Phone: 1800 050 321   Website: www.familyrelationships.gov.au/talk-someone/advice-line

The Family Relationship Advice Line is a national telephone service established to assist families affected by relationship or separation issues. The Advice Line provides information on family relationship issues and advice on parenting arrangements after separation. It can also refer callers to local services that can provide assistance. The Advice Line complements the information and services offered by the new Family Relationship Centres. It ensures that people who are not able to attend a Centre can be helped. The Family Relationship Advice Line 1800 050 321 is available from 8 am to 8 pm, Monday to Friday, and 10 am to 4 pm on Saturday (local time), except national public holidays. What can you expect to Recieve? The Family Relationship Advice Line will be available to provide you with: Information about services to help people maintain healthy relationships. Information about the family law system. Advice on family separation issues. Guidance on developing workable parenting arrangements after family separation. Advice about the impact of conflict on children. Referral to Family Relationship Centres and other dispute resolution services. Organisation of telephone dispute resolution for people unable to attend a family dispute resolution service. Referral to a range of other services to help with family relationship and family separation issues.

Website: www.uccommunity.org.au

Counselling is a process of talking, listening and working issues through which help to creatively resolve problems. There are counselling centres operated by UnitingCare community across Queensland. Most ot the services that offer counselling have particular programs aimed at assisting families to cope. Many of the centres provide workshops that focus on issues like anger management, self esteem, communication skills and improving parenting techniques in face to face or group programs and through individual counselling sessions. To locate a counselling service in your area click on the link.

Phone: 13 11 14    Website: www.lifeline.org.au/

You are not alone. We're here to listen. Every 30 seconds, a person in Australia reaches out to Lifeline for help. We are a national charity providing all Australians experiencing emotional distress with access to 24 hour crisis support and suicide prevention services. We exist so that no person in Australia has to face their darkest moments alone.

Phone: 1800 650 890   Website: headspace.org.au/eheadspace/connect-with-a-clinician/

eheadspace is a confidential, free and secure space where young people 12 - 25 or their family can chat, email or speak on the phone with a qualified youth mental health professional. Visit the eheadspace website or call 1800 650 890. If you are in an emergency situation or need immediate assistance, contact emergency services on 000. If you need to speak to someone urgently, call Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800 or Lifeline 13 11 14.

Website: www.healthdirect.gov.au/mental-health-treatment-plan

If you are experiencing issues or concerns about your mental wellbeing, you might be eligible for a mental health care plan which can help you get appropriate support and treatment. A mental health care plan is a plan your doctor writes with you about treating a mental health condition. It helps you to access eligible allied health professionals like psychologists, social workers or occupational therapists who can help you to get better and live well. A mental health care plan can be useful for people with minor mental health conditions or very serious conditions, short-term concerns or long-term illnesses. You don’t already have to be diagnosed with a mental health condition to talk to your doctor about making a mental health care plan. Having a mental health care plan makes appointments with eligible allied health professionals more affordable. If you have a mental health care plan, you are entitled to a Medicare rebate on up to 20 individual sessions or group appointments with a psychologist, social worker or occupational therapist in a calendar year. To start with, your doctor or psychiatrist will refer you for up to 6 sessions at a time. If you need more, they can refer you for further sessions. A mental health care plan needs to be created by your doctor. You can visit your regular GP, or if you don’t have a doctor you normally see, any GP can create a mental health care plan for you. Creating a plan can take a little longer than a normal appointment, so it can help to ask for a longer or double appointment when you make your booking. Your doctor can refer you to a service in the area, or, if you want you can research before you go to the doctor what service you might like to use. beyondblue have a national directory you can use to find a service in your area.