Welcome to Boulder DBSA!
In Person: Sundays, 6-7:30PM @Unity of Boulder Spiritual Center 2855 Folsom St., Boulder
Zoom: Thursdays, 6:30-8PM (see below for details)
Welcome to Boulder DBSA!
In Person: Sundays, 6-7:30PM @Unity of Boulder Spiritual Center 2855 Folsom St., Boulder
Zoom: Thursdays, 6:30-8PM (see below for details)
This includes those with diagnoses, friends/family and care givers. We offer weekly peer-support groups, links to resources at the national DBSA website as well as resources on this website.
Day & Time: Sundays, 6:00-7:30 PM
Details: Peers living with mood disorders are welcome to every meeting. Friends and family are welcome to join us for the first Sunday meeting of the month. Meetings are for adults 18 and over.
Unity of Boulder Spiritual Center
2855 Folsom St., Boulder, CO 80304
Entry is at the West side door rather than the front door. Please park in the parking lot on the west side of the church. Signs will be posted to guide you to the meeting room.
We are required to lock the exterior door at 6:15, so make sure that you arrive before 6:15.
Day & Time: Thursdays, 6:30-8:00 PM
Details: Peers living with mood disorders are welcome to every meeting. Friends and family are welcome to join us for the first Thursday meeting of the month. Meetings are for adults 18 and over. Email boulderdbsa@gmail.com for details on joining the Zoom meetings.
In Person Sunday Meetings:
Please park in the west parking lot and use the west door for in person meetings at Unity of Boulder Spiritual center on Sundays. There will be brightly colored signs posted on the church door and along the path to the meeting room. Please make a name tag when you arrive to help us remember each other's name. Meeting starts at 6 PM and runs until 7:30 PM. The doors to the church will be locked at 6:15 PM so please try to arrive before then!
Meetings are facilitated by peer volunteers that have been trained, but are not professionals. Their role is primarily to make sure meeting guidelines are followed and time is equally allocated. These meetings are not a replacement for therapy or other treatments. We are not affiliated with any religious organization and are free of charge although donations are gratefully accepted. We welcome cultural, linguistic, social, racial, gender, and all other identities and we promote their inclusion. This is a casual, low key, time of conversation on topics you bring to the meeting. We recognize life can be hectic and coming for the first time can take great courage so it is okay to arrive late, just listen, and leave early.
A typical meeting starts with us sitting in small circle of chairs. We start by reading a welcome message, meeting description, and guidelines we follow. The guidelines can be summarized as being respectful and not telling others what to do. Then people "check in" if they want, with their first name, diagnosis and date, how they are doing on a scale of 1-10, and if there is a topic they want to discuss. A topic can be a question, a need to vent, or anything else. To protect participant privacy, and honor the basic guideline "what is said here stays here", meeting facilitators will only write down suggested topics with no identifiers. Participants are asked to seek permission before writing anything down, and limit that to resources and referrals. While we at times discuss suicidal ideation, we are not equipped for immediate crisis and disallow describing specifics. Then we jump into conversation on those topics identified and new ones that come up. At the end we make sure everyone feels okay to go home.