DBSA-Charlotte: Depression & Bipolar Support Alliance updated 5/24/13
DBSA-Charlotte
Depression & Bipolar Support Alliance
We offer four support group meetings a week. They are held in a comfortable, safe and confidential environment. No fee or registration is required. You must be 18 or older to attend. Friends and family are welcome at all meetings. No meetings are held on major holidays.
Donations
Our support groups receive no funds from our parent organization or from the government. We have no paid staff, and all our work is done by volunteers.
We do have a number of expenses: printed materials to provide for people with mood disorders: education, resources for recovery, and help in crises. We also donate to the churches who provide us with meeting spaces. Most of our money comes from voluntary contributions from people who attend the meetings. A strict rule of ours, however, is that nobody has to pay for participating.
We have had gifts that were memorials to loved ones and from people who appreciate what our support has done for a family member.
If you wish to make a donation, write a check payable to: DBSA-Charlotte, and address it::
DBSA-Charlotte
c/o Sheryl Matsik
Board of Directors
8036 Regent Park Lane
Charlotte, NC 28210
Welcome
We are one of nearly 1,000 chapters of a national organization working to help people with mood disorders.
Besides meetings, we hope you avail yourself of the many resources on this site.
We are one of nearly 1,000 chapters of a national organization working to help people with mood disorders.
Besides meetings, we hope you avail yourself of the many resources on this site.
Learning to Cope with Mood Disorders Together
Weekly
Meetings
Mondays
University City
7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
University City Methodist Church
3835 West W.T. Harris Blvd.
Charlotte NC see map
Room 105
Tuesdays
Near Uptown
7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
St. Martin Episcopal Church
1510 East 7th Street
Charlotte NC see map
Basement (Entrance at rear)
(Special Break-Out Session for Friends and Family in addition to regular meeting on 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month.)
Thursdays
Ballantyne Area
7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
St. Matthew Catholic Church
8015 Ballantyne Commons Pkwy.
Charlotte NC see map
Room 202
Saturdays
Southside
10:30 a.m. to Noon
Serenity Church of Charlotte
4369 South Tryon see map
Charlotte NC
Contact Us
for More Info
Sheryl
Board of Directors
email: beadsbyshe@yahoo.com
phone: (980) 475-6020
Our Mission
The mission of DBSA, which has nearly 1,000 peer-run support groups nationally (serving about 70,000 people), is to provide hope, help and support to improve the lives of people living with mood disorders. DBSA pursues and accomplishes this mission through peer-based, recovery-oriented, empowering services and resources when people want them, where they want them, and how they want them.
See DBSA's
National Website
DBSAlliance.org
Support Group
Guidelines
Share the air
Everyone who wishes to share has an opportunity to do so. No one person should monopolize group time.
One person speaks at a time
Each person should be allowed to speak free from interruption and side conversations.
What is said here stays here
This is the essential principle of confidentiality and MUST be respected by all.
Differences of opinion are O.K.
We are all entitled to our point of view.
We are all equal
Accept cultural, linguistic, social and racial differences, and promote their acceptance.
Use "I" language
Because we do not participate in support groups as credentialed professionals, we do not instruct or advise. We do, however, share
from our own experiences. For example: "In my experience, I have found . . ." Only we know what is best for our own health.
It's O.K. not to share
Newcomers may simply listen until they feel comfortable enough to share.
It's everyone's responsibility to make the group a safe place to share
We respect confidentiality, treat each other with respect and kindness, and show compassion.
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