National services

Family Drug Support

Family Drug Support is a 24/7 support service that provides information, online resources, and counselling for friends and family members of anyone struggling with alcohol and drug misuse. Call 1300 368 186.

Helps with Substance misuse

Peer CARE Companion Warmline

Peer CARE Companion Warmline is a suicide prevention call-back service by Roses in the Ocean. They provide a safe place for people with lived experience of suicide to connect and chat with each other in a shared space of compassion, understanding, and respect. Call 1800 77 7337.

Helps with Suicide Peer support

BetStop

BetStop is the National Self-Exclusion Register that lets you exclude yourself from all Australian licensed online and phone gambling services.

Helps with Gambling

Griefline

Griefline provides free and confidential counselling, resources and information to people experiencing grief and loss across Australia. Call 1300 845 745.

Helps with Grief & loss Finding Support

Suicide Call Back Service

Offers free 24/7 counselling via phone, online chat, and video to anyone feeling suicidal, bereaved by suicide or worried about someone else. Call 1300 659 467.

Helps with Crisis Overwhelm

Service Finder GP

Service Finder GP by healthdirect provides Australia's most comprehensive directory of healthcare professionals and services.

Helps with Mental Health Treatment Plan Therapy

Blue Knot

Blue Knot provides short-term counselling and support for anyone affected by complex trauma and helps them to recover and build resilience.

Helps with Complex trauma Childhood abuse

Mob Strong Debt Help

Provides free nationwide legal advice and financial counselling services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. You can call them on 1800 808 488 Mon-Fri from 9:30am to 4:30pm.

Helps with Financial stress Counselling

National Debt Helpline

Provides free, independent and confidential financial counselling with a qualified professional via phone or live chat Monday to Friday.

Helps with Financial stress Finding support

eFriend

eFriend is a free service that allows people who are feeling low, lonely or isolated to access virtual peer support sessions via video or phone call.

Helps with Loneliness connection

SMART Recovery Australia

Find online and in-person support meetings for any addictive behaviour including alcohol, drugs, gambling, food, cigarettes, and more.

Helps with Addiction Recovery

ReachOut

ReachOut is an anonymous and confidential online space where young people can openly express themselves, get a deeper understanding and perspective on what’s happening in their lives, and connect with 1:1 judgement-free peer support.

Helps with Mental Health Wellbeing

Carer Gateway

Carer Gateway aims to make your life easier by providing emotional, practical and financial support for carers. Provides free counselling, information, peer support, emergency respite care, and financial help to carers via phone, online, and in-person services.

Helps with Overwhelm Self-care

Counselling Online (Alcohol & Drugs)

Counselling Online provides free and confidential 24/7 support via online chat, email, text, and community forums to people affected by alcohol or drug use across Australia.

Helps with Substance misuse Addiction

Lifeline Service Finder

Lifeline's Service Finder is an online directory of free or low-cost health and community services in Australia. Search for GPs, counsellors, material support and much more.

Helps with Finding support

National Alcohol & Other Drug Hotline

The National Alcohol & Other Drug Hotline is a free and confidential phone service that provides counselling, advice, and information for those struggling with addiction. Call 1800 250 015.

Helps with Substance Misuse Addiction

Kids Helpline

Kids Helpline is a free and confidential 24/7 phone and online chat counselling service for kids, teens and young people. Call 1800 551 800.

Helps with Family Bullying

Lifeline Crisis Support

Lifeline is a free and confidential one-to-one support service for anyone feeling overwhelmed, distressed or having difficulty staying safe.

Helps with Suicidality Safety Planning

WayAhead Anxiety Support Groups

WayAhead Anxiety Support Groups are small numbers of people who come together to share personal experiences and information, led by a trained volunteer facilitator.

Helps with Anxiety Finding Support

MensLine Australia

MensLine Australia provides free 24/7 counselling, information, and referrals for men with relationship, mental health, and wellbeing concerns. Call 1300 789 978.

Helps with Relationships Mental Health

FriendLine

FriendLine is a free and anonymous national phone and chat service for anyone 18+ who’s feeling lonely, socially isolated, or just wants to connect with a friendly volunteer.

Helps with Loneliness Connection

Beyond Blue

Beyond Blue offers free and confidential 24/7 counselling for anyone looking for a little help with their mental health.

Helps with Mental Health Wellbeing

Gidget Foundation

Gidget Foundation offers a range of in-person, telehealth, and virtual services to support the emotional wellbeing of expectant and new parents and those struggling with grief and loss.

Helps with Anxiety Depression

TIACS

TIACS offers free and confidential counselling by phone or text for blue-collar workers and the people who care about them.

Helps with Wellbeing Coping Skills

Open Arms

Open Arms offers free and confidential 24/7 crisis support and counselling for current and former ADF members and their families.

Helps with Finding support Coping skills

Eating Disorders Families Australia (EDFA)

Free online support groups, learning resources, and one-to-one video counselling for friends and families of individuals experiencing an eating disorder (ED).

Helps with Caring for others Coping skills

Butterfly

Get free and confidential support for eating disorders and body image concerns via phone, online chat, email, and online self-help resources.

Helps with Coping Skills Finding Support

Gambling Help Online

Gambling Help Online offers free and confidential 24/7 support and online resources for anyone concerned about or affected by gambling.

Helps with Managing addiction Finding support

Roses in the Ocean

Roses in the Ocean provides a 24/7 lived experience helpline and online resource hub for anyone 18+ needing suicide prevention or bereavement support.

Helps with Suicide Bereavement Emotional distress

QLife

QLife offers phone and online chat support for LGBTIQ+ people and their loved ones wanting to talk about things like sexuality, gender, bodies, feelings, relationships, mental health, and more.

Helps with Emotional wellbeing Finding support

PANDA

PANDA (Perinatal Anxiety & Depression Australia) supports the mental health of parents and families during pregnancy and in their first year of parenthood.

Helps with Anxiety & Depression Psychosis

Don't Become That Man

Don't Become That Man helps men understand and manage their controlling behaviour patterns and actions before they escalate to violence.

Helps with Domestic and Family Violence Relationships

Tresillian

Tresillian offers early parenting support via phone, online, and in-person services. They can help with things like breastfeeding and sleep, as well as mental health challenges like postnatal depression and anxiety. Call 1300 272 736.

Helps with Stress Anxiety

Thirrili

Thirrili offers free, 24/7 culturally safe guidance and support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people impacted by suicide or an unexpected death.

Helps with Support after suicide

MindSpot

MindSpot is a free, digital mental health clinic that offers psychological assessments, teletherapy, and online treatment courses for challenges like depression, anxiety, stress, and more. Call 1800 614 434.

Helps with Depression Anxiety

Relationships Australia

Relationships Australia offers a broad range of free or low-cost relationship counselling services, wellbeing programs, and online learning resources to individuals, couples, families, and organisations. Call 1300 364 277.

Helps with Relationships

NSW Mental Health Line

The NSW Mental Health Line is a free 24/7 statewide phone service that links people of all ages with NSW Health mental health services. Call 1800 011 511.

Helps with Finding support

Full Stop Australia

Available 24/7 via telephone and online chat, Full Stop is a free and confidential counselling service for anyone impacted by domestic and family violence. Call 1800 385 578.

Helps with Domestic and Family Violence

StandBy

StandBy provides free and confidential phone and face-to-face support for anyone in Australia bereaved or impacted by suicide, regardless of when the loss or attempt occurred.

Helps with Finding support Suicide bereavement

Men’s Referral Service

Men’s Referral Service is a free and confidential 24/7 counselling, information, and referral service for men using violence and abuse in their relationships.

Helps with Domestic and Family Violence Relationships

1800RESPECT

1800RESPECT is a free and confidential 24/7 counselling, information, and referral service for anyone in Australia impacted by domestic and family violence. Call 1800 737 732.

Helps with Domestic and family violence

headspace

headspace provides mental health and wellbeing support for Australians ages 12-25 as well as for their family and friends.

Helps with Mental Health Wellbeing

SANE

SANE is a national mental health organisation for people with complex mental health issues and the families, friends and carers that support them.

Helps with Counselling Mental Health

13YARN

13YARN is a free and confidential 24/7 national crisis support line for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who are feeling overwhelmed or having difficulty coping.

Helps with Worry Overwhelm

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