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There are a wide variety of self help groups based on the 12 steps, originally developed in Alcoholics Anonymous. Here are a few:
- For people seeking to manage their spending and debts
Debtors Anonymous is a great resource - For people working to overcome eating issues, there is
Overeaters Anonymous - For help with incest and childhood sexual abuse, the
NYC branch of SIA has meeting lists for the tri-state area - For help with issues such as grief, anxiety, low self-esteem,
panic and other emotional issues, there is Emotions Anonymous - For help with couples issues, there is Recovering Couples Anonymous.
Though many couples in RCA are also in other 12 step fellowships,
the only requirement for membership is a desire to "stay committed in
loving and intimate relationships" - For sex and love addicts, there is
- For friends and family members of sex addicts, there are two 12 step groups
Sex, Love & Romance Addictions
[...] metanalyses [studies based on a group of other studies] find that self-help is almost as effective as other therapeutic interventions, and most change occurs between, not during, the therapy hour. Writing in the December issue of Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, he cites, for example, research showing that about 75 percent of people who change behavioral and addictive disorders do so on their own.
Psychotherapy Networker, July/August 2007, p. 16
Adaptive Therapy provides family, marital & individual counseling, as well as hypnotherapy for stress, anxiety, weight loss and smoking cessation in the Charles County, Maryland (MD) area. Counseling services are provided in our offices located in La Plata, MD (this is in the southern part of Charles County). La Plata is nearby to the communities of Port Tobacco, White Plains, Hughesville, Pomfret, Marbury, Waldorf, Bel Alton, Dentsville, Faulkner, Chaptico, Grayton and Masons (zip codes 20646, 20602, 20695, 20611, 20677, 20637, 20622, 20617, 20693, 20601, 20603, 22485, 20662).
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109 LaGrange Avenue, Suite 102
La Plata, Maryland 20646
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Adaptive Therapy
P.O. Box 24
La Plata, Maryland 20646
phone 1-240-253-7051 or 1-917-576-7237
fax 1-301-934-2640