Online Support Groups Near Chattanooga
Whether you are in Chattanooga, East Ridge, Hixson, Ooltewah, Signal Mountain or just over the line in north Georgia, ShareWell has live online support groups you can join from home. Chattanooga sells itself as the outdoor town with city internet, and plenty of people took the offer, moved here alone, and found that trails and remote work do not make friends for you.
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 Chattanooga.
Upcoming Groups
MeganCPSP
Community and general support
Belladonna
Compassion, empathy and support with major life challenges.
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Member-led
People whose anxiety makes ordinary days feel like a lot
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Member-led
People whose anxiety makes ordinary days feel like a lot
Moved for the mountains, still eating alone
A lot of newer residents arrived with a laptop job and a kayak. The riverfront and the ridges deliver exactly what they promised, and the weekdays are still spent on video calls with coworkers in other states, followed by an evening with nobody to text. Adult friendship in a mid-size southern city tends to run through church, kids' schools and family that has been here for generations, and a thirty-five-year-old transplant without any of those can feel like a guest for years. Locals feel the change from the other side as rents in Northshore and Southside climb and old neighborhoods fill with strangers. Everyone is outside and friendly, and a surprising number of people are lonely.
How peer support helps near Chattanooga
A peer group gives you the thing the trail does not: the same handful of people every week who ask how the week actually went. You join from your apartment in Southside or the house in Hixson, and the others in the room know how long it takes to belong somewhere new.
What members near Chattanooga talk about
- Loneliness after moving somewhere beautiful by yourself
- Remote work and the days without a single conversation out loud
- Being single in a town organized around families and churches
- Anxiety that got louder once life got quieter
Who these groups may help
- Remote workers and transplants who moved for the outdoors
- Single adults who find the city hard to break into
- Longtime residents whose neighborhoods changed around them
- Anyone who is active all weekend and alone all week
Support group topics for people near Chattanooga
Every topic has its own page with live groups, so you can start with the one closest to what you are carrying.
Areas around Chattanooga
Every group meets online, so you can join from home anywhere around Chattanooga.
- East Ridge
- Hixson
- Red Bank
- Ooltewah
- Signal Mountain
- Lookout Mountain
- Soddy-Daisy
- Cleveland
- Dalton
- Hamilton County
Crisis and help lines near Chattanooga
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.
Support groups in other cities
Frequently asked questions
I live in Cleveland or Dalton rather than Chattanooga. Does that matter?
I am not in crisis, just lonely. Is a support group too much?
Will it be the same people each week?
Can I join from my phone between a ride and dinner?
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