Family Crisis Support & Counselling

A summary of crisis support and counselling services available for you are listed below.

Organisation

 

Service

Phone

Parentline

8am - midnight,

7 days a week

Phone counselling and referral for parents with 0-18 year old children

132 289

Maternal & Child Health Advisory Line

24 hours,

7 days a week

Provides information, support and guidance for 0 to school aged children regarding child health, nutrition, breast feeding, maternal and family health and parenting

132 229

Nurse On Call

24 hours,

7 days a week

Provides immediate expert health advice from a registered nurse

1300 606 024

Lifeline

24 hours,

7 days a week

Provides crisis support and suicide prevention

131 114

SuicideLine

24 hours,

7 days a week

Provides phone counselling to people at risk of suicide, people concerned about someone else's risk of suicide, and people bereaved by suicide.

1300 651 251

Kids Helpline

24 hours,

7 days a week

Provides a phone counselling and support service for children and young people aged between 5-25 years

1800 551 800

Women's Domestic Violence Crisis Service

24 hours,

7 days a week

Provides phone crisis counselling, referral, information and support, and is the central contact point for women's refuges in Victoria

1800 015 188

MensLine

24 hours,

7 days a week

Provides phone and online support and information service for Australian men

1300 789 978

To access ongoing support or counselling please contact one of the following services.  This list is not exhaustive but provides information of some relevant low or no cost services in Whitehorse and surrounds.

Organisation

Website

Phone

healthAbility

www.healthability.org.au

9430 9100

Uniting Care East Burwood Centre

www.ucebc.org/home

9803 3400

Relationships Victoria

www.relationshipsvictoria.com.au

Boronia 9725 9964

Kew 9261 8700

CatholicCare Melbourne

www.ccam.org.au

9287 5555

Uniting Care Connections

(Blackburn Office)

www.unitingconnections.org.au

9875 4222

Family Mediation Centre

www.mediation.com.au

Ringwood 9847 5888

Crossway Lifecare

www.crosswaylifecare.org.au

9886 3899

Eastern Access Community Health (EACH)

www.each.com.au

East Ringwood

9837 3999