School Psychologist Corner
TO BE UPDATED IN 2022
Mental Health and Well-being
This is where you can find information about counselling services and support for young people and their families.
CAMHS Crisis Connect (repeated)
This service provides phone and online video call support for children and young people in the Perth metropolitan area up to their eighteenth birthday who are experiencing a mental health crisis, as well as support and advice to families, carers and professionals in the community.
CAMHS Crisis Connect is a free service, available in the Perth metropolitan area, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The service is operated by a mental health clinical nurse specialist and consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist.
Phone: 1800 048 636
Link: CAMHS Crisis Connect
Headspace
headspace is the National Youth Mental Health Foundation. We help young people who are going through a tough time.
Looking for someone to talk to? If you're 12-25, you can get health advice, support and information from headspace. With more than 70 centres around Australia, headspace can help you with:
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General health
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Mental health and counselling
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Education, employment and other services
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Alcohol and other drug services.
So we're here for you if you:
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are feeling down, stressed or can't stop worrying
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haven't felt like yourself for a long time
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can't deal with school or finding it difficult to concentrate
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are feeling sick or worried about your health
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want to cut down on your drinking or drug use
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want to talk about sexuality, identity or relationships
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are having difficulties with friendships
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have sexual health issues or want to find out about contraception
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are being bullied, hurt or harassed
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are worried about work or study or if you're having money trouble
headspace is a place you can go to talk to someone about any of these issues.
LOCATIONS
headspace Osborne Park
145 Main Street Osborne Park WA 6017
phone
08 9208 9555
fax
08 9208 9599
opening hours
Monday to Thursday - 9am to 4:30pm
Friday: 8:30am to 4pm
https://www.facebook.com/headspaceospk
headspace Midland
64 Morrison Road, Midland, WA 6056
Midland (Cnr of Morrison Road and Keane Street; Above Gilberts Fresh Market)
phone
08 9274 8860
fax
08 9274 8859
opening hours
Monday - Friday 9.00am to 5.00pm
hM brings together a wide range of service providers, so if you or someone you know needs physical health, mental health, drug and alcohol and/or education or vocational support hM is here to help.
Equally if you or someone you know is not feeling quite right in any area of their lives but not sure why our access workers can make time to help people make sense of how they are feeling and assist them to access the help they need.
There is no limit to how many times people can use the services at hM.
If you would like any further information about our services please contact us on 08 9274 8860.
www.facebook.com/headspacemidland
eheadspace
eheadspace is a confidential, free and secure space where young people 12 - 25 or their family can chat, email or speak on the phone with a qualified youth mental health professional. Click on the hyperlink above to visit eheadspace.
Young people may contact us if they need advice, are worried about their mental health or are feeling isolated or alone. eheadspace can help with a broad range of issues like bullying, drug and alcohol issues, depression and anxiety, relationships, concerns about friends, fitting in and isolation. We also have experts who can provide work and study advice to young people and specialist support to parents and carers who are worried about a young person 12 - 25. eheadspace is part of headspace, the National Youth Mental Health Foundation. headspace offers support to young people in person through a network of 80 centres nationwide. For more information visit headspace.org.au
Youth Focus
Who are we?
Youth Focus is an independent West Australian not-for-profit working to stop youth suicide. Youth Focus works with young people aged 12-25 to help them overcome issues associated with depression, anxiety, self-harm and suicidal thoughts through the provision of free, unlimited and professional face-to-face individual and family counselling and other mental health services.
The demand for our services is ever-increasing and with only a small percentage of our operating funding sourced from the Government, we rely heavily on the goodwill and support of the corporate and community sectors.
What do we do?
Each year, about 2,000 young people aged 12-25 will visit one of our eight offices or 46 school locations statewide to get help. The average length of counselling engagement is about six months. We estimate that in 2014, about 15,000 people took part in our preventative and educational programs.
In the 2014-15 period our expert staff provided counselling to more than 300 families. We believe that the family has a fundamental role in the health and social engagement of young people and that the inclusion of the family from the very beginning of counselling leads to a more rapid and more sustainable improvement in the young person and better long-term outcomes than individual therapy. Aside from youth and family counselling our other core services and offerings include workplace training, youth mental health training, peer support programs and mentoring programs.
Why is Youth Focus different?
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services are totally free
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services are delivered by highly qualified and experienced mental health practitioners who are all certified to national standards
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services are unlimited – you can come as often as you need to, for as long as you need support
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no diagnosis is required: you can simply call us and make an appointment without having visited your GP
LOCATION
Burswood
54 Goodwood Parade
BURSWOOD WA 6100
Phone: (08) 6266 4333
Fax: (08) 6266 4300
Youth Counselling - Black Swan Health
Black Swan Health provides an affordable, evidence-based counselling service for people of all ages experiencing mental health conditions and has clinicians available across the Perth Metropolitan area.
Bookings & Referrals
GP Referral
You can access up to 10 Medicare subsidised sessions with one of our expert counsellors by getting a referral from your GP or Psychiatrist (with gap fee of $35 per session after medicare rebates). Please ask your doctor to complete the referral form available on this website and fax to 9242 1584.
Self-Referral Private Counselling
You can contact us directly on 9201 0044 to book a private counselling appointment. Self-referred clients will incur a fee of $160 per 50 minute session ($78 less than the APS recommended fee of $238 per session). Private health insurance may provide a rebate on this fee.
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Osborne Park
137-151 Main Street
Osborne Park, WA, 6017 -
Joondalup
Sanori House
G8, 126 Grand Boulevard
Joondalup, WA, 6027
Youth Mental Health Program - Department of Health
Youth Mental Health Program
Youth Axis, YouthLink and YouthReach South work collaboratively to provide a range of specialist youth mental health services to improve the mental health and wellbeing of young people in Perth, Western Australia.
The Youth Mental Health Program is managed through North Metropolitan Health Service Mental Health.
YouthLink
YouthLink is a specialist mental health service providing counselling, therapy and case management to young people aged 13-24 years with serious mental health problems and barriers to accessing mainstream services. Barriers typically include homelessness and transience, limited support networks, cultural barriers including Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders (ATSI) identity and marginalisation due to diverse sexuality and gender.
YouthLink provides a welcoming, trauma-informed, flexible approach with assertive outreach to support engagement. Services are provided by clinical psychologists, social workers, clinical nurses and ATSI mental health practitioners, with limited psychiatry services also available.
Services offered
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Triage
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Assessment
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Intensive case management and psychosocial support
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Assertive outreach
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Evidence based counselling, psychotherapy and psycho-education
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Transitional support
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Consultative advice and support to other agencies including collaborative interventions and projects.
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YouthLink also provides training (via a calendar of regular training events) and consultation for other services who work with at-risk youth.
Youth Axis
Youth Axis provides specialist mental health assessment, treatment, consultation and community capacity building. The focus is on enhancing the mental health and well being of young people who have emerging mental health issues, primarily associated with ultra high risk (UHR) of developing psychosis and/or emerging borderline personality disorder.
Services offered
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Triage
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Assessment
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Evidence based counselling, psychotherapy and psycho-education.
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Assertive case management and psychosocial support
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Outreach
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Transitional support
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Consultative advice and support to other agencies including collaborative clinical interventions and projects.
Target group
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16 – 24 years
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Living in stable accommodation in the Perth Metropolitan area
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Decline in function in the last 12 months
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Help accepting
And one or both of the following:
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Unusual and out of character thoughts and/or behaviour with suspected UHR criteria.
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Significant personality difficulties in the following area:
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Problems with regulating emotions and thoughts
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Suicidal ideation and/or self harming
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Impulsive and reckless behaviour
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Unstable relationships with other people
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Substance abuse.
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Access for all three youth mental health programs
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An integrated triage and entry process exists between YouthLink, YouthReach South and Youth Axis.
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Referrals/Triage Line: 1300 362 569
Street Connect - Anglicare WA
Street Connect assists, supports and educates 15-25 year old homeless and street-present young people in the Perth Inner City area.
The program aims to make connections with marginalized young people who gather regularly in public places and engage them in positive life changes.
Our Street Connect youth workers provide a daily outreach presence via the Mobile Youth Resource Centre (the outreach bus). They meet with young people on the streets, forming positive working relationships and providing informal counseling, referral to other helpful services, advocacy, crisis intervention and follow-up support. They also assist young people to understand their legal rights and responsibilities in relation to their use of public space. The outreach bus is stocked with information on services and referral resources. They also have freshly made sandwiches, water as well as pregnancy tests condoms and a first aid kit.
23 Adelaide Terrace, East Perth
0418 942 475
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS)
The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) provides mental health programs to infants, children and young people. This includes services set in the community and in a hospital setting.
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services are available for children and young people under the age of 18, and their families who are experiencing significant mental health issues.
Children and families are referred to these services by their treating therapist, specialist, GP, school or other community organisation. Information and advice about accessing a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service is available by contacting your local Community CAMHS clinic. There is a designated person available at each clinic who can provide advice about referrals and service options in your district.
Shenton CAMHS 9381 7055
Swan CAMHS 9250 5777
Warwick CAMHS 9448 5544
Bentley Family Clinic 9334 3900
Urgent Mental Health Issues – For more urgent situations please contact the Urgent Mental Health Telephone Line on 1800 048 636. This telephone service is available 24 hours per day seven days a week. In the event of an EMERGENCY please attend a Hospital Emergency Department or dial 000.
Acute CAMHS
Urgent Mental Health Telephone Support Line 1800 048 636
The urgent mental health telephone support line provides telephone support for children and their families. The service is accessible state-wide, 24 hours a day (in collaboration with the Mental Health Emergency Response Line) and includes brief assessment of mental health risk and signposting to the most appropriate service, depending on need.
PCH Mental Health
Many young people experience mental health issues. The majority of young mental health clients are seen in our community based clinics; however some young people need more intensive support.
Perth Children's Hospital's Mental Health inpatient ward provides a range of specialist mental health services for young people including:
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crisis intervention
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mental health assessment
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medical and psychological treatment
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inpatient treatment
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day programs
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training, education and support for families.
It is staffed by a multidisciplinary group of health professionals including doctors, psychologists, occupational therapists, mental health nurses, youth workers, social workers and a specialised Aboriginal mental health worker.
PCH Mental Health service currently incorporates five program areas:
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Urgent mental health telephone support line (1800 048 636)
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Eating Disorders Program (EDP)
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Paediatric Consultation Liaison (PCL)
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Gender Diversity Service (GDS)
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Ward 5A at Perth Children's Hospital.
Bentley Adolescent Unit
This 12-bed ward provides assessment, diagnostic services and treatment programs for young people aged under 18 with severe mental health conditions.
Bentley Adolescent Unit (BAU) is a 12-bed ward for young people under the age of 18 years. The unit provides a statewide specialised service and admissions are provided to both voluntary and involuntary patients.
The BAU provides assessment, diagnostic and treatment programs and provides the following services:
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Mental health assessment
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Medical and psychiatric treatment
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Crisis intervention
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Psychological interventions
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Education for personal self-improvement
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Training, education and support for families.
Young people usually come into the BAU by transfer from another service such as an emergency department, a service in the community, Princess Margaret Hospital or through a booked admission.
The service is staffed by health professionals including mental health nursing, psychiatry, medical, peer support workers, youth workers, psychology, occupational therapy, social work and teaching to support school work.
East Metropolitan Youth Unit (EMyU)
The East Metropolitan Youth Unit (EMyU) currently is a six-bed inpatient service which provides mental health inpatient care for young people aged 16 to 17 presenting with complex and acute mental health issues. The service has a focus on early episode interventions.
Following some essential site works in coming months, the service is due to expand in mid-August to accommodate 12 beds and increase the age range to 16 to 24 years.
As a specialised tertiary, acute psychiatric youth unit admissions are only accepted by referral for consumers residing in the East Metropolitan Health Service Area. Please contact 08 9416 3666 for more referral information.
Butterfly Foundation
SUPPORT LINE: 1800 ED HOPE / 1800 33 4673
Butterfly is dedicated to bringing about change to the culture, policy and practice in the prevention, treatment and support of those affected by eating disorders and negative body image. Butterfly provides support for Australians who suffer from eating disorders and negative body image issues and their carers.
Beyond Blue - Youth
Most Australians have had some experience with anxiety, depression or a related condition, whether they've experienced it themselves or had family, friends or work colleagues go through it. beyondblue’s work is aimed at achieving an Australian community that understands depression and anxiety, empowering all Australians, at any life-stage, to seek help.
beyondblue takes a public health approach, which focuses on improving the health of the whole population, across the whole lifespan. We tailor approaches when working with specific population groups, and we work in a range of settings – including educational settings, workplaces, health services and online – in order to be accessible to as many people as possible.
The Check-in app
Who’s it for?
Anyone who wants to check in with a friend but is concerned about saying the wrong thing or making the situation worse.
How’s it work?
The app takes you through four steps, super easy and super quick, getting you to think about where you might check in, what you might say and how might you support your friend. There is also a section showing you things to consider, such as what if my friend denies there is a problem or what if I say something silly.
After you have had your conversation you can go back into the app and rate how it went. The app will then give you advice on the next steps.
There’s also links to where you can get support and tips from young people.
Where do you get it?
It’s free to download from Google Play and the Apple App Store.
Youth ReachOut
ReachOut.com is Australia’s leading online youth mental health service, where you can get the help you need, where and when you need it. On ReachOut.com, you will find help through:
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Factsheets
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Tools
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Apps
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Community forums
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Stories
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Videos
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Other random content types, like lists.
ReachOut.com isn’t a clinical service, so you won’t be able to chat to a professional here.
BLACK DOG INSTITUTE
The Black Dog Institute is a not-for-profit organisation and world leader in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mood disorders such as depression and bipolar disorder.
MindStrength
Audience: Young people
Overview: This FREE interactive online learning course about how you can become mentally stronger through resilience.
It is for young people aged between 14 – 16 and is designed to help you understand what resilience is and how it can help you get through the tough stuff in life.
The course includes:
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five short, interactive and engaging modules supported by helpful explainer videos
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useful resilience building strategies including mindfulness meditation, controlling emotions, identifying your strengths and a step by step process for problem solving.
CLICK ON THE IMAGE BELOW TO ACCESS THE ONLINE PROGRAM
Helping Minds (formerly ARAFMI)
Helping Minds offers FREE professional counselling and support to children/youth aged 8-18 years who have a friend or family member with a mental illness.The purpose of this counselling is to explain to the child/youth aspects of mental illness that their friend or family member experience. Counselling also explores the way the mental illness effects the family member/friends interactions with the young person. Through discussion, the program aims to assist the child in developing healthy coping strategies and the development of positive self-image, self esteem, and confidence.The service is available to those in the Perth metro area (including Mandurah). Counselling can be provided on an outreach basis at schools or at an Helping Minds office.To be eligible for the program clients must meet the following criteria:
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Aged 8-18 years of age;
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Resides in Perth metro area;
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Have a family member or friend with a mental illness;
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Ability to meet with a counsellor in a Helping Minds office or school within the catchment area; and
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Parent and client consent to engagement in the Youth Services program/s (parental consent only required if child is less than 15 years of age).
The Youth Services Counselling program provides the following to clients:
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Education on mental illness;
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Advocacy and referral;
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Liaison with schools and parents/guardians;
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Counselling and support;
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Development of healthy coping strategies;
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Development of positive self-image, self esteem and confidence;
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Safety plans e.g. what to do in an emergency or if someone is unwell;
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Provision of information on services available e.g. 24 hours counselling lines; and
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Referral to the Helping Minds holiday programs for respite.
Inquiries can be made by calling Helping Minds on 1800 811 747.
FREE Holiday Recreation Activities
Helping Minds invites young carers (8-12 years and 13-17 years) to join our school holiday program. These activities provide a safe, fun environment to encourage positive attitudes. They assist in enhancing communication and problem solving skills, confidence, resilience and promotes positive peer relationships. All activities are age specific and include outing such as go-karting, movies, ice skating, bowling and scouting activities. All snacks, lunch and drinks are provided.
FREE School Holiday Youth Camp (9-14 years)
Helping Minds invites young carers to participate in one of our recreation camps. Accommodation, meals and activities are included. Activities include archery, crate climb, kite making, caving, flying fox, roping, lost pilot, team building and much more.
For information on the camp contact Rhonda on 9427 7100.
Metro Offices
Perth
The Carer Centre
182 Lord Street,
Perth WA 6000
P: +61 (8) 9427 7100
F: + 61 (8) 9427 7119
E: info@helpingminds.org.au
Armadale
Cockburn
Clarkson
Hillary’s / Whitfords
Perth
Mandurah
Rockingham
Regional Offices
Geraldton
Broome
Carnarvon
South Hedland
Please call The Carer Centre
P: 9427 7100
All calls will then be directed to our metro or regional offices
2015 Anti-Bullying Video
Perth, May 2015
National Day Against Bullying
ATAPS Suicide Support Line
The national line is a specialised telephone service designed to support allied health professionals working with people at risk of suicide and self-harm, providing their clients with access to dedicated professional telephone counselling. The service was recently extended and is now available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, ensuring vital support is accessible around the clock - 1800 859 585.
Suicide Call Back Service
1300 659 467
Every year, over 2000 people die by suicide in Australia, and thousands more attempt to take their own lives. Although these statistics are sobering enough, the ripple effects of suicide reach even wider – affecting families, friends, workplaces, and whole communities. The Suicide Call Back Service is committed to reducing the incidence and impact of suicide in Australia, and ensuring individuals affected by suicide are kept safe, supported and hopeful.
MensLine Australia
1300 78 99 78
MensLine Australia’s service offering includes:
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24/7 telephone counselling
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Telephone call back service
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Online counselling via web chat
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Video counselling via Skype
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Comprehensive website with information, resources and an online discussion forum.
Wanslea
9245 2441
Wanslea works with children and young people up 18 years that are impacted upon by their parent’s mental illness.
The program aims to improve the mental health outcomes for children of parents with a mental illness, prevent the worry and trauma possible when parents experience periods of being unwell or require hospitalisation.
Services extend throughout the Perth metropolitan area and into Mandurah.
Support is primarily provided to children through individualised informal counselling and mental health promotion, peer support programs and pro-social recreational activities. Through the evidence based Let’s Talk About Children program parents are encouraged to adopt a “developmental lens” through which to understand how their parenting and the parent-child relationship are meeting the needs of their children.
Young people over 10 years of age can complete an Expression of Interest form themselves. Parents and families can complete a referral form themselves. Schools and agencies can refer families by completing the form in partnership with a member/s of the family.
RUAH
9485 3939
Community Mental Health Services
Ruah mental health is a community based service. We provide a comprehensive range of flexible, holistic support programs to people who experience mental illness, their families and carers.
Our Commitment
Ruah is committed to genuine quality care. We employ a diverse range of qualified staff including people with lived experience, to ensure you receive the service that best meets your needs.
General Eligibility
Our programs are suitable for:
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People aged 16 years and over, who experience mental illness, trauma, and associated problems.
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Residents living in the Perth metropolitan area, including Mandurah.
Each service has its own eligibility criteria, for more information contact us to find out which service best suits your needs.
Contact
Mental Health Administration
Mail: GPO Box 2828
West Perth WA 6872
Phone: 08 9485 3939
Email: mentalhealth@ruah.com.au
Psychlopaedia
Psychlopaedia™ is an online publication devoted to psychology. It aims to make this immense field – the discoveries, the disorders, treatments, as well as insights into the human mind and behaviour – accessible to all.
It is published by the Australian Psychological Society, the leading organisation for psychologists in Australia.
As well as publishing original content we will be aggregating, curating and sharing psychology news and views from around the web. We aim to be a place where you can come for all the latest and best news from psychology.
We believe psychology can help expand your mind and improve your life.
At Psychlopaedia™ our mission is to grow a community with an interest in, and passion for, human behaviour and psychology by providing high quality content backed by the latest research.
