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SURVIVAL KIT Support groups Groups help through sharing experiences and counseling based on ability to pay. SAV-U (Survivors and Victims United). Spon: sored by Pinellas Emergency Mental Health Services (PEMHS), 11300 U.S. Highway Clearwater. 545-5636.

For people who have experienced the suicide of a loved one. Free. S.H.A.R.E. (A Source of Help in Airing and Resolving Experiences), Children's Health Center Auditorium, 801 Sixth St. St.

Petersburg. For parents who have experienced the death of a child. Professional advisers: Terry Johnson and Debbie Ri-vard, All Children's Hospital, 898-7451; Sharon Till, Bayfront Medical Center, 893-6390 or 893-6117. Widowed Persons Service. 527-3361.

Sharing feelings with people who have lost a spouse. Free. Health concerns Alzheimer's support group. University of South Florida, St. Petersburg Campus, 140 Seventh Ave.

St. Petersburg. 893-9129. To get together with other people who are caring for an Alzheimer's patient. Free.

The Arthritis Foundation, 954 55th. Ave. St. Petersburg 33703. Self-help classes on coping with arthritis.

Free. Bulimics Anonymous. For persons wishing to recover from bulimia, a bingepurge eating disorder." Meets at St. John's Episcopal Church, 1676 Belcher Clearwater, 585-6314. Free.

C.H.I.P.S. (Cancer Help in Progress). Sponsored Please see SUPPORT 61 A support group is a place where You find out you're not alone. You hear people say things like "me too" and "I know how you feel." You can get help and ideas from people who know what you're going through because they've been there themselves. There are numerous support groups in the bay area.

Some are offered by professional organizations and have an educational focus; others are self-sponsored informal gatherings, where you can meet and talk with other people who are experiencing the same problems. The groups listed here are ones that sent information to the ST. PETERSBURG TIMES weekly column, "Help Yourself," during 1986. Therefore, some of the self-help groups in the area may be not be represented in this directory. Children, marriage and family Abused women.

Sponsored by CASA (Center Against Spouse Abuse). 898-3671. The group meets at the First Congregational Church Office 240 Fourth St. St. Petersburg.

Free. A group for battered women sponsored by psychological resident Cheryl W. Fellows. 585-5422. Fee.

Abused women group sponsored by Spouse Abuse Shelter of Religious Community Services in Clearwater. 442-4128. Abusive men. A group for men who have abused their loved ones, sponsored by counselors Tim McGiv-ern and Colleen ZurcherMcGauran. 234 Monroe Dunedin.

733-0489. Fee. Family Service Centers, 2960 Roosevelt Clearwater. 536-9427. Groups and classes on parenting, divorce, new babies, working parents, toddlers, discipline, sexuality, stress.

Fees for some services. Toughlove. Meetings at several locations. 937-0718 (Tarpon Springs); 546-3619 (Clearwater and Seminole). One way of coping with difficult teen-agers.

Free. ParentCommunity Coalition for Exceptional Persons, co Debra H. Kirby, 13669 Croft Dr. Largo 33544. 595-2752.

To bring together parents of handicapped children, and to establish networks with agencies and businesses that serve the needs of exceptional children. Free. Death and grieving Comfort 'Circle. To help recently widowed persons adjust to living alone. Sponsored by McLeod Funeral Directors and St.

Petersburg Junior College Open Campus. Meets at Bethel Lutheran Church, 1801 62nd Ave. St. Petersburg. 526-665 or 527-7161.

Homicide Survivors Group. Mental Health Services of Upper Pinellas, Suite 200, 1437 Belcher Clearwater 33546. 544-8891. To help families of murder victims resolve conflicts and cope with the loss. Hospice Care, 3400 70th Ave.

Pinellas Park 33565. 521-1199; in Hillsborough: Hospice of Hillsborough, P.O. Box 9375, Tampa 33674, 1-237-1356; in Pasco: Hernando-Pasco Hospice, 13825 U.S. 19, Suite 401, Hudson 33567, 863-7971. Family support, nursing services, bereavement groups, counseling for persons diagnosed as having a terminal disease.

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