SBC Support Groups

Dear Friends of IPA: Below you will find a list of contact people who are running or looking to run a support group in various locales across the US, Canada and other countries. Please contact the person listed for more information about the groups meetings or potential group meetings. Next to the person's name their level of experience is listed as follows:

Support Group Leader (SGL) - has attended one of Dr. Steven Soifer's, weekend workshops;

Support Group Facilitator (SGF) - has attended one of Dr. Soifer's one-day workshops;

Contact Person - (CP) - has not attended any of Dr. Soifer's workshops, but has spoken to Dr. Soifer and has IPA's approval to try and start a support group or has started a support group and is running it.

INTERNATIONAL AP GROUPS' COORDINATOR - Marty Grifone - mgrifone9@gmail.com

WOMEN'S AP COORDINATOR: Carol - olmert@aol.com (SGL)

Unsolicited communication to any person whose contact information appears on this web site, through email or any other means, with the intent of directly or indirectly selling any product or service is strictly prohibited.

Country	State	City	Name	Type	Email
AUSTRALIA		Melbourne	George	(SGL)	antipodes7@yahoo.com.au
AUSTRALIA		Perth	David	(SGL)	dxevansx@hotmail.com
AUSTRALIA		Sydney	John	(SGL)	recov2000@hotmail.com
BELGIUM		Brussels	Greg	(SGL)	info@paruresis-europa.org
BRAZIL		All	Nic	(CP)	npsz@techemail.com
CANADA	Ontario	Toronto	Mike	(SGL)	cazbah@sympatico.ca
CHINA		Hangzhou	Anthony	(CP)	ap_hz@126.com
CHINA		Taiwan	Rudolf	(CP)	b91801040@ntu.edu.tw
CHINA	Sichuan	Chengdu	Wen	(CP)	wonengniao@163.com
FINLAND	All		Jukka	(CP)	jhacklin@webinfo.fi
FRANCE		All	Nicolas	(SGL)	nicolas250@hotmail.com
GERMANY	All		Helmut	(SGL)	felzmann@online.de
ITALY		Bologna	Claudio	(CP)	etbenass@tin.it
NETHERLANDS		All	Marco	(SGL)	paruresis.nl@gmail.com
POLAND		Warsaw	Arek	(CP)	x_name@poczta.onet.pl
SERBIA	All		Mikac	(CP)	mikacns@gmail.com
SPAIN	All		Cristóbal	(CP)	cristoballoriente@ozu.es
UNITED KINGDOM	Entire Country		Andrew	(SGL)	andrew@ukpt.org.uk
United States		Washington, D.C.	Chris	(SGL)	washdcipa@gmail.com
United States	ARIZONA	Phoenix	Mitch	(SGL)	mitchipa@cox.net
United States	ARKANSAS	All Northwest	Ron	(SGL)	ron@tulsaconnect.com
United States	CALIFORNIA	Long Beach	Mike	(SGL)	LBDoctorTaco@aol.com
United States	CALIFORNIA	San Diego	Jon	(SGL)	sdcpsg@gmail.com
United States	CALIFORNIA	San Fernando Valley	Paul	(SGL)	thought_addict@yahoo.com
United States	CALIFORNIA	San Francisco/S. Bay	Michael	(SGL)	bayareaipa@yahoo.com
United States	CALIFORNIA	Simi Valley	Dave A.	(SGL)	thewhizzard@roadrunner.com
United States	COLORADO	Denver	Matt	(SGL)	denver.ipa.sg@gmail.com
United States	CONNECTICUT	Stamford	Peter	(SGL)	topspin117@hotmail.com
United States	FLORIDA	All	Joe	(CP)	jmor25@aol.com
United States	GEORGIA	Atlanta	Chad	(SGC)	kelvinator60@yahoo.com
United States	HAWAII	Honolulu	Kit	(SGL)	SmithKit@aol.com
United States	ILLINOIS	Chicago area	Wayne	(SGL)	ipa_chicago_il@yahoo.com
United States	KANSAS	Wichita	Keith	(SGL)	ka.ince@hotmail.com
United States	MARYLAND	Baltimore	Dave	(SGL)	dberman-ipa@comcast.net
United States	MASSACHUSETTS	Merrimack Valley	Tony	(SGL)	mvipa@mindspring.com
United States	MICHIGAN	Detroit	Patrick	(SGL)	Detroit_ap_group@ameritech.net
United States	NEW HAMPSHIRE	Merrimack Valley	Tony	(SGL)	mvipa@mindspring.com
United States	NEW JERSEY	Northern and Central	Marty	(SGL)	ipa4nj@yahoo.com
United States	NEW YORK	Long Island	Stephen	(SGL)	stephen3ke@aol.com
United States	NEW YORK	New York City	David	(SGL)	dashaich@earthlink.net
United States	NEW YORK	Rochester	Scott	(SGL)	gabelscott@yahoo.com
United States	NORTH CAROLINA	Winston-Salem	Roger	(CP)	rwm320@gmail.com
United States	OHIO	Cleveland	David	(SGL)	clevelandAP@sbcglobal.net
United States	OKLAHOMA	Tulsa	Ron	(SGL)	ron@tulsaconnect.com
United States	PENNSYLVANIA	Allentown	Marty	(SGL)	mgrifone9@gmail.com
United States	TEXAS	Dallas/Ft. Worth	Brandon	(SGL)	dallasap@gmail.com
United States	TEXAS	Houston	Chris	(SGL)	tallman1000@hotmail.com
United States	VIRGINIA	Richmond	David	(SGL)	david@plusprop.com
United States	WASHINGTON	Bremerton, Kitsap Co	Phil	(SGL)	philbaum@msn.com
United States	WASHINGTON	Tacoma	Dave	(SGL)	euchrefan@yahoo.com

Note: If you do not see a support group in your area, and are interested in finding out how to start one, contact SBC at info@shybladder.org.

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