Online Support Groups Near Rochester, New York
Whether you are in Greece, Irondequoit, Henrietta, Webster or somewhere else in Monroe County, ShareWell has live online support groups for people starting over at work in the middle of their lives. Rochester has reinvented itself more than once, and so have many of the people who live here, often without anybody asking whether they were ready.
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 Rochester.
Upcoming Groups
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Starting a second career in a city that had to start over too
A generation of Rochester families expected to spend a whole working life at one employer, and then the big companies shrank and the plan went with them. Today the work is in the hospitals, the universities and smaller shops, and a lot of people in their forties and fifties are back in a classroom at MCC or RIT, taking an entry-level job after twenty years of seniority, or training for health care because that is where the openings are. It is humbling to be the oldest person in the orientation and to explain the gap on a resume. Add a long gray winter, a mortgage that does not pause for retraining and a spouse who is tired of hearing about it, and the stress has nowhere to go.
How peer support helps near Rochester
A peer group gives you people who are also learning a new field late, managing money through the transition and trying to keep their confidence up. It meets online in the evening, after class or a shift, so it fits around a schedule that has already changed too many times this year.
What members near Rochester talk about
- Losing a long career and figuring out what comes next
- Going back to school in your forties or fifties
- Money stress while you train for something new
- Feeling like a beginner again in front of younger coworkers
Who these groups may help
- Adults retraining after a layoff or a plant closing
- People who took a step down in pay or title to stay in Rochester
- Spouses carrying the household while a partner changes careers
- Anyone whose sense of self was tied to a job that no longer exists
Support group topics for people near Rochester
Every topic has its own page with live groups, so you can start with the one closest to what you are carrying.
Areas around Rochester
Every group meets online, so you can join from home anywhere around Rochester.
- Greece
- Irondequoit
- Henrietta
- Brighton
- Pittsford
- Webster
- Penfield
- Canandaigua
- Monroe County
- The Finger Lakes
Crisis and help lines near Rochester
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.
- 211/LIFE LINE1-877-356-9211
Monroe, Wayne, Ontario, Livingston, Seneca and Cayuga counties, 24 hours a day, every day
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Support groups in other cities
Frequently asked questions
Do I need to live in Rochester to join?
I have class in the evening. Are there daytime groups?
Will the group help me find a job?
Is this only for people who were laid off?
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