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WARNING to All Survivors ...

I feel a need to expose something that has caused unnecessary heartbreak and set-backs for survivors. It's advertised as an International organization. This website is owned and run by one person. She has a number of 'support groups', with people helping her facilitate them, but she does not have a registered organization, as far as I can find.

It is not at all my nature, nor my desire, to waste my time looking for negative things to publish about others. I have more than enough to keep me busy trying to help others. However, I feel so strongly about what this woman is doing that I am going to put this warning out there to try to protect other survivors from some of the hurtful things that have happened in the past. I feel it's my duty, as a fellow survivor.

This woman encourages people to submit pictures and written stories to her, without telling you that it will then become her property. Once they are added to her website she refuses to remove them, no matter how much you plead with her. I just can't see how anyone with a heart to HELP survivors could have an attitude like this, and I have to speak out.

I've had reports that her support groups cause people to get 'stuck' and to dwell on negative feelings, rather than promote healing. In fact, I've helped some people that came to me after sinking deeper in despair as a result of her groups.

SMHAI (Suicide and Mental Health Association International) is the name she operates under.

Please be aware that not all support groups are good ones. Some support groups can impede your healing, so you need to know what to look for. Be careful who you trust and please, please remember that as a new survivor you are vulnerable. When your mind is not functioning (because of shock or grief) it is easy to be taken in by those that are not trustworthy. There are a number of great support groups online, but there are also those that will not help you. In fact, they will pull you deeper into grief.

For guidelines on what to look for in a good support group, please see the right column of this page. If you question a group, do your research.

There are people like me that truly have a heart to help other survivors, and no other agenda. Those are the ones you need to find. For information about my support group - INFO

If my group isn't what you are looking for, I will help you find one that will be a good fit for you. Helping survivors is not a competition to see who can get the biggest group. It should be a desire to make sure every survivor finds a group they feel comfortable in, no matter who runs it, so they can find healing.

Please be careful.

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