Find a Support Group Near You
Encuentre un grupo cerca de ústed

Find a Support Group Near You

The Family Support Groups program was established throughout the country to link patients and their families to a place where information, education and feelings can be shared in a comfortable and caring environment. 

Family Support Groups are for anyone affected by blood cancer and are free. There are currently 230 groups near some of our chapters and in outlying areas, with the number of groups growing each year. Groups generally meet once a month at a library, a local conference room and at The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's chapters.

All of our Family Support Groups are facilitated by two credentialed health/mental health professionals who have extensive oncology and group work experience. They are prepared to handle sensitive issues such as loss, guilt, treatment questions and family stressors.

The groups are not a replacement for psychotherapy. They are designed to provide mutual support and education to members who may feel a little less alone by meeting with others whose situations are similar to their own. Family Support Groups can be looked at as a coping tool, in conjunction with a patient's medical treatment. The patient's doctors and nurses may be interested to know about Family Support Groups. They are part of the team that can help during difficult times. 

Volunteers Needed
The following are criteria to become a Family Support Group facilitator:

• Interest in volunteering time and energy to help blood-cancer patients in the community
• Minimum of a one-year commitment to the program
• Graduate-level professional degree in social work, psychology, counseling, oncology, medicine, nursing or clergy
• Experience in leading groups over time; experience in oncology. Ability to screen patients for appropriateness to group.
• A letter of interest, resume and application submitted to a local Society chapter for evaluation by the national patient services manager and Family Support Groups Advisory Committee

To learn more about the Family Support Group nearest you, please contact your local LLS chapter on Chapter Finder or click on one of the links in the list below.

Alabama Birmingham Huntsville Pensacola Alberta Calgary Arizona Chandler Glendale Phoenix Tucson Arkansas Little Rock California Berkeley Duarte Fresno Greenbrae Hayward Huntington Beach Los Angeles Los Gatos Madera Monterey Orange Palm Springs Palo Alto Pleasanton Pomona Pomona Redondo Beach Riverside Rancho Bernardo Sacramento San Bernardino San Diego San Francisco San Jose Santa Rosa UCLA Walnut Creek Westlake Village Colorado Denver Connecticut Bridgeport Farmington Hartford Meriden New Haven Delaware Wilmington District of Columbia Area Arlington Fair Oaks Fairfax Montgomery County Washington, DC

Florida Boca Raton Clearwater  Daytona Beach Ft. Lauderdale Ft. Myers Jacksonville Jupiter Leesburg Melbourne Miami-Lauderhill North Miami Beach Orlando Pembroke Pines Pensacola Polk County Sarasota Stewart St. Petersburg Tampa Bay West Palm Beach Georgia Atlanta Savannah Hawaii Honolulu Idaho Boise Illinois Arlington Heights Belleville Chicago Elgin Forest Hinsdale Homewood Maywood Normal Northbrook Oak Lawn Palatine Peoria Rockford Springfield Indiana Ft. Wayne Indianapolis Muncie South Bend Iowa  Davenport Des Moines Iowa City Sioux City Kansas Kansas City Overland Park Wichita Kentucky Louisville Louisiana Baton Rouge New Orleans Metairie Lafayette Covington

Maine  South Portland Maryland Baltimore Massachusetts Boston Framingham   Mashpee Worcester Michigan Ann Arbor Grand Rapids Madison Heights Royal Oak Southfield Minnesota Duluth Minneapolis Rochester St. Paul Mississippi Jackson Missouri Columbia Hannibal Kansas City St. Louis Springfield Nebraska Lincoln Omaha Nevada Las Vegas New Hampshire Concord Lebanon New Jersey Cranford Eatontown Freehold Hackensack Livingston Mt. Laurel Sewell Sparta Toms River Voorhees New Mexico Albuquerque New York Albany Amherst Bronx Buffalo Brewster Jamaica Johnson City Melville Mineola Staten Island New York City Syracuse West Islip White Plains

North Carolina Charlotte Durham Greenville Raleigh Winston Salem Ohio Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Youngstown Oklahoma Oklahoma City Tulsa Oregon Ashland Portland Pennsylvania Conshohocken Dunmore East Stroudsburg Erie Danville Hershey Lancaster Philadelphia Pittsburgh Warminster York Rhode Island Providence South Carolina Charleston Florence Greenville Tennessee Chattanooga Knoxville Memphis Nashville Texas Austin Dallas  Fort Worth Houston San Antonio Utah Salt Lake City Vermont Burlington Virginia Arlington Charlottesville Harrisonburg Hampton Norfolk Richmond Washington Seattle Wisconsin Appleton Frodtert Milwaukee

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Encuentre un grupo cerca de ústed

La Sociedad de Lucha contra la Leucemia y el Linfoma (LLS por sus siglas en inglés) ofrece grupos de apoyo para pacientes, sus familias y personas cercanas, que son moderados por profesionales de la oncología. Los grupos le brindan la oportunidad de reunirse informalmente mientras disfruta un café y postre y compartir ideas sobre cómo lidiar con la enfermedad con otras personas que están en circunstancias similares.

Los grupos también ofrecen información sobre tratamientos y recursos disponibles en su comunidad. El tener a alguien con quien identificarse, quien ha experimentado lo que ústed siente actualmente, es beneficioso para ayudarle a enfrentar un diagnóstico de leucemia, linfoma de tipo Hodgkin y no Hodgkin, mieloma, síndromes mielodisplásicos o trastornos mieloproliferativos.

Varios capítulos de LLS ofrecen grupos locales para personas de habla hispana. Por favor, póngase en contacto con su capítulo local para ver si existe un grupo cerca de ústed.

Para encontrar su capítulo local, haga clic aquí o llámenos al Centro de Recursos Informativos (IRC por sus siglas en inglés) al (800) 955-4572.