Support Groups for Adults

Groups A and B

These support groups are for adults, segregated on the basis of the kinds of pandemic related concerns they are dealing with. 

A small group of people (not more than 5 or 6) along with 2 moderators, will meet once a week, to participate in a listening/sharing circle. To be able to provide the right kind of attention and compassion to each covid-related issue, we thought it best to put people into two separate groups, depending on what they are joining the support groups for.

With the groups we aim to

  • Help people connect and cope with pandemic related stress

  • Care for our caregivers (First hand caregivers in family, frontline doctors and nurses)

  • Helping people feel less lonely, isolated or judged

  • Help cope with distress, depression, and fatigue

  • Provide a safe space for talking openly and honestly about one’s feelings

  • Build skills to cope with challenges

  • Help regain a sense of empowerment, control or hope

All groups are led by trained facilitators. Groups provide a welcoming, safe, judgment-free space to share and support one another.

Here are a few general guidelines and ground rules that we need all participants to observe to ensure a fair and comfortable experience for all parties involved:

  • Registration via intake forms is mandatory. To avoid issues in safely conducting the support groups, we will not be taking in walk-in/ad-hoc participants at request.

  • The groups will meet once a week, for an hour, at a predetermined time slot.

  • Participants will be assigned to group A or B at the backend, upon perusing their intake forms.

  • No recording of any sessions will be allowed. Moderators also will not record the sessions to preserve the confidentiality of the participants.

  • The support groups are a safe space that will maintain confidentiality; so nothing discussed during the session can be divulged to anyone outside of the circles. (Except in cases of emergencies, when the emergency contacts will be suitably notified)

  • Time in the session needs to be managed such that everyone gets a chance to speak, and address their concerns. 

  • Participants are requested to join the sessions on time. 

  • Although the Support Group sessions themselves are free of charge; there’s a registration fee of 50 INR or above (pay as you wish) in order to cover operational costs for the organisation.