Online Support Groups Near Pittsburgh
Whether you are in Monroeville, Bethel Park, Cranberry Township, McKeesport or somewhere else in the hills around Pittsburgh, ShareWell has live online support groups that come to you. This is a city where people stay, grow older on the same street and look after the parents who raised them there, and the stairs and the winters make it hard to get out when you need company most.
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 Pittsburgh.
Upcoming Groups
TheWellnessSanctuary
Grief and Loss, Christianity, estrangement, identity
Member-led
Parents raising autistic children
Member-led
For women navigating IVF cycles and fertility stress
Member-led
People managing life with endometriosis
Growing older in a city that stays put
Pittsburgh is one of the few big cities where the neighbors you had as a child can still be your neighbors in retirement. Many adults here are caring for a mother or father a few blocks away while raising their own kids, and the hospital systems that now anchor the economy employ a good share of them on shifts that leave little room for anything else. The city is built on hills, bridges and steep front steps, so when a knee goes or the ice comes, a person can lose their ordinary circle of visits without anyone noticing. Grief sits close to the surface in neighborhoods where a funeral at the parish is where half the block last saw each other.
How peer support helps near Pittsburgh
A peer group meets you wherever you can sit down with a laptop or a phone, whether that is the living room where you grew up or the one where you are caring for the person who raised you. The hour is steady, the faces become familiar, and nobody needs to climb a hill to be there.
What members near Pittsburgh talk about
- Caring for an aging parent while holding down a job
- Losing a spouse, a sibling or a lifelong friend
- Getting older in a house you can no longer easily leave
- The quiet that follows retirement from a career that defined you
Who these groups may help
- Adults caring for parents in the neighborhood they grew up in
- Older residents whose friends are gone or housebound
- Hospital and nursing staff running on long shifts
- People who stayed in the region while their children moved away
Support group topics for people near Pittsburgh
Every topic has its own page with live groups, so you can start with the one closest to what you are carrying.
Areas around Pittsburgh
Every group meets online, so you can join from home anywhere around Pittsburgh.
- Allegheny County
- Monroeville
- Bethel Park
- Cranberry Township
- McKeesport
- Washington
- Butler
- Westmoreland County
- Beaver County
Crisis and help lines near Pittsburgh
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.
- resolve Crisis Services1-888-796-8226
Allegheny County, 24 hours a day, every day
Official site
Support groups in other cities
Frequently asked questions
Do I need to live in Pittsburgh to join?
I am not comfortable with technology. Is it hard to join?
Are there groups for people caring for a parent with dementia?
Are there groups for older adults specifically?
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