Community support groups
Find free mental health support in your area. See listings of support groups by region and type of support.
Life Matters Suicide Prevention Trust – bereavement support group
Bereavement support groups led by trained facilitators with lived experience.
The Life Matters Suicide Bereavement Group meets on the first Tuesday of each month (except January) at 5:30pm in Dunedin at the Hope Centre.
We can be contacted via our website: www.lifematters.org.nz/contact
We can arrange a one-on-one appointment for you in the Hope Centre if you would like more individual support.
Region
Otago
Contact Information
Phone: 027 240 0114
Address: Hope Centre, 63 Hanover Street, Dunedin
Email: admin@lifematters.org.nz
Website: https://www.lifematters.org.nz/
Loss and Grief Support Group Kapiti
8 week loss & grief support group in Paraparaumu.
Each term we run a support group for those in the community who have been impacted by loss and/or grief, facilitated by 2 counsellors and has both psychoeducational and therapeutic aspects to it.
Wednesday afternoons from 1:00 -3:00 pm for 8 weeks, located at Kapiti Loss and Grief Centre, 1 Kapiti Road, Paraparaumu.
If you would like more information about this group please contact Kapiti Loss and Grief Centre (office hours 9am-3pm Monday to Friday).
Region
Wellington
Contact Information
Website: https://lossandgrief.co.nz/
Email: lossandgriefoffice@gmail.com
Phone: 027 355 7947
Men and Trauma support groups
Men and Trauma run a number of free support groups in Wellington.
Trauma survivors support group
Mental or psychological trauma can be caused by many different events.
Men and relationships support group
Men often struggle to understand their own and their partners behaviour in relationships.
Parents and carers support group
For parents and carers who may be experiencing depression, anxiety, self harm, suicidal ideation or any other mental health issues.
Other groups:
- Men's abortion support group
- Men's sexual abuse support group
Region
Wellington
Contact Information
Website: https://www.menandtrauma.nz/
Make an appointment: https://www.menandtrauma.nz/make-an-appointment.html
Men's change and support group
A general support group for men going through change, difficult times, including depression.
Men often find themselves in situations where they are expected to deal with big change in their lives and with little support.
This group is an open, easy-going group of ordinary guys who have had crisis and change in the past helping men who are going through hard times now. Run through Manalive Auckland.
Region
Auckland
Contact Information
Email: info@manalive.org.nz
Website: https://www.manalive.org.nz/
Mental Health and Wellbeing Support
Free mental health and wellbeing support and information.
Mental Health & Wellbeing Support provides:
- Information about mental illness
- Education individually and as a group
- Support for all whose lives are affected by mental illness
- Advocacy in helping people to get more from services
- Public Education
- Regular Newsletters
- Peer Support Centre for all whose lives are affected by mental illness.
Region
Manawatu / Wanganui
Contact Information
Website: https://mhws.co.nz/
Mental Health Consumer Advocacy Service
Care Marlborough provides peer-led advocacy and support to tangata whaiora/mental health services users within the Marlborough area.
Offering peer-led advocacy and support to tangata whaiora/mental health services users within the Marlborough community. We walk with you, giving the support and information needed to ensure your voice is heard, and you are able to understand all aspects that relate to your recovery.
Region
Marlborough
Contact Information
Phone: (03) 579 5304
Email: manager@carem.nz
Facebook page: View here.
MHAPS: Mental Health Advocacy and Peer Support
A peer-led, Christchurch-based charitable trust working in mental health and addictions.
A peer-led, Christchurch-based charitable trust working in the area of mental health and addictions. MHAPS provide a variety of services easily available to people experiencing mental distress/mental illness and addictions including peer support and advocacy, recovery and wellbeing programs, workshops and group support. All services are free of charge and no referral is required.
Region
Canterbury
Contact Information
Phone: 03 365 9479
Email: reception@mhaps.org.nz
Address: 357 Madras Street (beside the Heart Foundation), Christchurch 8013
Website: https://mhaps.org.nz/
Midlands Waves Group (Waikato & Lakes Districts)
A programme designed to support adults who have been bereaved by suicide.
Waves is an eight-week programme that aims to support adults 18+ years old who have been bereaved by suicide.
Next group to be confirmed. To register interest in attending or for more information, contact Yellow Brick Road at the Waikato office.
Region
Waikato
Contact Information
Phone: 0800 732 825
Email: referrals@yellowbrickroad.org.nz
Mind and Body
Mental health peer support, education, and independent advocacy
Mind and Body is a for-peer-by-peer organisation and all staff have lived experience of mental distress or addiction, providing an empathy and understanding of what people may be experiencing. The guiding principle of all their services is that every person is capable of flourishing in life.
Our areas of expertise are mental health peer support; initiatives involving social inclusion and de-stigmatisation; mental health education programmes and independent peer advocacy for people with mental health issues and addictions.
Region
Auckland
Contact Information
Email: admin@mindandbody.co.nz
Website: https://emergeaotearoa.org.nz/our-services/peer-support/peer-services/
Mind and Body – Canterbury
A peer support programme for people in mental distress and those with addiction struggles.
Mind and Body works across the mental health and addiction sector. It runs a consumer-led peer support service, providing individual, one-to-one and group peer support.
It also provides education, training and workshops in mental health and addiction, including the Certificate in Peer Support.
Region
Canterbury
Contact Information
Christchurch Peer Support Service
Phone: 03 377 1818
Email: carla@mindandbody.co.nz
Website: https://emergeaotearoa.org.nz/our-services/peer-support/peer-services/
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