2012 DIRECTORY OF SELF-HELP GROUPS AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES IN PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND A Partnership Project of the Canadian Mental Health Association Prince Edward Island Division and the Prince Edward Island Department of Health & Wellness C.M.H.A. Office: Box 785 - 178 Fitzroy Street Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island C1A 7L9 Phone: 628-1648/436-7399/853-4180 Toll Free: 1-800-682-1648 Email: [email protected] Home Page: www.cmha.pe.ca 19th Edition 2012 FOREWORD 3 Dear Friends, It is my pleasure to introduce to you the 19th edition of Prince Ed- ward Island's Directory of Self-Help Groups and Community Re- sources. Today more and more Islanders are recognizing the need for emo- tional support and information when dealing with physical or men- tal health problems and life's stressful situations. They are looking to self-help groups and community resources as health resources. Emotional and social support can greatly relieve the stress related to health problems and can increase one’s ability to cope success- fully with day-to-day living. The Canadian Mental Health Association/Prince Edward Island Division (CMHA) has been promoting and assisting self-help groups since the fall of 1988 through the Self-Help Clearinghouse (now the Consumer and Family Support Program). Information about self-help groups and community resources, technical assis- tance and resources on mental health and mental illness are pro- vided by the CMHA for the general public at our facilities in Char- lottetown, Summerside and Alberton. This Directory is a part of that service and together these services form our Consumer and Family Support Program. We would like to take this opportunity to thank our partner in the production of this Directory, the P.E.I. Department of Health & Wellness. We hope you will find the Directory helpful and we welcome your comments. Donna Wigmore Chairperson Consumer and Family Support Management Committee Canadian Mental Health Association/PEI Division FOREWORD 4 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS We would like to thank the many community groups and resources that so willingly offered updated information on their group, meet- ing times and places. We are indebted to all who collaborated with our Association in our efforts to promote self-help/mutual aid in Prince Edward Island by being included in this valuable resource. In particular our thanks to: • Health PEI for assisting CMHA with the printing through the Document Publishing Centre; • CMHA volunteers who work to improve the quality of life for all those who face chronic health problems and stressful life sit- uations and who believe self-help plays an important role in health promotion; • the Eastern, Western and French School Boards for assisting us with the updates on Schools; • the Island’s churches for helping us with the extensive church updates and • finally, our thanks to Josephine Power who gathers and orga- nizes all the data and to the management of CMHA/PEI Divi- sion whose support made this Directory possible. ORDER FORM 5 2012 DIRECTORY OF SELF-HELP GROUPS AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES IN PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND This Directory will help you if you are: • looking for a group for a health or stressful life situation anywhere on P.E.I.; • a professional looking for a group or community resource that may assist you in your work with clients; • interested in learning more about a particular condition; • interested in making contacts in other parts of the Island; • wanting to learn more about self-help. Please order using the form below ... or drop in and pick one up and save the postage and handling! Please note that we will have a CD version available containing pdf (Acrobat Reader) and Microsoft Word files of the Directory. SHIPPING & COPIES TOTAL ITEM COST HANDLING ORDERED COST Directory with 3-ring cover & dividers $25.00 $8.00 Directory only (Insert) $15.00 $3.50 CD version $7.00 $1.50 TOTALS: NAME: ORGANIZATION: ADDRESS: PHONE: Please make cheques payable to: "Canadian Mental Health Association" and send to: Consumer & Family Support Program – Directory Order Canadian Mental Health Association/PEI Division Box 785 – 178 Fitzroy Street Charlottetown, PE C1A 7L9 GROUP UPDATE FORM 7 NAME OF GROUP: ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ NAME OF CONTACT: ___________________________________________ TYPE OF GROUP: SELF-HELP PROFESSIONALLY LED CONTACT: HOME PHONE # WORK PHONE # OTHER PHONE # FAX # EMAIL ADDRESS: ________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ OBJECTIVES OF GROUP (BRIEFLY): __________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ MEETING INFORMATION: PLACE: DAY: TIME: TABLE OF CONTENTS 9 FOREWORD ................................................................................. 3 ORDER FORM ............................................................................. 5 GROUP UPDATE FORM ............................................................ 7 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................... 15 SELF-HELP GROUPS ............................................................... 23 ADDICTION ......................................................................................... 25 AIDS PEI ....................................................................................... 25 Al-Anon .......................................................................................... 25 Alcoholics Anonymous ................................................................... 26 Gamblers Anonymous .................................................................... 27 Narcotics Anonymous .................................................................... 28 Overeaters Anonymous .................................................................. 28 Sexaholics Anonymous................................................................... 29 BEREAVEMENT ................................................................................... 30 Bereaved Parents ........................................................................... 30 Compassionate Friends ................................................................. 30 Stillborn and Neonatal Self-Help Group ....................................... 31 Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (S.I.D.S.) ..................................... 31 Survivors of Drinking and Driving ................................................ 32 Survivors of Suicide ....................................................................... 33 DISABILITIES ...................................................................................... 34 Blind and Visually Impaired .......................................................... 34 Disabled Women's Network (D.A.W.N.) ........................................ 34 Intellectual Disabilities, Parents and Friends (ACL) .................... 34 Learning Disabilities Association of PEI ...................................... 35 People First ................................................................................... 36 Spinal Cord Injury Self-Help Group .............................................. 37 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & SEXUAL ASSAULT ...................................... 38 Anderson House ............................................................................. 38 PEI Family Violence Prevention Services, Inc. ............................. 39 FAMILY & PARENTING ....................................................................... 41 La Leche League ............................................................................ 41 MENTAL HEALTH ............................................................................... 42 Depression/Bipolar/Anxiety Self-Help Group ............................... 42 Emotions Anonymous..................................................................... 42 Post-Partum Resources ................................................................. 43 Schizophrenia Society of Prince Edward Island ............................ 44 PHYSICAL HEALTH ............................................................................. 45 TABLE OF CONTENTS 10 A.L.S. Support Group ..................................................................... 45 AIDS PEI ........................................................................................ 46 Allergy/Asthma Information Association ....................................... 46 Alzheimer Support Group .............................................................. 47 Heart Support Group ..................................................................... 48 Huntington Society ......................................................................... 49 Lupus Canada ................................................................................ 49 Marfan Syndrome Support ............................................................. 50 Multiple Sclerosis Self-Help Groups ............................................. 50 Osteoporosis