Generalist Counselling

Counselling and support services with a short to mid term focus for individuals in the community experiencing a range of psycho-social issues such as depression, relationship, loss and grief.

Generalist counselling provide short- medium term counselling and casework services to individuals who are over 26 years of age.
Counselling is when you meet with a professionally trained person to talk about things that are worrying you. This might be about family problems, relationship difficulties, stress, having recently had someone close to you die, or other problems such as anxiety or depression.
Talking to a counsellor may help you to:

• Become clearer about what you want to do 
• Find options that you may not have thought about 
• Try out new ways of dealing with problems 
• Feel more in control of your life
• Workers are also available to assist with practical matters and help you to find out about services or local groups.
  

Our services are:

• Free 
• Confidential 
• Culturally sensitive 
• Respectful of individual needs and circumstances

Priority of access to our services is given to people with limited financial resources.
Interpreters can be arranged if required.
Home visits may be arranged in some exceptional circumstances.

Group Work
We provide a range of groups to meet the different needs of our community. The team organises groups on health issues and social topics of current interest. These groups can be arranged for particular language communities.

Our team services are accessed via the MCHS Duty Service. Please contact the Coburg centre for further information about the Duty Service.

Our bilingual workers cover a range of community languages including: Arabic, Chinese, Spanish, Italian, Turkish. Available Monday to Friday from 9am - 5pm

Resources
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