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Offers group counseling services that integrates mental health treatment with that for substance abuse. This enables clients to learn skills to manage mental health challenges as well as skills related to substance use modification, which can significantly enhance their success rates.

Services

Psychiatric Disorder Counseling
Substance Use Disorder Counseling
Comprehensive Outpatient Substance Use Disorder Treatment
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Offers education and information for those who have endometriosis. Can also provide information about where to go for help with Endometriosis Surgery or Adenomyosis Disease/Surgery.

Services

Disease/Disability Information
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Provides education and recreation for stroke survivors, their friends and families.

LENDING LIBRARY: A large library of videotapes, audio tapes, books, speech therapy drill materials for home programming, therapeutic games, and family educational information is available for loan.

SUPPORT GROUP MEETING LOCATION: New Hope United Methodist Church, 4525 Beaver Ave. Des Moines, IA 50310.
Provides information and support for those suffering from fibromyalgia and/or chronic pain.

Offers a free program that utilizes structure activities to help children ages 5-12 identify, communicate and cope with their feelings when someone close to them has been diagnosed with cancer.

If you have a loved one living with Alzheimer's disease or another form of memory loss, consider joining the family support group facilitated by the professional staff at House of Welcome (HOW) Adult Day Services. This welcoming group provides a safe space to discuss challenges, feelings, and share resources.

Services

Disability/Health Condition Specific Support Groups
Alzheimer's Disease
Gilda's Club Chicago offers a monthly group that consists of a supportive discussion and education regarding living with lung cancer. Those supporting a loved one with lung cancer are welcome. Check website for times and locations.
Parent support groups for parents of special needs children (developmental disabilities, behavioral/emotional disorders, or physical challenges).

Parenting classes.

Information and referral.

Educational materials and quarterly newsletter.

Trained advocates can attend meetings with parents, such as court hearings and IEPs, and can meet one on one in home to address parenting concerns.

Services

Home Based Parenting Education
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Parenting Skills Classes

Offers many different support groups, including caregiver education, wellness for clients identifying as women and men or gender expansive, new diagnosis, youth support, balanced wellness, and Spanish speaking.

Offers a support group for caregivers.

Offers a diabetes support group that meets monthly providing free education and support for youth and adults covering a wide range of topics.

Services

Health/Disability Related Support Groups

Support group for anyone in the general public who has diabetes. Meetings held in the Conference Dining Room in the lower level of FHN Memorial Hospital in Freeport, unless otherwise noted.

Offers a variety of cancer support groups including lunch and learns.

Offers an information line operating 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Provides health information, triage, physician and service referrals over the phone for individuals in need of medical advice.

Support groups offered through Iowa Health Systems: for example, breast feeding education & support group, parents of children with ADD, grief support for parents whose child died, and others.

Services

Support Group Clearinghouses
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Physician Referrals
Medical Information Services
Urgent Care Centers

Alzheimer's Support Groups.

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Caregiver/Care Receiver Support Groups
Health/Disability Related Support Groups

Cancer support groups.

After breast cancer support group:

-- Group for women who currently have breast cancer or women who are in remission.

Caregivers support group:

-- For caregivers and loves ones, this group provides support and education for support persons of our cancer patients.

Kids Club:

-- This group offers special support for children ages 5 to 13 whose parents or other close family members are diagnosed with cancer. Led by specially trained healthcare professionals, Kids Club helps improve communication between the child and their diagnosed parent and answer children's difficult questions about cancer. Kids Club is a one-night event from 5:30 pm to 7 pm and dinner is provided.

Livestrong at the YMCA:

-- A twelve-week, small group program and membership designed for adult cancer survivors at the Norm Waitt Sr. YMCA in South Sioux City, NE. This program fulfills the important need of supporting the increasing number of cancer survivors who find themselves in the transitional period between completing their cancer treatment and the shift to feeling physically and emotionally strong enough to attempt to return to their normal life. The program is conducted outside of medical facilities to emphasize that Livestrong at the YMCA is about health, not a disease.

Multiple Myeloma Support Group:

-- This group provides special support and education for patients diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer, and their loved ones.

One-on-One Support for Cancer Survivors:

-- Meet with a social worker, dietitian, or our patient advocate to talk about specific questions or needs during your cancer journey such as emotional needs, nutritional needs, spiritual needs.

Patient-to-Patient Support:

-- Connect with another patient with a similar diagnosis.

Additional support groups are available; contact the June E. Nylen Cancer Center's patient advocate at (712) 252-9370 for questions on cancer support groups.

Community-based Wellness Programs provide solutions to improve the quality of life for people living with chronic health issues.

LiveStrong at the Y helps cancer survivors increase strength and endurance, better their mental health, and build support with others that have also walked the difficult journey.

In Brain and Body, those with Parkinson's or other neurological conditions engage in physical and mental exercises that improve balance, memory, and more.

Y Weight Loss is designed for individuals looking to lose weight through education, personalized goal setting, and small, sustainable changes.

The Mills County YMCA only offers Y Weight Loss and the YMCA Healthy Living Center only offers Brain and Body.

Services

Therapeutic Exercise
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Fall Prevention Programs
Weight Management

Provides a mentoring program offering weekly discussions where youth can express themselves and share challenges they experience, fostering mutual support and encouragement. It also offers group outings with life skills themes, meals, and opportunities to gain new knowledge and skills while forming relationships with peers. The program emphasizes creating a supportive environment that addresses challenges related to personal and social development.

Support for individuals who are contemplating or have had bariatric surgery.

The group meets every other month at different Methodist locations.
Support group provides a forum in which patients and their families can discuss problems and anxieties concerning prostate cancer. Provides a source of information to new patients interested in keeping abreast of the most up-to-date medical information.
Diabetes support group meets quarterly. Diabetes education also available.
Peer-to-peer program connects newly diagnosed patients and their families with trained volunteers who have experienced blood cancer firsthand and understand the process.

Services

Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Peer to Peer Networking
Provides a forum for individuals to exchange practical information, share experiences and access health and wellness information based on their needs, including behavioral health, cancer, cardiac rehab, diabetes, grief, pregnancy and more.
The Cross-Disability Support Group (CDSG): peer support group program for individuals living with all kinds of disabilities.
Support groups in person and virtual for individuals who have a cancer diagnosis.