Community Led Support Groups

Support groups can play a critical role in recovery, providing much needed connection, understanding, and space to process with others on similar journeys.

Most of these groups are free; an asterisk* denotes when there is a fee to participate.
Please be reminded that safety cannot be guaranteed in group settings; harm is a risk when doing the deep, intrapersonal, relational and systemic work of seeking healing and liberation. We encourage you to seek multiple forms of support to process any pain that might arise in group, and we invite you to use your voice to self-advocate (either to the group facilitator privately, or the group as a whole) if you are experiencing harm within a group.

Adolescent support Groups

• Center For Discovery: for those 17 and under, on the 2nd & 4th Weds. of each month 6pm ET

• Well Williamsburg: Adolescents, 17 and under, Thurs. 4:30ET

Groups for folks 16+

• Every Body Matters, by Ophelia's Place: Wednesdays 6pm EST – email everybodymattersgroup@gmail.com and request access to join

• Well Williamsburg: 16+ ED Support, Saturdays. 3-4:30pm ET

Groups for folks 18+

• Paths to Recovery: ED Recovery Support Group. Thursdays from 6:15-7:30pm ET, 44 Oswego Street, Suite 3, Baldwinsville (reach out to info@ptrcounseling.com)

• The Eating Disorder Foundation: Offered at the following times: Tues. 12:30-1:30pm MT, Tues. 6-7pm MT, Wed. 12:30-1:30pm MT, Fri. 12:30-1:30pm MT, Sun. 5-6pm MT, and Thurs. 4-5pm MT

• *Dr. Jennifer Wang-Hall: Identifying oppression, Mon. evenings (MT)

• Center For Discovery: In recovery, Mon. 8-9pm ET & Thurs. 4-5pm ET

• Well Williamsburg: 18-29 ED Support, Mondays 7-8pm ET

• MEDA: For those actively seeking recovery, Tues. 6-7pm EST, Thurs. 12-1pm EST

• *Resilient Fat Goddex: Fat E Recovery peer support, 6 weeks of sessions

Groups for folks 30+

• The Eating Disorder Foundation: Saturdays from 10-11am MT, and Thursdays 12:30-1:30pm MT

• Well Williamsburg: 30+ ED Support, Wed. 6-7pm ET

Groups for folks 50+

• The Eating Disorder Foundation: Tuesdays 4-5pm MT

Affinity spaces

Groups for BIPOC folks

• Center For Discovery: BIPOC group for folks 18+, Wednesdays 9pm ET

• Eating Disorder Support Group for Black Folks: for folks 18+, Third Tuesday of each month 7pm ET

• Sage and Spoon: BIPOC group, every last Wednesday of the month at 5pm ET

• *Black Girl Binge: for Black and brown women, 6-8 weeks of sessions

• Harm Reduction Community Circle: BIPOC group for 18+, Every 2 months (next: April 24, 2023)

Groups specific to gender & sexual identities

• FEDUP Collective: QTBIPOC ED Support, closed Facebook forum group

• FEDUP Collective: Gender-Diverse Folx, closed Facebook forum group

• FEDUP Collective: Trans &/or Intersex, ED Support Group – the 1st, 3rd, 5th Tues ea/month. 1-2pm ET OR the 2nd & 4th Sat. ea/month 1-2pm ET via Google Meets

• The Eating Disorder Foundation: LGBTQIA+ group, Wednesdays 5:30pm MT

• The Eating Disorder Foundation: Trans and nonbinary group, Thursdays 4pm MT

• ERC: LGBTQIA+ group, Mondays 10am MT

• The Eating Disorder Foundation: Men's Support Group 18+, 2nd & 4th Tuesday of the month 6pm MT

Groups for fat folks

• Fat Fridays Social Club: hosted monthly by NAAFA, for only those who identify as fat, ages 16+

Groups for caregivers & parents

• *Dr. Jennifer Wang-Hall: Families in Recovery, Tues. 5-6pm MT

• The Eating Disorder Foundation: Caregiver Skills, Weds. 1pm MT

• The Eating Disorder Foundation: Family/Friends, offered at (2) different times, Mon. 12:30pm MT and Weds. 5pm MT

• ERC: Family/Caregivers of Adolescents, Weds. 6:15pm MT

• ERC: Family/Caregivers of Adults, Thurs. 7:30pm MT

• Center For Discovery: Caregivers/Supporters, 2nd & 4th Weds of the month 8pm ET

• FEDUP Collective: Caregivers/Supporters, closed Facebook forum group

• MEDA: Friends/Family, Mon. 6-7pm EST

Binge Eating Support

• The Eating Disorder Foundation: Binge Eating Disorder, 18+, Tues. 2pm MT

• Center For Discovery: Binge Eating Disorder, Weds. 7pm PT & ET

Meal Support

• Center For Discovery: Meal Support Group, Weds. 7pm PT & ET, and Mon 6pm ET

• *EDRS: Meal support sessions

Embodiment & movement support

• Therapeutic yoga for individuals impacted by body image: virtual & in-person options, focus on meditation, connecting with your body and gentle movement with lots of options. 1st and 3rd Thursday of the Month, 6:15pm EST

• Group Movement Meditation: guided movement practice, 60-minute virtual gathering for women of color only, offered by Kelsey Blackwell. Offered the second Thursday of each month at 11:00 a.m. PT