A summary of crisis support and counselling services available for you are listed below.
Organisation |
Service |
Phone |
|
---|---|---|---|
Parentline |
8am - midnight, |
Phone counselling and referral for parents with 0-18 year old children |
132 289 |
Maternal & Child Health Advisory Line |
24 hours, |
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 |
9430 9100 |
|
Uniting Care East Burwood Centre |
9803 3400 |
|
Relationships Victoria |
Boronia 9725 9964 Kew 9261 8700 |
|
CatholicCare Melbourne |
9287 5555 |
|
Uniting Care Connections (Blackburn Office) |
9875 4222 |
|
Family Mediation Centre |
Ringwood 9847 5888 |
|
Crossway Lifecare |
9886 3899 |
|
Eastern Access Community Health (EACH) |
East Ringwood 9837 3999 |