What is MensLine Australia?
Available 24/7, MensLine Australia is a free and confidential counselling, information, and referral service for men in Australia with family, relationship, and mental health concerns.
MensLine Australia’s counselling team consists of qualified professional counsellors, social workers, mental health nurses, and psychologists who are all trained to listen to you, understand what you’re going through and help you find ways to feel better.
You can ask a MensLine Australia counsellor to help you find information, strategies, and support services for things like:
- Addiction
- Crisis support
- Domestic and family violence
- Housing issues
- Legal questions
- Mental health conditions such as anxiety, depression, stress, and trauma
- Mental health challenges such as anger management, grief, and loneliness
- Parenting skills and support
- Relationship problems with partners, family, friends, colleagues and acquaintances
- Separation or family breakdown
- Substance misuse.
Who is MensLine Australia for?
MensLine Australia is for all men and all types of relationships.
This includes:
- Men who want to enhance or better manage difficulties in a relationship with their wife, partner, children, friends, work colleagues, or anyone else in their life
- Men who have concerns about being a dad and want to improve their parenting skills
- Men who are dealing with a separation or family breakdown and want support
- Men who have concerns about emotional wellbeing or anger management challenges
- Men who have concerns about depression, anxiety, or other mental health conditions
- Men who are worried they may be using violence in a relationship
- Anybody dealing with family violence.
MensLine Australia is also for anyone concerned about a male family member, partner, or friend as well as health professionals working with men.
How to contact MensLine Australia
You can connect with a trained MensLine Australia counsellor 24 hours a day, 7 days a week via:
- Phone: 1300 789 978
- Online and video chat: https://mensline.org.au/
Currently, MensLine Australia’s counselling service is delivered in a single session. Depending on eligibility, you may have the option for multi-sessions.
Note: MensLine Australia is only available to people living in Australia aged 15 years and older (18 years and older for video chat).