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Pennsylvania Suicide Support Groups


Altoona
Altoona Hospital Center for Mental Health Services
620 Howard Ave.
Altoona, PA 16601-4899
Group Name: Support for Those Who Lost a Loved One
Contact Person: Patty Morine
(814) 946-2141
Leadership Type: Prof
Meetings/Month: 1 - 3rd Tuesday at 7 PM
Charge: No
Newsletter: No

Folcroft
Survivors of Suicide, Inc.
2064 Heather Road
Folcroft, PA 19032
Group Name: SOS
Contact Person: Mary Ellen Carpenter
(215) 545-2242
phillysos.tripod.com
Leadership Type: Peer
Meetings/Month: 1
Charge: No
Newsletter: Yes

Langhorne
Frankford Hospital
Bucks County Campus
200 Oxford Valley Road
Langhorne, PA 19047
Group Name: SOS
Contact Person: Patricia Lufkin
(215) 945-0661
Leadership Type: Peer
Meetings/Month: 1 - 4th Tuesday
Charge: No
Newsletter: No

Lancaster
St. Peters Lutheran Church
Lititz Pike and Delp Road
Lancaster, PA 17601
Group Name: SOS
Contact Person: Kevin Eberle or Jessica Eckman
(717) 394-3541 (Kevin Eberle)
Leadership Type: Peer
Meetings/Month: 2 - 1st and 3rd Thursday from 7:30-9 PM
Charge: No
Newsletter: No

Lancaster
St. Peters Lutheran Church
Lititz Pike and Delp Road
Lancaster, PA 17601
Group Name: SOS
Contact Person: Kevin Eberle or Jessica Eckman
(717) 394-3541 (Kevin Eberle)
jessica_eckman@yahoo.com (Jessica Eckman)
Leadership Type: Peer
Meetings/Month: 2 - 1st and 3rd Thursday from 7:30-9 PM
Charge: No

Meridian
Survivor of Suicide Support Group
Meridian Presbyterian Church
4150 Highland Avenue
Meridian, PA 16001
Group Name: SOS
Contact Person: Cindy Byers
(724) 756-2771
Leadership Type: Peer
Meetings/Month: 1 - 1st Thursday at 7 PM
Charge: No
Newsletter: No

Morton
Survivors of Suicide, Inc.
P. O. Box 127
Morton, PA 19070
Group Name: Survivors of Suicide
Contact Person: Mary Ellen Carpenter
(215) 545-2242
Leadership Type: Peer
Meetings/Month: 1 (several locations in S.E. PA)
Charge: No
Newslettter: No

Philadelphia-Northeast
Frankford Hospital
Torresdale Division
Philadelphia, PA 19114
Group Name: SOS
Contact Person: Courtney Landman
(267) 914-0508
cpumpkin109@aol.com
Leadership Type: Peer
Meetings/Month: 1 - 2nd Tuesday from 7:30 to 9 PM
Charge: No
Newsletter: No

Pittsburgh
Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic
3811 O’Hara Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Group Name: SOS
Contact Person: Susan Wesner
(412) 246-5619
Leadership Type: Prof
Meetings/Month: 8 week group
Charge: No
Newsletter: No

Reading
Mental Health Association of Reading and Berks County
122 W. Lancaster Ave, #207
Reading, PA 19607-1874
Group Name: Survivors of Suicide
Contact Person: Miriam Rivera (facilitator)
(610) 775-3000
Trish Kenney
(610) 236-4870
Leadership Type: Peer
Meetings/Month: every other Tuesdays from 7:30 to 9 PM
Charge: No
Newsletter: No

Rochester
Mental Health Association of Beaver County
105 Brighton Avenue
Rochester, PA 15074
Group Name: Suicides Other Victims
Contact Person:
(724) 775-4165
Leadership Type: P/P
Meetings/Month: 1 - last Monday at 7 PM
Charge: NO
Newsletter: NO

Scranton
The Advocacy Alliance
823 Jefferson Avenue
Scranton PA 18510
Group Name: Support Group for Suicide Survivors
Contact Person: Kathy Wallace
Contact Phone: Toll Free 1-877-315-6855 or (570) 207-9199
Leadership Type:
Meetings/Month: The Second Monday of Each Month at 6:30 P.M.
Charge: NO
Newsletter: NO

Wilkes Barre
Catholic Social Services
33 E. Northampton St
Wilkes Barre, PA 18701
Group Name: SOS
Contact Person: Denise Rowinski
(570) 822-7118 ext. 307
Leadership Type: Prof
Meetings/Month: 2 - 1st & 3rd Thursdays from 7-8:15 PM
Charge: No
Newsletter: No

Yardley
Survivors of Suicide Support Group
37 Walnut Lane
Yardley, PA 19067
Group Name: SOS
Contact Person: Bette Coatsworth
(215) 736-1643
(215) 295-1623
Leadership Type: Peer
Meetings/Month: 1
Charge: No
Newsletter: No

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