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Online Support Groups Near Worcester

Whether you are in Worcester, Shrewsbury, Auburn, Millbury, Westborough or anywhere else in central Massachusetts, ShareWell has live online support groups you can join from home. Worcester is where a lot of people landed when Boston became impossible, and the trade-off is a train ride, a second job and a life that runs very close to the edge.

Every group meets online by live video, so you can join from home.

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These online groups start during the day and evening in Eastern time, so they fit a day near Worcester.

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Upcoming Groups

You have the strength to empower poetry group
MeganCPSP

MeganCPSP

You have the strength to empower poetry group

Community and general support

Bipolar disorder
Borderline personality disorder
Depression
1/10
Today 5:00 PM • 60 min
A Little Less Alone
Belladonna

Belladonna

A Little Less Alone

Compassion, empathy and support with major life challenges.

General mental health
Loneliness
Trauma

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12/13
Today 6:00 PM • 60 min
Anxiety Support Group

Member-led

Anxiety Support Group

People whose anxiety makes ordinary days feel like a lot

Anxiety
Panic attacks
Social anxiety

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15/16
Today 7:00 PM • 60 min
Anxiety Support Group

Member-led

Anxiety Support Group

People whose anxiety makes ordinary days feel like a lot

Anxiety
Panic attacks
Social anxiety
1/16
Today 7:00 PM • 60 min
Local life

Priced out of Boston, working two jobs to stay

The commuter rail from Union Station leaves in the dark and gets back in the dark, and the people on it often have a second job on the weekend to make the triple-decker rent. Families from Ghana, Brazil, Vietnam and the Dominican Republic are building lives here across languages and time zones. Students at the colleges fill the city and leave in May. Hospital and biotech workers at the medical campus carry long shifts and a mortgage that only works if nothing goes wrong. Longtime Worcester families watch the city gentrify around them. It is a proud, gritty, practical place, and practically nobody here has a spare hour, which is exactly why the lonely ones stay lonely.

Why it helps

How peer support helps near Worcester

A peer group is an hour that fits between the train and sleep, from your own kitchen in Shrewsbury or Main South, with no extra trip. The others in the room are also running a life with no slack in it and know what that costs.

Inside the room

What members near Worcester talk about

  • Money stress and the two jobs that keep you here
  • Exhaustion from the commute and the shift work
  • Building a life far from family and in a new language
  • Loneliness in a city where everyone is too busy
Good fit for

Who these groups may help

  • Boston commuters who moved west for the rent
  • Immigrant families making a home in central Massachusetts
  • Hospital, biotech and college workers on long schedules
  • Lifelong Worcester residents watching the city change
Find your group

Support group topics for people near Worcester

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

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Stress management
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Burnout
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Loneliness
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Anxiety
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Depression
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R
Relationship struggles
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G
Grief
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ADHD
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Areas around Worcester

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

  • Shrewsbury
  • Auburn
  • Leicester
  • Millbury
  • Grafton
  • Westborough
  • Holden
  • Fitchburg
  • Leominster
  • Worcester County
Local help lines

Crisis and help lines near Worcester

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.

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    Frequently asked questions

    Can I join from Fitchburg or Westborough rather than Worcester?

    Yes. Everything is online, so Shrewsbury, Auburn, Leicester, Millbury, Grafton, Westborough, Holden, Fitchburg and Leominster all join the same way.

    I get home after nine. Is anything running that late?

    Yes. Evening groups run late into the night Eastern time, and weekend groups run through the day.

    Are there groups in Spanish or Portuguese?

    Spanish-language groups are listed on the schedule and you can filter by language. There are no Portuguese groups yet.

    I cannot afford anything right now. Is this really free?

    Yes. Joining a support group costs nothing, and there is no card required to attend.

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