Daily Support Groups
Parent-led — early morning, niche topics, late-night, and more
Welcome to our online parent support community!
Other Parents Like Me is an online parent to parent support community designed for parents of teens struggling with mental health issues.
If your child is struggling with anxiety, depression, substance use, or an eating disorder, remember that you are not alone.
Join a virtual community of parents who get it.
Our memberships, peer-led Zoom support groups, and resources support parents like us as we share our stories and create connections as the antidote to the trauma we experience when a child struggles.
An online support group-based membership for parents.
Find daily parent to parent support groups, learn with guest speakers, and access resources to help your family heal.
Live Speakers & Expert Panels
Featuring renowned authors and leading experts in live and recorded sessions
A Resource-Rich Hub
Over 1,000 podcasts, articles, apps, books, organizations
Glossary
An A to Z of mental health terms and disorders
Parent Stories & Blogs
Insights into the journey of parents like you
Support Directory
Professionals in the recovery and wellness space
Parents Helping Parents Heal.
Hearing the stories of other parents — and sharing yours — gives you the chance to explore feelings, ask questions and create connections with other parents who understand what you’re going through.
Together we find
Hope
through community
Help
through listening
Healing
through sharing
“I feel the parents on these meetings can relate better than any other interpersonal interaction I have.”
“These meetings are life changing, in terms of how I view myself, my relationships and the world.”
“Having others share their experience deepens my own…as a result of these meetings my relationship with my son has changed.”
“I must admit I am not sure I would be where I am in this journey without these meetings. I cannot say enough…about what it has done for me.”
“In these meetings I also learned more about myself and found a contentment that was allusive for so many years..”
“OPLM groups bring me a sense of connection and help normalize my situation, bolstering my approach to my daily life.”
Stories
Our stories are the real deal — raw, painful and, sometimes, funny… but they’re always insightful and healing. Read and watch stories of other parents like you. And when you’re ready, submit your own.
Blogs
Parenthood is a beautiful and rewarding journey, but it also comes with its fair share of challenges. As parents, our primary concern is the well-being of our children, and when they face difficulties, we often experience a whirlwind of emotions – pain, fear, and stigma.
“Why do I need to focus on my self care? I’m fine, because finally, my son is out of the house, he is in a robust program and soon, he’ll be back home and everything will be back to normal.” – I was perplexed why the family therapist at this program kept bringing up selfcare for me.
It was painful for me to see our son struggle with anxiety, depression and his attempts to self medicate with substances. I was confused and could not relate with what was going on. Our relationship continued to deteriorate and the more exasperated I became and the more I pushed him to ‘snap out of it’, the further apart we moved. It was a little more than 3 years ago that our son went to the first really effective recovery program.