Online Support Groups Near Baltimore
Whether you are in Towson, Columbia, Dundalk, Annapolis or somewhere else around the Baltimore area, ShareWell has live online support groups you can join once the shift is over. This is a city full of nurses, teachers, EMTs, social workers and shipyard crews, and the people who hold it together are rarely asked how they are holding up.
Every group meets online by live video, so you can join from home.
These online groups start during the day and evening in Eastern time, so they fit a day near Baltimore.
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Carrying the hard days home from work
Baltimore runs on its hospitals, its schools and its port, and the work in all three is the kind you cannot fully leave at the door. A nurse coming off a long shift at one of the big medical campuses, a teacher who spent the day being everything to a classroom of kids, a medic who saw something on the last call: they all go home to families who need them too. Neighborhood loyalty is strong here, and people take pride in being the one others lean on, which makes it harder to admit that the leaning has started to crush them. The commute to Washington adds another hour each way for many, and with it another reason there is no time for yourself.
How peer support helps near Baltimore
A peer group is the one room where nobody needs you to be the capable one. You can say what the week actually took out of you, hear from people whose work asks the same of them, and do it from home without finding a sitter or crossing the Beltway.
What members near Baltimore talk about
- Compassion fatigue from caring for patients, students or clients
- Bringing the stress of the job into the house
- Being the dependable one for family and neighbors
- Losing someone and still going in to work the next day
Who these groups may help
- Hospital and healthcare staff who have no one to debrief with
- Teachers, counselors and social workers running on empty
- First responders and port or shipyard workers on hard rotations
- Anyone who commutes to DC and has stopped seeing their friends
Support group topics for people near Baltimore
Every topic has its own page with live groups, so you can start with the one closest to what you are carrying.
Areas around Baltimore
Every group meets online, so you can join from home anywhere around Baltimore.
- Towson
- Columbia
- Glen Burnie
- Catonsville
- Dundalk
- Ellicott City
- Annapolis
- Baltimore County
- Anne Arundel County
- Howard County
Crisis and help lines near Baltimore
ShareWell groups are peer support and are not crisis or emergency services. If you or someone near you is in danger, call 911, or call or text 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at any hour.
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Frequently asked questions
Do I need to live in Baltimore to join?
Are there groups for people who work in healthcare?
I work night shifts. Can I still find a group?
Is what I say in a group kept private?
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