MAryland

 

 *This list of self-help groups is provided as an Anxiety Disorders Association of America (ADAA) service.  It does not represent an evaluation or recommendation by ADAA.

 

 

AGORAPHOBIA SUPPORT GROUP OF MARYLAND
19 Old Sturbridge Road
Arnold, MD 21012
Contact: Judy DeNardo
Phone: (410) 721-7926

 

AGORAPHOBIA SUPPORT GROUP OF MARYLAND
Piney Orchard Parkway
Odenton, MD 21113
Contact: Judy DeNardo
Phone: (410) 721-7926


BETHESDA BEATNIKS

Meets Second and Fourth Wednesday Nights of Each Month

Alfio’s Trattoria Italian Restaurant

Friendship Heights, Maryland (right on the D.C. border)

Contact: Peter Warner

Email: peterwarner2@mac.com

Bethesda Beatniks Dinner Club is a dinner club for

mental health consumers, their family members and friends.  

Members meet for dinner, conversation and prominent

after-dinner speakers.

http://www.bethesdabeatniks.org/

 

INTERNATIONAL PARURESIS ASSOCIATION, INC.
(Shy Bladder Syndrome)
Meetings vary, call for further information.
Baltimore, MD 21210
Contact: Steven Soifer
Phone: 1 (800) 247-3864

 

THE PANIC AND ANXIETY SUPPORT GROUP OF BALTIMORE
Church of the Redeemer
5601 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21204
Contact: Nick
Phone: (410) 879-5909

Meets 1st and 3rd Wednesday of every month 6:30 PM

Must be pre-screened

 www.anxietyandstress.com/sys-tmpl/communityresources/

 

 

 SOCIAL ANXIETY SUPPORT GROUP

OF WASHINGTON, D.C.

Meets 1st and 3rd Saturday: 10:00–11:30am.

1st Saturday at the Chevy Chase Pavilion Food Court

above the Friendship Heights Metro on the red line

3rd Saturday at Twinbrook Library on Meadow Hall Drive 

off Viers Mill Road one block north of Twinbrook Pkwy

Website: http://www.angelfire.com/md3/socialanxietygroup/

Contact: Mary

Email: marymack@mail.com 

Phone: 301.767.9416

 

THE PANIC AND ANXIETY SUPPORT GROUP OF LAUREL

St Philip’s Church

522 Main Street        

Laurel, MD  20707

Contact:  Jenny

Phone: (301) 490-0517. Please call between 9 AM and 9 PM.

Email:  anxiety.selfhelp@yahoo.com

Meets 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of each month at 6:30 p.m.

Must be pre-screened.

 

SOCIAL ANXIETY GROUP OF MARYLAND AND DELAWARE
822 Country Club Road
Havre de Grace, MD
Contact: Rich Kay
Phone: (410) 273-9562
Meets Saturday at 1:00pm.

Group only for persons with Social Anxiety.

www.geocities.com/social_anxiety_md/

 

OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER SUPPORT GROUP
For anyone with OCD or who knows someone with OCD.

Mid County Government Building
2424 Reedie Drive (Next to Wheaton Metro)
Wheaton, MD
Contact: Randy Bosin
Phone: (301) 587-0937
Contact: Bruce
Phone: (301) 497-1589 or
Contact: Beth
Phone: (302) 460-8815

 

The Anxiety and Stress Disorders

Institute of Maryland (ASDI)

Specialized treatment groups:

  • Women with panic disorder and/or GAD meets Thursdays 1:00pm-2:30pm.
  • Social Anxiety Disorder Treatment Group.  Mixed gender early evening group.
  • Speaking Circle for performance anxiety and/or social anxiety
  • Anxiety support group meets first Monday of the month.
  • In Vivo behavioral exposure group to address phobias meets on alternate Thursday mornings.

For any of these groups, please contact

Dr. Harold Steinitz at (410) 938-8453,

or visit website at www.anxietyandstress.com

 

 

SPECIALIZED TREATMENT GROUPS:

Facilitated by Deborah S. Cole, PsyD

(410) 381-7662 / (301) 596-5916

drdcole@starpower.net

Contact Dr. Cole for information about

locations, times, dates, and fees.

  • Trichotillomania Therapy Group, a supportive, educational, and therapeutic group to beat the shame and start the process of recovery from hair pulling.
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Therapy Group, supporting those suffering from obsessions and compulsions but also restructuring thinking and working on goals for exposure.
  • Sexual Addiction Recovery Group, for those new to facing this disorder, who often also have anxiety and/or depression, and who have a commitment to recovery and attendance in a relevant 12-step program.
  • Money Issues Therapy Group, for those who want to be free from self-sabotaging behaviors, who may spend impulsively, and who are ready to commit to recovery from these behaviors.
  • Hoarding Therapy Group, for those who want to stop being socially isolated due to their accumulated stuff and who are ready to give and receive support and help.  The goal of the group is to learn to make the necessary difficult decisions, to learn to tolerate the pain of clearing things out, and to keep a schedule for maintaining one’s own space in a way that brings more peace of mind.