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This is a peer support group for adults healing from social anxiety, Complex-PTSD, loneliness, and the effects of growing up with narcissistic, emotionally unavailable, or invalidating parents or partners.
Many of us learned early to hide, stay quiet, or minimize our needs in order to survive. As adults, this can show up as anxiety in social situations, difficulty trusting ourselves or others, chronic self-doubt, or a deep sense of invisibility.

This group offers a safe, respectful space to:

  • understand how these patterns formed
  • explore how they continue to shape our lives
  • and gently reconnect with what safety, connection, and a meaningful life might look like now

I’m a former therapist, author, and mental health professional who wrote Tell Me I’m Not Invisible: A Story of Social Anxiety, Attachment, and Complex-PTSD. While writing and storytelling may be included as optional tools, no one is expected to write or share.
What we explore

  • Social anxiety and loneliness
  • Complex-PTSD and attachment wounds
  • Growing up with narcissistic or emotionally unavailable caregivers
  • The impact of adult toxic or invalidating relationships
  • Healing through understanding, compassion, and connection

This is a support group, not a therapy group.
There is no pressure to speak, perform, or “fix” anything.
You are welcome whether you talk, listen, reflect quietly, or participate at your own pace.
Everyone’s journey matters.

Disclaimer: Someone somehow got the impression that I was currently a licensed with some form of credentials that would make one a licensed therapist. I have never stated or implied that I was a therapist. I have also removed the word peer support group as there are Peer Support Specialists and as the host I am not claiming to be anyone's Peer Support Specialist.

I am a host who knows and has experienced all the things in this group - loneliness, social anxiety, Complex-PTSD & Narcissistic abuse. My past experience and past roles should NOT be equated with any offer of mental health services in a Meetup group format.

No one has stated in the group that they believed I was a therapist but someone outside the group spotted language that concerned them. That is why I am adding this very clear statement that I am not planning to act in the capacity of Peer Support Specialist or Therapist with any licensure that could be obtained.

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