Network of Strength Open Door Meetings provide a supportive and safe environment for women who have experienced breast cancer to express themselves and listen to others discuss breast cancer.
Signal Mountain
3rd Monday of each month
6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
St. Augustine Catholic Church
1716 Anderson Pike, Signal Mountain, TN 37377
Signal Mountain
Facilitator: Judy Wakim, R.N.
North Georgia
4th Monday of each month
6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m
Battlefield Imaging Center
Fuller Cancer Center
4700 Battleground Parkway
Ft. Oglethorpe
Facilitator: Judy Dutton, LPC
Ooltewah Support Group
1st Tuesday each month
5:30 p.m.
Husley Wellness Center
University Drive/Southern Adventist University
Collegedale, TN. 37314-0370
Facilitator: Lanell Jacobs, R.N.
Young Survivors Group
4th Monday of each month
6:00 p.m.- 7:00 p.m.
Downtown YMCA
301 W. 6th Street
Meeting Room 2
Facilitator: Rosemary Hurayt, LCSW
**childcare available**
On With Life!
Every other Tuesday
5:15 p.m. – 6:35 p.m.
Office of Susan Ewing
3085 Broad Street, Suite B
*Stage III, inflammatory, recurring or metastatic breast cancer
Facilitator: Susan Ewing, LCSW
Please call (423) 495-7724 to confirm schedule and location.
A study by Siegel and Yalom at Stanford University (1989) found that women with metastatic breast cancer who participated in breast cancer group therapy experienced reduced anxiety and fear, better quality of life and improved coping abilities.