Lauren's support group thread

[LMReggcellent]

The Epilepsy Assoc of Utah is trying to organize a variety of epilepsy support groups around the state and all of the board members (that's me) are on assignment finding more info before we set them up. I'm hoping to get some opinions about them here. do you have interest, how often would you like to go, what kind of atmosphere, how many people, etc etc. I've never been to a support group before so I can't provide very accurate information. Our next board meeting is on February 2, thanks for any help.

*edit to add one of the most important questions on all our minds right now: how important is it that a neuro MD is leading vs a licensed therapist or PhD. Thanks.

 

[Bernard]

I just now tagged a few existing discussions about support groups that might be helpful for you:

http://www.coping-with-epilepsy.com/forums/tags/support groups.html

 

[epileric]

I also found this when googling "support group structure". It might give you a few things to consider http://mailer.fsu.edu/~slosh/Guide3.html