1. Mental Health and Wellbeing



    Services/programs

      Art Therapy

    • Art Therapy (Peninsula Home Hospice)

      Provides Home-Based Art Therapy for families or indivduals within your  home. Activities...

      Contact: 9783 6177

      Provided by: Peninsula Home Hospice

      Referral by: GP or self referrals

    • Art Therapy (RecLink) (Good Shepherd)

      Provides creative space for young people to explore their feelings and emotions through...

      Contact: 5970 7000

      Provided by: Good Shepherd Australia New Zealand

    • Art Therapy Group Programs (Empowered Art Therapy)

      Provides mental health and wellbeing through the Healing Arts. Groups Programs and individual...

      Contact: 0450 253 990 or 0450 253 990

      Provided by: Empowered Art Therapy

      Referral by: Anyone

    • Assessment & Intake

    • Intake and Assessment (headspace)

      Provides help to young people who are experiencing stress, depression/ anxiety or other issues....

      Email: headspace@headspacefrankston.org.au

      Provided by: headspace Frankston

    • Psychiatric Triage Service

      Provides  a mental health triage service, generalist counselling, psychology, health...

      Contact: 1300 792 977 or 1300 369 012...

    • Direct Support

    • Child FIRST (Bayside Peninsula Child FIRST Family Solutions Partnership)

      Child FIRST will offer information and advice to families and professionals; links for...

      Contact: 1300 721 383

      Provided by: Bayside Peninsula Child FIRST...

    • Intake and Assessment (headspace)

      Provides help to young people who are experiencing stress, depression/ anxiety or other issues....

      Email: headspace@headspacefrankston.org.au

      Provided by: headspace Frankston

    • Services for Families (Family Life)

      Provides a variety of services to  children, youth and families. This includes counselling,...

      Contact: 8599 5433

      Provided by: Family Life

    • Counselling for young people (headspace)

      Provides up to 6 counselling sessions with a Better Access counsellor.

      Email: headspace@headspacefrankston.org.au

      Provided by: headspace Frankston

    • Family Support Services and Counselling (Connections UnitingCare)

      Provides a range of services across a continuum of care from early parenting...

      Contact: 5977 0423

      Provided by: Connections UnitingCare

    • Peninsula Home Hospice Services

      Provides home-based specialist palliative care that optimises quality of life and honours the...

      Contact: 9783 6177

      Provided by: Peninsula Home Hospice

      Referral by: Anyone

    • Personal Support and Counselling (Western Port Community Support)

      Provides appropriate material help to clients in times of crisis and ongoing personal support....

      Contact: 5979 2762

      Provided by: Western Port Community Support

    • Mental Health and Wellbeing

    • Community Basketball (Frankston/Peninsula) (MI Fellowship)

      Provides opportunities for individuals of all ages and abilities to participate in organised...

      Contact: 9784 6800 or 0437 638 234

      Provided by: MI Fellowship (fka Mental Illness...

      Referral by: Anyone

    • Early in Life Mental Health Service (ELMHS) (Monash Health)

      Provides specialist state funded inpatient and outpatient mental health services for 0 - 25 (0 -...

      Contact: 1300 369 012 (Psychiatric Triage...

      Provided by: Monash Health

    • Family Mental Health Support Services (FMC)

      Provides responsive, non-clinical mental health support services that address the risk of...

      Contact: 1300 97 97 68

      Provided by: FMC Mediation and Counselling Victoria

      Referral by: Anyone

    • FaPMI Coordinator - Families where a Parent has a Mental Illness

      The FaPMI Program aims to improve outcomes for families where a parent has a mental illness...

      Contact: 9784 6999/0439336808

      Referral by: Anyone

    • Find a Psychologist (Australian Psychological Society)

      Provides an online directory to help you find a local psychologist. Psychologists are experts in...

      Provided by: Australian Psychological Society

    • Keeping Families Safe Program (Peninsula Health)

      KFS program provides assistance to families where an adolescent uses violence in the home. Focus...

      Contact: 5970 2021

      Provided by: Peninsula Health Community Health...

      Referral by: Anyone

    • Online eTherapy - mindhealthconnect (healthdirect)

      Provides a list of online eTherapy sessions and service providers.  mindhealthconnect allows...

      Provided by: Healthdirect Australia

    • Southern Peninsula Swans Football

      Provides opportunities for individuals of all ages and abilities to support or participate in...

      Contact: 9784 6800 or 0407 376 015

      Provided by: MI Fellowship (fka Mental Illness...

      Referral by: Anyone

    • TRY Mentoring

      Provides mentoring opportunities for young people aged 7 to 20 (volunteers who wish to be a...

      Contact: 85459504

      Provided by: TRY Australia

      Referral by: Anyone, Professional Referral to be completed by...

    • Phone & Web Support

    • 24 hour Kids Helpline and WebChat

      Provides 24 hour emergency crisis support, phone counselling and web chat to young people...

      Contact: 1800 551 800

      Provided by: Kids Helpline

    • 24 hour Suicide Call Back Service (Suicide Line)

      Provides 24 hour emergency crisis support over the phone to young people who feel suicidal. Also...

      Contact: 1300 659 467

      Provided by: Suicide Line

    • 24 hour telephone Support (beyondblue)

      Provides over the phone support to young people experiencing signs of depression and...

      Contact: 1300 22 4636

      Provided by: beyondblue

    • Crisis Support Chat Online (Lifeline)

      Provides short term support for young people who are overwhelmed and having difficulty coping or...

      Provided by: Lifeline

    • Mental Health online resources (ReachOut.com)

      Provides online resources, apps guides, tools, fact sheets, stories and information for young...

      Provided by: ReachOut.com

    • Parentline Victoria (DET)

      Provides a statewide telephone counselling service to parents and carers of children aged from...

      Contact: 13 22 89

      Provided by: Department of Education and...

    • SANE Helpline

      Provides a helpline, online chat,  information, guidance, and referral to help you manage...

      Contact: 1800 187 263

      Provided by: SANE Australia

    • Smiling Mind Meditation Program

      Provides a web-based meditation program for young people.

      Email: info@smilingmind.com.au

      Provided by: Smiling Mind

    • Telephone support and online counselling (GriefLine)

      Provides counselling support services free of charge to individuals and families....

      Contact: National (03) 9935 7400 for helpline

      Provided by: Griefline Community and Family...