HGC PSYCHOLOGY is not an emergency or crisis service, however there are crisis supports available. If you are in an emergency or experiencing a crisis please call Emergency Services on 000 for immediate assistance or present at your local emergency department. There are also helpful websites, phone numbers, apps and our social media pages that can compliment your psychological service and can be accessed at your own convenience. Please feel free to discuss any resources and how they may assist you with your psychologist at HGC PSYCHOLOGY.
If you are requiring more immediate support than your psychologist at HGC PSYCHOLOGY can provide then you may wish to discuss your emotional or mental health concerns with a support person on these helplines. Many of these helplines also have informative websites and online support.
- Lifeline phone: 13 11 14
A national charity providing all Australians experiencing emotional distress with access to 24/7 private and confidential crisis support and suicide prevention services.
- Beyond Blue phone: 1300 22 46 36
Beyond Blue provides 24/7 information and support to help Australians achieve their best possible mental health, whatever their age.
- Kids Helpline phone: 1800 55 1800
Kids Helpline is Australia’s only free, private and confidential 24/7 phone and online counselling service for young people aged 5 to 25 years old.
- Directline phone: 1800 888 236
Directline is a 24/7 confidential alcohol and drug counselling and referral service for Victorians.
- Mensline Australia phone: 1300 78 99 78
Mensline Australia is a 24/7 confidential telephone and online counselling service for men with emotional health and relationship concerns.
- 1800RESPECT phone: 1800 737 732
National 24/7 sexual assault and domestic family violence telephone and online counselling service.
- Sexual Assault Crisis Line phone: 1800 806 292
The Sexual Assault Crisis Line Victoria (SACL) is a state-wide, after-hours, confidential, telephone crisis counselling service for people who have experienced both past and recent sexual assault.
- Q Life phone: 1800 184 527
Providing peer-driven support services for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and gender diverse, intersex, queer and asexual (LGBTIQA+) people, their families, allies and communities. Phoneline and webchat available from 3pm to 12am, 7 days a week.
- Yarning Safe’N’Strong phone: 1800 959 563
Victorian Aboriginal Health Service have established a free and confidential counselling service for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. Yarning Safe’N’Strong (YSNS) is available 24/7 to people and families who need to have a yarn with someone about their wellbeing.
- Butterfly Foundation phone: 1800 334 673
Butterfly Foundation is the national charity for all Australians impacted by eating disorders and body image issues, and for the families, friends and communities who support them. They provide confidential phone and online counselling from 8am to midnight, 7 days a week.
- Parentline phone: 13 22 89
Parentline is a phone service for parents and carers of children from birth to 18 years old. We offer confidential and anonymous counselling and support on parenting issues. Available 8am to midnight, 7 days a week.
- Maternal and Child Health Line phone: 13 22 29
Families can speak to a Maternal and Child Health nurse for advice from pregnancy to children starting school 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
There are many psychological apps that are designed to compliment your counselling or psychotherapy. Here is a list of helpful apps you might find useful.
- Calm – #1 app for Sleep, meditation and relaxation.
- Smiling Mind – Practice your daily meditation and mindfulness exercises.
- Headspace – Meditation and mindfulness exercises and courses for 100’s of different topics.
- Calm Harm – Provides tasks that help you resist or manage the urge to self harm.
- iBobbly – Social and emotional wellbeing app for Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders.
- Way of Life – App to help you break a habit or build a new one.
- Moodkit – Mood tracker and offers activities tailored to improve your mood and wellbeing.
- Mindshift – Helps teens and young adults cope with anxiety.
- Daylio – Diary app that allows for goal setting, mood tracking and routine scheduling.
- I am Sober – Addiction app that is helpful for quitting any activity or substance.
- Healthy Mind – Helps people with an intellectual disability to recognise and regulate their thoughts and feelings.
- Tapping Solution – Guided tapping meditations targeting a range of issues and concerns and tapping audiobooks.
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