Online Support Groups Near Los Angeles
Whether you are in Orange County, Long Beach, the Valley or somewhere else in Southern California, we have support sessions for you, live and online, so the freeway never decides whether you make it. A lot of people in Los Angeles are starting over right now and finding it hard to say so out loud.
Every group meets online by live video, so you can join from home.
These online groups start during the day and evening in Pacific time, so they fit a day near Los Angeles.
Upcoming Groups
larissadooley19
Healing trauma with holistic tools
Deirdre_CPS
A tranquil space for healing together.
CorrieMichele
Peers looking to unwind and get creative!
Belladonna
Finding tiny sparks of joy through depression.
Starting over in a city that expects you to be fine
Greater Los Angeles is rebuilding on several fronts at once. Families who lost homes in the Eaton and Palisades fires are still displaced, and the long middle of recovery is lonelier than the first weeks were. Work in the industry has slowed, and for crew, writers and performers a long gap between jobs touches identity as much as income. Rent takes a large share of most paychecks, and friends who live twenty miles away can be more than an hour apart on the 405. The sunshine makes it easy for everyone else to assume you are doing well.
How peer support helps near Los Angeles
A peer group is a place where you do not have to keep up an image. Members talk about rebuilding, waiting for work and money pressure with people who are in the same position, and because the group is online, distance and traffic stop being the reason you go without support.
What members near Los Angeles talk about
- Rebuilding life after losing a home or a neighborhood
- Long gaps between jobs and what they do to your sense of self
- Money pressure from rent that takes most of a paycheck
- Feeling isolated in a region where everyone is a long drive away
Who these groups may help
- People who are still displaced or recovering after the fires
- Freelance and industry workers between jobs
- Anyone who is tired of saying they are fine
- People who cannot give up two hours to drive to a meeting
Support group topics for people near Los Angeles
Every topic has its own page with live groups, so you can start with the one closest to what you are carrying.
Areas around Los Angeles
Every group meets online, so you can join from home anywhere around Los Angeles.
- Orange County
- Long Beach
- San Fernando Valley
- Inland Empire
- Pasadena
- Glendale
- Burbank
- Santa Monica
- Ventura County
- South Bay
Crisis and help lines near Los Angeles
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.
- LA County Help Line for Mental Health and Substance Use800-854-7771
Los Angeles County, 24 hours a day, every day
Official site - NAMI Greater Los Angeles County Warmline818-208-1801
Greater Los Angeles County, peer support (not a crisis line), Monday through Friday 10am to 8pm, Saturday 10am to 2pm
Official site
Support groups in other cities
Frequently asked questions
Do I need to live in Los Angeles to join?
Is there support for people affected by the wildfires?
Where do the groups meet?
My work schedule changes every week. Can I still take part?
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