What is ‘Online Peer Support - Partners of people living with ME/CFS’?
The Online Peer Support for partners of people living with ME/CFS is an 8x week online support group for 6 people with a professional facilitator hosted by Emerge Australia. It takes place in our virtual meeting room over Zoom. We have 4 core themes for our online community groups: Patient Support, Carer Support, Community Building and Learning. The aim of this group is to help you to connect with other people who have a shared experience of caring for a spouse that is living with ME/CFS.
Further information on how to join the group via Zoom will be made available once you have purchased a ticket.
Why should I attend?
Accessing peer support - talking to people who 'get it' - is one of the primary requests that we receive at Emerge Australia. We have designed this pilot program to provide a safe space - with a facilitator - where people who are a partner of a person living with with ME/CFS can meet and talk for an hour every other week on a Thursday afternoon.
What will happen in the group?
In this group you will find:
- Professional facilitator to guide conversation
- 8 facilitated meetings - every other week for one hour
- Option to continue to meet after the course - your facilitator will help you to establish ground rules and come up with a plan to continue with the group
- Social interaction - this group is not structured therapy and will try not to dwell on negative or medical chat
- The group will have access to a private sub-forum on the Emerge Australia Community Forum where conversation can continue between sessions
Afternoon Classes (for info) - All timings are as per Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra (AEDT or AEST according to start date of group)
- 11:45am session open
- 12:00pm group meeting commences
- 1:00pm group meeting ends
For more information or if you have questions, please contact community@emerge.org.au
