training once a year. Contact Kayce for details about the next training. 

2024 Support Group Facilitation Training Handouts
Support Group Facilitation Manual
PowerPoint - Support Group Facilitator Training 
Cultural Appropriation
Working with Youth with IDD
Nakita Valerio Facebook post (mention in the PPT)
Self-Care as Community Care, Community Care as Self-Care

One-to-one/Interim SGFT Training Facilitation Materials (Update coming soon)

Sample Documents

All sample documents are built with the Quality Assurance Standards and best practices in mind. 

Sample screening forms, a support group referral form, group guidelines, and a sample confidentiality agreement are located in the Support Group Facilitation Manual.

Screening for Yoga Groups

Group Agenda (also, see the Support Group Facilitators Manual and the SGFT PowerPoint Presentation)

Support Group Attendance Rosters 

outlines

The following were shared so other centers could use them and/or 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 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.

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A Personal Bill of Rights
Check-in Questions
Gender Boxes
Goal Setting & Relationships
Letter Writing
Tree of Life
Writing Prompts

Meditation & grounding

Creating Your Special Place Guided Meditation
Grounding Techniques
Light Stream Guided Meditation
Sensory Guided Meditation

handouts

​Affirmations​
​Assertive Communication
​Boundaries
Enhancing Your Self-Esteem
Equality Wheel
Feelings Number Scale
Intimacy and Trust
Personal Healing
Respect Wheel
Who I Really Am

Facilitation Webinars

RSP Creating and Maintaining a Support Group in a Rural Community Webinar
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facilitator guides & curriculum

The Power of Social Connection: Developing and Coordinating Sustainable Support Group Programs for Survivors of Sexual Violence
North Carolina Coalition, 2013

The Power of Social Connection: A Guide to Providing Virtual Support Groups
North Carolina Coalition, 2021

Holistic Healing for Survivors, Resource Sharing Project

A Guide for Facilitators of Transgender Community Groups: Supporting Sexual Violence Survivors​
Forge, 2016

​​Trauma Recovery and Empowerment (TREM)
Maxine Harris
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LGBTQ+ Support Group Facilitator's Guide
MECASA

The Art Group
A therapeutic, non-disclosure-based support skills group for survivors created by SAPARS

Groups for High School-Aged Youth

• MECASA Working with Youth with IDD
• Victim Rights Law Center: Safety Planning Guide for Middle and High School Student Survivors

• NSVRC Campus How to Engage Children & Teens Over Telecounseling
• Victim Rights Law Center: Maine Minors’ Privacy Toolkit
• NSVRC Serving Teen Survivors: A Manual for Advocates​

Groups in Settings of Incarceration

The following were shared so other centers could use them and/or to give a sense of how a group might be structured. ​

• SASSMM 8-week Expressive Writing Group for People Who Are Incarcerated Outline