Online Support Groups Near Memphis
Whether you are in Germantown, Bartlett, Southaven, West Memphis or somewhere else across the Mid-South, ShareWell has live online support groups for the kind of grief that gets passed down. Memphis is a city with deep roots and long memories, and many families here carry losses that were never spoken about at the table.
Every group meets online by live video, so you can join from home.
These online groups start during the day and evening in Central time, so they fit a day near Memphis.
Grief the family never talks about
Families in Memphis tend to stay, with grandparents, parents and grown children within a few miles of each other and Sunday dinners that have run for decades. That closeness is a gift, and it also means that a death, an estrangement or something that happened years ago can sit in the middle of the family unspoken, because bringing it up would upset people you see every week. The night shifts at the airport hub, the hospitals and the warehouses pull many people out of the family rhythm altogether, so the person working overnight carries their share alone. Church is where many turn, and some find that there are things they need to say that do not belong in the pew.
How peer support helps near Memphis
A peer group is a room outside the family, where you can name the loss nobody at home will mention and hear from others who grew up in the same silence. You join from home in Shelby County or across the state line in DeSoto, before or after a shift, and the group is there every week.
What members near Memphis talk about
- Losses the family has agreed not to discuss
- Grief that resurfaces at every holiday and reunion
- Carrying something from childhood that nobody acknowledged
- Working nights and losing touch with the people you love
Who these groups may help
- People from close families where some things are never said
- Anyone grieving a loss the rest of the family has moved past
- Adults working through what happened when they were young
- Night-shift workers at the hub, the hospitals and the warehouses
Support group topics for people near Memphis
Every topic has its own page with live groups, so you can start with the one closest to what you are carrying.
Areas around Memphis
Every group meets online, so you can join from home anywhere around Memphis.
- Germantown
- Collierville
- Bartlett
- Southaven
- Olive Branch
- West Memphis
- Millington
- Shelby County
- DeSoto County
Crisis and help lines near Memphis
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.
- Alliance Healthcare Services Crisis Line901-577-9400
Memphis and Shelby County, 24 hours a day, every day
Official site - Tennessee Statewide Crisis Line855-274-7471
All of Tennessee, 24 hours a day, every day
Official site