Online Support Groups Near Winston-Salem
Whether you are in Winston-Salem, Kernersville, Clemmons, Lewisville, Lexington or anywhere else in Forsyth County, ShareWell has live online support groups you can join from home. The city that once ran on tobacco and textiles now runs on hospitals, and the nurses, aides, techs and home health workers who keep them running do not have anyone taking care of them.
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 Winston-Salem.
Upcoming Groups
Belladonna
Compassion, empathy and support with major life challenges.
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Member-led
People whose anxiety makes ordinary days feel like a lot
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gracewongt
New moms needing extra support
Member-led
People whose anxiety makes ordinary days feel like a lot
Caring for a city, with nothing left at home
The medical centers are the biggest employers in town, and a large share of Winston-Salem goes to work in scrubs. Twelve-hour shifts, three in a row, then a day to recover and do everything else. Nurses see things on a Tuesday that they cannot tell anyone at dinner. Aides and home health workers in Kernersville and Clemmons drive between patients for wages that do not match the weight of the work. The grandparents in the family worked the plants and never talked about anything, so the habit of silence came down a generation. Church on Sunday holds a lot, and there are things people here will not say in a pew.
How peer support helps near Winston-Salem
A peer group is a room where you are not the one holding the clipboard. You join from home in Clemmons or Walkertown after the shift, and the others in the room understand burnout and grief from work without needing you to be strong about it.
What members near Winston-Salem talk about
- Burnout and compassion fatigue in health care
- Carrying patients' deaths home
- Marriages and kids squeezed around a three-twelves schedule
- Depression that hides behind competence
Who these groups may help
- Nurses, aides, techs and home health workers
- Anyone in a caring job who has nothing left for themselves
- Families of health care workers adjusting to the schedule
- People raised to stay quiet who want somewhere to talk
Support group topics for people near Winston-Salem
Every topic has its own page with live groups, so you can start with the one closest to what you are carrying.
Areas around Winston-Salem
Every group meets online, so you can join from home anywhere around Winston-Salem.
- Kernersville
- Clemmons
- Lewisville
- Walkertown
- Lexington
- Mount Airy
- King
- Advance
- Forsyth County
Crisis and help lines near Winston-Salem
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.
Support groups in other cities
Frequently asked questions
Do I need to be in Winston-Salem proper to join?
I work three twelves. What if I can only come some weeks?
Is talking about patients I lost allowed?
Could my spouse join a group about living with my schedule?
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