Agape Recovery group: Recovery support group for all addictions.
Ventura: 642-0555, ext. 327

Alcoholics Anonymous: Twelve- step program for alcoholics.
Simi Valley: 526-8288
Ventura early bird group: 377-7005
Ventura gay men's group: 339-6340
Ventura women's group: 339-6340

Alzheimer's Association support groups: For all caregivers and for Early Stage Alzheimer's Disease.
Ventura County: 485-5597

Anger Management/men: For men seeking to gain understanding for controlling their anger.
Simi Valley: 581-1628.
Westlake Village: 496-5821.

Anger Management/women: Helping women understand roots of anger and develop skills for controlling it.
Simi Valley: 581-1628

Anger management support group: Participants learn how to manage anger.
Camarillo: 484-7868

Arthritis Support Group:
Camarillo: 482-6868
Conejo Valley: 529-0551

Artist support group: For producing artists.
Ventura: 646-1127

Assisted Home Hospice: Support groups for caregivers.
Thousand Oaks: 379-1616

Because I Love You: For those experiencing problems with their children.
West Hills: (818) 882-4881

Bereavement group: For those dealing with the death of a loved one.
Camarillo: 389-6870

Bereaved Parents group: For parents who are grieving the loss of a child.
Camarillo: 389-6870

Bereavement support: For parents, teen-agers, children, seniors; also for pregnancy loss.
Thousand Oaks: 495-2145
Oxnard: 988-1173

Bi-polar support group
Camarillo: 484-7868

Better Breather's Club: For all persons with chronic obstructive lung disease.
Camarillo: 963-1426
Oxnard: 963-1426
Simi Valley: 963-1426
Ventura: 647-0396

Brain Injury support group
Ventura County: 644-6478

Breast cancer support groups: For women with a diagnosis of breast cancer, before, during and after treatment.
Camarillo: 988-2641
Ventura at Community Memorial Hospital: 652-5093
Ventura at St. Paul's Episcopal Church: 986-2873
Simi Valley: 527-5360

Breastfeeding support group
Thousand Oaks: 370-4699.

Camarillo Hospice: individual and family grief counseling.
Camarillo: 389-6870 ext. 19

Cancer support group: For cancer survivors to share experiences, feelings, lend support to one another and learn more about the latest information on cancer.
Simi Valley: 955-8119

Cancer support group: Social and emotional support for cancer patients and their families.
Camarillo: 379-4777

Caregivers and Friends of Memory Impaired
Thousand Oaks: 497-0159.

Caregiver support group: For those caring for a loved one.
Camarillo: 388-1952, ext. 104
Ventura: 656-7766
Oxnard: 988-7599

Caregivers of Children With Special Needs: For foster parents and relative caregivers caring for a child prenatally exposed to drugs and /or alcohol.
Oxnard or Simi Valley: 378-1400 ext. 1891

Celebrate Recovery: 12-step program for those recovering from substance abuse, co-dependence, ACA, SA, childhood sexual abuse, emotions and anger management.
Simi Valley: 526-8855
Ventura: 656-7766

CHADD: For children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder.
Ventura: 644-5102, 647-4538, 659-3379.
Westlake Village: (877) 882-4233.

Chronic Pain and Illness support group: For those suffering with any type of chronic pain or illness.
Camarillo: 388-1952, ext. 104
Simi Valley: 581-1628
Ventura: 643-7760

Clean Break-Stop Smoking Program
Camarillo: 484-7868

Clutterers Anonymous: Twelve-step program for those who have difficulty disposing of emotional and physical clutter.
Simi Valley: 583-5011
or online at www.clutterers-anonymous.org

Co-dependency support group: For those who have trouble saying no, setting reasonable boundaries, or low self-esteem.
Simi Valley: 581-1628

Codependents Anonymous Inner Child Group
Ventura: 654-1372

Colon Cancer Self-Help group
Ventura: 644-6656 or 647-5886

Colostomy Ileostomy and Urostomy group
Camarillo: 491-5826

Community Bereavement Resource: Grief and bereavement services.
Ventura: 642-0239

Compulsive Eaters Anonymous HOW: Twelve-step program for those who want to stop eating compulsively.
Simi Valley: 677-2459, 522-3530

Conejo Valley Mothers of Multiples: Information, support and activities for mothers and expectant mothers of multiples and their families.
Thousand Oaks: 499-2313

Creative change support groups: Support groups for men, women and children for dealing with anger, stress and life situations.
Newbury Park: 499-8511

Crisis Prevention Center: Support groups for women who are carrying the burden of abortion in their past.
Ventura: 648-3301

Dad's Group: For fathers of disabled children.
Camarillo: 482-6671

Debtors Anonymous
Thousand Oaks: 644-5883 or (818) 889-0118, ext. 2.

Depression support group
Ventura: 483-6215

Diabetes group: For parents and children with diabetes.
Thousand Oaks: 370-4445.
Ventura: 659-3140 or 983-0606.

Divorce Recovery Support Group: For men and women
Agoura, Westlake and Camarillo: (888) 345-4672
Thousand Oaks: 379-2273

Divorce Recovery workshop: For men and women experiencing the guilt loss or shame of divorce or separation.
Simi Valley: 581-1628
Camarillo: 484-7868, ext. 17

Domestic Violence support group: Sponsored by the Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence. Childcare provided.
Oxnard: 983-6014.

Dystonia Support Group:
Oxnard: 988-7599

Early Stages Memory Loss support group: For those suffering from early stages of memory loss due to Alzheimer's disease or dementia.
Camarillo: 388-1952

Eating Disorders support group
Camarillo: 241-6668 or 987-3162, ext. 5

Emotions Anonymous: Twelve-step program for those wanting to better understand feelings.
Simi Valley: 526-2737

Families Anonymous: For parents, relatives and friends concerned about loved one's abuse of drugs, alcohol and related problems.
Thousand Oaks: (800) 736-9805.
Ventura: 647-4966

Fibromyalgia Support Group
Ventura: 642-6087

Fibromyalgia/Chronic Fatigue Support Group
Ventura: 653-7371.

Freedom from Depression: For those suffering from depression.
Simi Valley: 581-1628
Conejo Valley: 496-9695 Simi Valley: 527-6543

Friends and Family drop-in group: For family members and friends of patients with cancer.
Camarillo: 379-4777

Gamblers Anonymous
Ventura: Free. 340-1848

Gay & Lesbian support group
Camarillo: 484-7868

Good Grief Club: A grief support group for children ages 6 to 11.
Camarillo: 389-6870

Gay men's rap group: Support and discussion group for gay men.
Ventura: 339-6340

GriefShare: For those dealing with grief and recovery.
Ventura: 642-0550, ext. 328

Grief support group
Oxnard: 988-2728
Ventura: (888) 801-9955

Healing Hearts Ministries: for women carrying the burden of abortion.
Ventura/Somis: 648-3301

H.O.P.E. Unit Foundation widow/widower support group: For first year of mourning.
Thousand Oaks: (818) 788-HOPE or (818) 788-4673

I Count Too: For children 9-18 who have a loved one with a terminal illness.
Ventura: 642-0239, ext. 291

Incest/molest support group: sponsored by the Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence.
Oxnard: 983-6014

Injured Worker's Independent Network: For those who feel like they are a victim of the system or just need someone to talk to.
Ventura County: 488-7886

Insulin Pump support group:
Ventura: 653-5550

Interstitial Cystitis Support Group:
Westlake Village: (818) 597-0061

La Leche League: For breastfeeding mothers.
Thousand Oaks: 493-2723.

Leukemia, Lymphoma and Myeloma support group
Ventura/Oxnard: 988-2641

L.I.S.T.E.N.: For parents of children with Tourette Syndrome.
Westlake Village: (818) 707-3612.

Liver/Hepatitis support group
Simi Valley: (310) 670-4624

Living Hope: For those with HIV-AIDS.
Ventura: 658-7646

Long-Term Care Ombudsman program: For relatives who have placed or are placing family member in long-term care facility.
Camarillo: 388-1952
Ventura: 656-1986

Lou Gehrig's disease support group
Westlake Village: (818) 421-9729

Lung Cancer support group:
Oxnard: 988-2641

Lupus support group: For those with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), their families and anyone interested in obtaining information about Lupus.
Ventura: 339-0458
Westlake Village: 524-3123 or (888) 532-2322

Man to Man Prostate Cancer Support Group
Ventura: 642-1413
Channel Islands: 983-4361

Mended Hearts: For all persons with heart disease, having surgery or experiencing any other type of heart problems.
Ventura: 483-4828

Men's Alcohol and Drug Recovery support groupB Westlake Village: 518-1302

Men's and Women's support group: For enhancing the quality of their lives.
Camarillo: 484-7868

Mental Illness support group: Discussion of skills and success.
Ventura: 653-7948 or 985-4176.

Missing Peace: Christ-centered group for those addicted to relationships, substances or unhealthy behaviors.
Ventura: 658-7646

MOMS Club of Camarillo West: Support, playgroups and activities for stay-at-home mothers and their children.
Camarillo: 987-3545

Moorpark Moms Connection: Support group for stay-at-home and working moms.
Moorpark: 529-8538

MOPS: Support, playgroups and activities for mothers of pre-school age children.
Thousand Oaks: 495-7029

MS support group
Oxnard: 247-1147
Camarillo: 482-3521

Narcotics Anonymous: Twelve-step program for recovering addicts.
Information: (888) 817-7925

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
Oxnard: 983-7743 Thousand Oaks: 495-5031
Ventura 643-0915

Neurological Injury and Stroke Survivors
Simi Valley: 584-6856 or 522-3085

Nicotine Anonymous: Twelve-step program for those who want to quit smoking.
Newbury Park: 499-1219 or 492-2873
Ventura: 647-0139

One Again Inc.: For separated, divorced or widowed men and women.
Thousand Oaks: 578-9389
Ventura: 653-6466
Westlake Village: (818) 991-3810

One Day at a Time consultants: For women dealing with issues such as substance abuse, relationships, life skills, anger management and more.
Oxnard:

Open Doors: For those struggling with homosexuality or same-sex attraction.
Simi Valley: 581-1628

Out-of-Work indidviduals support group: For those having difficulty finding and/or keeping a job.
Ventura: 641-3105

Ovarian Cancer support group
Oxnard: 988-2641

Overcomers Outreach: Christ-centered Twelve-step group meetings for all addictions or compulsions.
Simi Valley: 581-1628
Thousand Oaks: 499-3470
Ventura: 499-0564 or (818) 519-5981

Overeaters Anonymous
Camarillo: 382-4437
Ojai: 649-3131
Port Hueneme: 984-2240 or 487-9749
Simi Valley: 526-6231, 584-1951
Ventura: 655-5557
Westlake Village: (818) 879-0935 or (818) 342-2222.

Panic Attack/Anxiety support group
Camarillo: 388-1952, ext. 104
Simi Valley: 582-1081

Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
Ventura: 485-6358

Parents support group: For parents who have lost a child due to a drug or alcohol addiction.
Calabasas: (818) 292-2809

Parents Without Partners
Ventura: (888) 864-6420

Parkinson Support Group: For people with parkinson.
Camarillo: 988-7599
Simi Valley: 988-7599
Ventura: 988-7599
Westlake: 988-7599

Participant Group: For people with cancer.
Camarillo: 379-4777

P.E.A.C.E.: Parents and Educators Advocating for Children's Education.
Westlake Village: (818) 889-7796 or (818) 706-8299

Post-abortion support group
Ventura: 648-3301

Post-Polio support group: For those who suffer from post-polio symptoms.
Simi Valley: 581-1939
Ventura: 647-1141

Primacy for Families: group for families of adopted children that meets monthly.
Ventura: 988-5800 ext. 2018
Camarillo: 986-5800 ext. 2018

Prostate cancer support group
Oxnard: 988-2641
Simi Valley: 955-8119

Rape survivors' support group
Oxnard: 983-6014

Recovery Inc.: For those with symptoms of fear, anger, depression and stress.
Ventura: 445-8094

Recovery of Sexual Addiction/men: Twelve-step recovery/support group to help men heal from the bondage of sex and lust addiction.
Simi Valley: 581-1628

Relatives Offering Ongoing Ties and Support: For grandparents and other relatives raising children that are not their birth children.
Ventura: 677-5588

Self Help for Hard of Hearing (SHHH)
Thousand Oaks: 495-6380 or 492-5639

Senior Concerns support group for caregivers of elderly
Thousand Oaks: 497-0159.

Separated, Divorced and Widowed support group: For all men and women who find themselves single again.
Camarillo: 482-4614

Sexual Assault Survivors' support group: sponsored by the Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence.
Oxnard: 983-6014

Simi Valley Mothers of Twins and Triplets Support group: For mothers and expecting mothers of multiples.
Simi Valley: 518-7168

Single Moms Support group: For mothers to share experiences.
Ventura: 650-6771

Singles support group
Camarillo: 484-7868

Solutions: Parent/teen group for families in crisis.
Ventura County: (800) 487-8377

Sonrise Christian Fellowship: Support groups for people with eating disorders, same-sex attraction, depression, anger management, chronic pain and for single parents.
Simi Valley: 581-1628

Stroke support group
Westlake Village: 379-1185

Suicide survivor's group
Camarillo: 389-6870

Support group for women: For women coping with life transitions such as marriage, divorce, new relationship, health issues and more.
Ventura: 641-6565

Taking care of Caregivers support group: Support and exchange of ideas for those involved in caring for a loved one.
Camarillo: 388-8086

Take Off Pounds Sensibly: Self-help group for losing weight.
Camarillo:445-4102
Port Hueneme: 488-8133 or 485-2646
Simi Valley, Chapter CA312: 581-0789
Simi Valley, Chapter 1189: 527-8321
Simi Valley, Chapter 500: 526-7271
Chapter CA 301, Ventura: 339-0528
Ventura: 642-3685

Teen Anger Management group: For teens to learn how to manage anger through learning coping strategies.
Camarillo: 484-7868

Teen Grief group
Camarillo: 389-6870

Teen recovery support group
Camarillo: 482-1265

Teen support group
Oxnard: 983-6014

Teen survivors of abuse
Camarillo: 484-7868

Teens Affected by Divorce: Support for teens who have had divorce affect them in some way in their life.
Simi Valley: 581-1628

The Living Spouse support group: For widows and widowers.
Simi Valley: 583-5338.

TOPS
Thousand Oaks Chapter 379: 498-3350 or 499-7243

Transgender Outreach: For differently gendered individuals.
Ventura: 339-6340

T.R.I.O.: Transplant Recipients International Organization.
Westlake Village: 492-9810

TUGS (Together United Grandparents): For grandparents raising their grandchildren.
Camarillo: 677-5588

United Ostomy Association: For people who have colostomies, urostomies, ileostomies and continent diversions.
Ventura County: 491-5826

United parents: For families with emotionally disturbed children.
Ventura County: 523-8558.

Us Too: For men with prostate cancer.
Westlake Village: 370-4415 or (818) 991-9971.

Ventura County Mothers Of Multiples: For mothers and expectant mothers of multiples.
Ventura County: 644-4360

Ventura County Insulin Pump support group: Support and information on diabetes.
Oxnard: 985-7471

Victims of Abuse: for those who have been victims of domestic violence.
Camarillo: (800) 339-9597

Women in Transition: For women experiencing a significant life change.
Camarillo: 484-3214

Wellness Community: For cancer patients, their family and friends. A variety of groups provide education, support and social interaction.
Westlake Village: 379-4777.

Westlake/Tri-Valley Parkinson's support group: For those with Parkinson's to learn new medical information and care solutions.
Westlake Village: 498-7095 or 988-7599.

Women's Addiction support group: For women struggling with addiction.
Ventura: 659-6760

Women's Alcohol and Drug Recovery support group
Westlake Village: 518-1302

Women's support groups: For women living in abusive situations.
Thousand Oaks: (800) 339-9597.

Women's support groups for 60-plus: For women over 60.
Thousand Oaks: 379-2273.

Young Widows and Widowers Group: For those between the ages of 20 and 50.
Camarillo: 389-6870, ext. 19

Young Women's Cancer Support Group
Simi Valley: 374-8929

- The Star welcomes support group listings from nonprofit organizations. Please send information, including phone numbers, to Support Group Calendar, P.O. Box 6006, Camarillo, CA 93011.