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Online Support Groups Near Providence

Whether you are in Warwick, Cranston, Pawtucket, Fall River or somewhere else in Rhode Island and the nearby corner of Massachusetts, ShareWell has live online support groups where nobody across the screen knows your cousin. Providence is a big small town, and in a place this close-knit it can feel impossible to get help without the whole street finding out.

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 Providence.

Upcoming Groups

Health Challenges 'N' Perseverance
Lori246

Lori246

Health Challenges 'N' Perseverance

Health challenges & approaching life in a positive manner

Chronic Illness
Mindfulness

1 spot left

5/6
Today 11:30 PM • 60 min
Grief Recovery in Christ: Sanctuary Circle
TheWellnessSanctuary

TheWellnessSanctuary

Grief Recovery in Christ: Sanctuary Circle

Grief and Loss, Christianity, estrangement, identity

Grief
Loss
No contact
2/16
Today 11:30 PM • 90 min
IVF Cycle Support

Member-led

IVF Cycle Support

For women navigating IVF cycles and fertility stress

Anxiety
Fertility
Stress management
2/16
Tue, 10/6, 1:00 AM • 60 min
Living With Endometriosis

Member-led

Living With Endometriosis

People managing life with endometriosis

Chronic Illness
Endometriosis
Women's health
1/16
Tue, 10/6, 5:00 PM • 60 min
Local life

Too small a state to stay anonymous

Rhode Island is the kind of place where the person at the next table went to school with your sister and the pharmacist knows your mother, which is wonderful until you need to talk about a divorce, a drinking problem or a diagnosis you have not told the family about. In-person groups here can put you across the circle from a coworker or a neighbor, so plenty of people decide it is easier to say nothing. Old mill towns like Pawtucket and Woonsocket and the fishing and factory communities down toward Fall River and New Bedford have their own quiet, where generations stay close and keep their troubles in the house. The winters are long and damp, and the state is small enough that there is nowhere to go to be a stranger.

Why it helps

How peer support helps near Providence

An online peer group gives you the thing Rhode Island cannot: a room of people who share your situation and have never heard of your town. You join from home, say what you have been holding, and go back to your street with it still private.

Inside the room

What members near Providence talk about

  • Needing to talk about something you cannot say locally
  • A separation or divorce that everyone in town has an opinion on
  • Drinking or using that has stayed hidden from the family
  • Living with an illness you have not told people about
Good fit for

Who these groups may help

  • People who would rather not run into anyone they know
  • Families in close-knit towns where privacy is hard to come by
  • Anyone going through a breakup in a place where everyone talks
  • Residents of the south coast and the Blackstone Valley far from the city
Find your group

Support group topics for people near Providence

Every topic has its own page with live groups, so you can start with the one closest to what you are carrying.

Join from anywhere nearby

Areas around Providence

Every group meets online, so you can join from home anywhere around Providence.

  • Warwick
  • Cranston
  • Pawtucket
  • East Providence
  • Woonsocket
  • Fall River
  • New Bedford
  • Attleboro
  • Rhode Island
Local help lines

Crisis and help lines near Providence

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.

  • BH Link
    401-414-5465

    All of Rhode Island, behavioral health crisis, 24 hours a day, every day

    Official site

Frequently asked questions

Do I need to live in Providence to join?

No. Groups are online, so you can join from Warwick, Cranston, Pawtucket, East Providence, Woonsocket, Fall River, New Bedford, Attleboro or anywhere else.

Could someone I know end up in my group?

It is very unlikely. Members join from all over the country, and you can use a first name or a nickname and keep your camera off if you prefer.

Can I join from Massachusetts?

Yes. The state line makes no difference to an online group, and the times shown are in Eastern time on both sides of it.

Do I have to show my face?

No. Hosts welcome members who keep their camera off, and you can take part by voice or by typing in the chat.

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