Resources

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You don’t need to face problems alone. Help is always available 24 hours a day, every day. 

Click the link for several resources if you need urgent support. 

Mental health is a state of mental well-being that affects how you act, feel, and think. 

Many resources are available 24/7 and can help you create a customized plan to aid balance and calm within yourself.

The NSW Victims Support Scheme assists people who have been injured due to a violent crime or modern slavery, and the family members of someone who has died as a result of a homicide or a road crime. 

Located in ​Kotara, NSW  Psychology One provides client-centred, evidence-based, and individualised psychological treatment.

Offering a full range of services including personal issues, mental health, physical health issues, family issues, and work related issues.  

The Gidget Foundation provides timely, appropriate, and specialist support for new and expectant parents facing perinatal anxiety and depression. 

Supporting the emotional wellbeing of expectant, new and potential parents. 

Join trauma-informed yoga teacher Heather Foat for free online beginner-friendly yoga classes.  

Each class is thoughtfully constructed into a therapeutic style of yoga that weaves storytelling and philosophy into the class to provide contemplative direction for self-inquiry.  

NINI is an Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation dedicated to promoting self-determination and providing culturally safe treatment, trauma-informed approaches, strength-based interventions, and therapeutic services for Indigenous Australians, so families and communities are safe and healthy. 

ACON is an organization that offers support services for people with HIV, gay and bisexual men and women, trans people, intersex people, aboriginal people, older LGBTQ people, and those with disabilities. 

ANON provides community health, inclusion, and HIV responses for people of diverse sexualities and genders.

Relationships Australia promotes respectful relationships for both individual mental health and general community outcomes. 

Relationships Australia supports developing and nurturing respectful relationships, which has proven to be a crucial foundation for mental health, general wellbeing, and overall resilience. 

A non-clinical alternative to the Emergency Department for people at risk of self-harm or suicide, Safe Haven in Newcastle is for anyone feeling like life is too much to handle. Come have a cuppa, and chat with a trained peer support worker. 

Are you overwhelmed as a parent or fearful of becoming one? 

Click on the link below for a list of resources that offer telephone counseling, resources to deal with everyday issues of raising children, and support groups for dads.