HEAL - Circles

HEAL Support Circles were rolled out at the end of 2006. We anticipate adding additional circles in more locations and at different times of day, as fast as we can coordinate them. To see the circles in a calendar format, click on the link below, marked Calendar. Most of the locations in the Google calendar are linked to a map, or check the directions listed on this site. If you don't see a circle convenient to you, let us know where you are and when you can attend. We're trying to get circles set up to accommodate as many people, as possible.

These are peer support groups led by two trained co-facilitators. HEAL Support Circles are not group therapy meetings or group counseling sessions. HEAL is not a twelve-step program or affiliated with any religious denomination or singular therapeutic approach.

We've made coordinating the Support Circles our first major project because those who've been contacting us during our first six months have indicated that's what they feel would provide them the most benefit. If these locations or times don't meet your needs, please contact us. We may either be in the process of coordinating a circle in your area, or your letting us know what you need will help us in focusing on getting a circle set up that will serve you better.

To see other HEAL programs and workshops, click HERE.

Derby at Griffin Hospital, the second Monday of the month, from 6:30 to 8:00. Check at the front desk for room location. Directions: From Rte. 8 North, take Exit 18, take a right onto Division St. Take right at first light. Hospital is on left. From Rte. 8 South: Take Exit 17, take left onto Seymour Ave. Follow road for a 1/4 mile. Hospital is on right. Rte. 8 North: Exit 18; right onto Division St. Take right at first light. Hospital is on left. From New Haven: Rte. 34 to Rte. 8 North. Follow directions above. From points north of New Haven: Rte. 15/Wilbur Cross Pkway: Take exit 58 to Route 34 West; Follow signs to Rte. 8 North; take Rte. 8 North to Exit 18; Right off exit, right at light; hospital is on left. From points south of New Haven: Rte. 15/Merritt Pkway; exit 52 (Rte. 8 No./Wtby.); Rte. 8 to exit 18; right off exit, right at light. Hosptial on left. Free parking in Doctors Lot, which is open to public after hours.

Casey's Image Consultants, 51 No. Main St., Southington, the second Tuesday of the month, from 6:30 to 8:15 p.m. Directions: Off I-84-both east & west: Exit 30, West St., Plantsville. For 84W, turn LEFT off exit, head under highway onto W. Main St.; 84E, turn LEFT at stop sign, then immediate RIGHT on to W. Main St. Rte. 10 will join W. Main, which will then become Main, which will become North Main. (Road bears left.) When you see the town green on your left and an old church on your right, turn RIGHT, then immediate left into parking lot. Enter thru door under "Abbey Park" sign. Walk one flight down, turn left down hallway. Casey's will be on your left.

New Haven at Easter Seals/Goodwill Industries (ESGI) the 2nd Wednesday of the month, beginning Dec. 12th, from 6:30 to 8:15 p.m. ESGI is at 95 Hamilton Street, New Haven, Ct. Directions: I-91 So., xt. 2, also I-95 So, xt. 48, (stay RT): RT at end of ramp, onto Hamilton. Park on street across from bldg. I-95 No, xt. 46, LFT onto Long Wharf Dr. Follow till it becomes East St. LFT onto Ives, LFT onto Hamilton. Park on street across from building. If driving thru town, follow Chapel St. under I-91, left onto Hamilton. Park on street near building. Most visible sign indicating building is Church on the Rock.

Norwalk Public Library, Second Thursday of the month. 7:00 to 8:45 p.m. Directions: From I-95, take Exit 15 to Route 7 North, Exit 1. Right at ramp light, right at third light, Mott Ave. Library on corner of Belden and Mott. Parking, first driveway behind building. From Merritt, South on Route 7. Take Exit 1. Left onto Van Buren. Left at first light. Go under Route 7 overpass, right onto Mott Ave. Last driveway on left, behind Library (corner of Belden and Mott.) Parking: The Main Library has a small lot behind the building (first driveway on Mott, on right as you enter from corner of Belden and Mott.) Late afternoon, evenings and weekends, the bank lot (second driveway in from corner), directly behind the library lot, is available. It is restricted until about 3 p.m., weekdays only. There is a parking garage across the street and around the corner, across from the Mall, behind the post office.

Oliver Wolcott Library in Litchfield, the second Friday of the month, 2:00 to 3:45 pm. The library is at 160 South Street. Directions: Take Rte. 8, exit 42. Follow Rte. 118 to Torrington. At the top of the hill you'll be facing the town green; bear to the Left, which will put the green on your right. Turn Left at the stop sign onto South Street. After you pass Wolcott Street on your right, you'll see a historic-looking sign for the library, also on the right. Turn Right into the driveway marked "Enter." If you miss the driveway and arrive at a fork with Old South Street on the right, you've passed the library.

Brookfield Town Hall, Third Tuesday of the month, from 6:30 to 8:00. Bkfld. Town Hall, 100 Pocono Rd., Brookfield, CT Directions: from Danbury: Rte. 84 East to exit 7. Follow the hi-way end. Left onto Rt. 7. First left onto Silvermine Rd. Drive by Police Station (on your right) there will be a four way intersection. Make a right at the stop sign onto Pocono Rd. The Post Office is on your left and the Brookfield Town Hall is on the right. Coming from Newtown (and Points East/North of Brkfld); 84 West to exit 9; right off exit onto Rt. 25 several miles on country road till intersectiion at Brkfld Ctr. At the 2nd light, left onto Silvermine Rd. (after the Congregational Church) to stop sign. Left onto Pocono Rd. Pass he Post Office on left; Brookfield Town Hall will be on the right. Rrom New Milford: Rte. 7 to the Four Corners Intersection. Left onto Rte. 25 at the light. First right onto Pocono Rd. (after the Craft Center and before the bridge). Pass the Post Office on left; the Town Hall will be on right.

First Church of Christ, Farmington. Third Friday of the month from noon to 1:45. First Church of Christ; 75 Main Street, Farmington, Connecticut. Directions: Rte. 84, exit 39 from both directions. Headed east, exit 39 is a left-hand exit. Drive straight a fraction of a mile on Rte. 4 to where it intersects Rte. 10, Main Street. (A block before you reach Rte. 10 there's a blinking light and the lanes seem to fork, stay right; Rte. 10 comes up immediately after, where you'll be turning left.) Turn LEFT. The church is a few blocks up on the LEFT, across from Miss Porter's School and after a traffic light. There's on the street parking, on the streets on either side of the church. The 3rd floor classroom is in the Sarah Porter Memorial Hall building behind the old church building.

Sterling House Community Center, in Stratford the fourth Friday of the month from noon to 1:45 p.m. Directions: Sterling House Community Center; 2283 Main Street, Stratford, CT. Turnpike I-95 Southbound Exit 32: At end of ramp, turn RIGHT onto Linden Avenue. Take 1st RIGHT onto Church Street. Take next RIGHT onto Main Street. Sterling House is 2nd building on RIGHT. Turnpike I-95 Northbound Exit 32: At end of ramp, continue straight onto West Broad Street. Turn LEFT onto Main Street. Sterling House is 4th building on LEFT.