Links & Phone Support

Crisis Counselling

• Contact your local GP, hospital (Mental Health or Psychiatric Team)
  Phone: 000
• Mental Health Access Line (24 hrs, 7 days)
  Phone: 1800 011 511
• Lifeline (24 hours, 7 days)
  Phone: 131114
• Kids Helpline Australia
  Phone: 1800 551 800

Mental Health Information & Support

• Beyond Blue
  Phone: 1300 224 636
  Website: www.beyondblue.org.au
• Way Ahead, Mental Health Association NSW
  Website: wayahead.org.au
• Coronavirus Mental Wellbeing Support Service (Beyond Blue)
  Phone: 1800 512 348
  Website: www.coronavirus.beyondblue.org.au
• SANE
  Phone: 1800 187 263
  Website: www.sane.org

Sexual Assault & Childhood Sexual Abuse, Domestic Violence counselling and support

• The Blue Butterfly Institute
  Phone: 0405 009 990
  Website: https://www.thebluebutterflyinstitute.org.au/
• Blue Knot Foundation
  Phone: 1300 657 380
  Website: www.blueknot.org.au
• Full Stop Australia
  Phone: 1800 385 578
  Website: www.fullstop.org.au

 Social Work & Psychology

• The Australian Association of Social Workers
  Website: www.aasw.asn.au
• The Australian Psychological Society
  Website: www.psychology.org.au

Suggested Reading

• The Daring Way, Dr Brené Brown
• Rising Strong, Dr Brené Brown
• The Gifts of Imperfection, Dr Brené Brown
• I Thought it Was Just Me, Dr Brené Brown
• The Body Keeps the Score, Dr Bessel Van der Kolk
• Trauma and Recovery, Judith Herman
• The Alchemist, Paulo Coehlo
• Change Your Thinking, Dr Sarah Edelman
• The Happiness Trap, Dr Russ Harris
• The Holographic Universe, Michael Talbot
• Introducing NLP, Joseph O’Connor & John Seymour
• Man’s Search for Meaning, Dr Victor Frankl
• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey
• You’ll See It When You Believe It, Dr Wayne Dyer
• Big Magic, Elizabeth Gilbert

Suggested Viewing

• Dr Brené Brown’s TEDx Houston talk on the power of vulnerability