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

    • Psychology & Counselling (Peninsula Health Community Health)

      Provides support to people experiencing stress and anxiety; sadness and depression; grief and...

      Contact: 1300 665 781 (Community Health -...

      Provided by: Peninsula Health Community Health...

    • 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...

    • Psychology & Counselling (Peninsula Health Community Health)

      Provides support to people experiencing stress and anxiety; sadness and depression; grief and...

      Contact: 1300 665 781 (Community Health -...

      Provided by: Peninsula Health Community Health...

    • 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

    • Community Outreach Support (Neami Frankston)

      Provides home and community outreach support which involves a support worker and consumer...

      Contact: 8738 5224

      Provided by: Neami National

    • 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 (Very Special Kids)

      Provides free family support services to families of children with a life threatening...

      Contact: 5979 1000

      Provided by: Very Special Kids (Hastings Office)

    • 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

    • Grow Groups - Mental Health Support (Grow)

      Provides young people who are experiencing mental health issues a place to go and meet...

      Contact: 1800 558 268

      Provided by: Grow Victoria - Mental Health...

    • Ladies who Latte (MI Fellowship)

      Provides a coffee group called “Ladies who Latte” which meets weekly at a local...

      Contact: 9784 6800 (Enquiries: Frankston...

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

    • Material Aid (Western Port)

      Provide assistance through the provision of food parcels, food...

      Contact: 5979 2762

      Provided by: Western Port Community Support

    • Men's Behaviour Change Programs (Peninsula Health)

      Provides Men's Behavioral Change Programs that focus on preventing family violence. ...

      Contact: 1300 665 781

      Provided by: Peninsula Health Community Health...

      Referral by: Anyone

    • Mental Health Outreach and Support Service for youth (Mentis Assist)

      Provides support to young people who have been diagnosed with a severe mental illness. Also...

      Contact: 1300 636 847 or 5970 5000

      Provided by: Mentis Assist (fka Peninsula...

    • Monthly Coffee Catch Up (MI Fellowship)

      Provides an opportunity for all young people in the community to share information amongst other...

      Contact: 9784 6800

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

    • 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

    • Psychology & Counselling for Youth (Community One)

      Provides support to young people who are experiencing relationship issues; trauma; stress and...

      Contact: 5974 2092

      Provided by: Mount Martha Community Learning Centre

    • Recovery and Family Support Services (MI Fellowship)

      Provides a  range of services and programs to help people who are living with a mental...

      Contact: 9784 6800

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

    • Relationship Matters

      Provides a range of relationship counselling and educational services. Includes: anger management...

      Contact: 1300 543 396 or 8650 626 (EAP)

      Provided by: Relationship Matters

    • Youth Prevention and Recovery Care (PARC) services (Y-PARC) (Mind, Peninsula Health and Mentis Assist)

      Provides Y-PARC Prevention and Recovery Care (PARC) services (a collaboration between...

      Provided by: MIND Australia

    • Mental Health and Wellbeing

    • Bush Boys Cook Group (Mental Illness Fellowship)

      Provides an opportunity for male participants to join together to investigate the great...

      Contact: 5986 0800

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

    • Community Support Services (Mornington Community Information and Support Centre Inc)

      Provides a range of services including tax help, financial counselling services and...

      Contact: 5975 1644

      Provided by: Mornington Community Information...

    • Community Support Services (SPCSIC)

      Provides a range of services that are accessible at the  Southern Peninsula Community...

      Contact: 5986 1285

      Provided by: Southern Peninsula Community...

    • Community Support Services (Western Port)

      Provides a range of services including tax help, financial counselling services and...

      Contact: 5979 2762

      Provided by: Western Port Community Support

    • 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

    • 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 Men's Shed

      Provides a place where men can go and gain powerful tools to help address health and wellbeing...

      Contact: 1300 550 009

      Provided by: Men's Shed Assosciation Australia

    • 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

    • Men's Shed (Peninsula Health Community Health)

      Provides a  relaxed place where men can come together and participate in group projects or...

      Contact: 5979 1969 (Westernport) or 5982...

      Provided by: Peninsula Health Community Health...

    • Mental Health Outreach and Support Service for youth (Mentis Assist)

      Provides support to young people who have been diagnosed with a severe mental illness. Also...

      Contact: 1300 636 847 or 5970 5000

      Provided by: Mentis Assist (fka Peninsula...

    • Online eTherapy - mindhealthconnect (healthdirect)

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

      Provided by: Healthdirect Australia

    • 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

    • Ask Someone (Integrated Family Violence Executive)

      Provides a website that  has been designed to help you, or someone you know who has...

      Provided by: Integrated Family Violence Executive

    • CONNECTEDSPACE (Relationships Australia Victoria)

      Provides a range of information and advice about youth issues via an interactive website. Young...

      Provided by: Relationships Australia Victoria

    • Crisis Support Chat Online (Lifeline)

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

      Provided by: Lifeline

    • Eating Disorder Helpline and Support Groups (EDV)

      Provides a recovery support group for young people with an eating disorder who are taking steps...

      Contact: 1300 550 236

      Provided by: Eating Disorders Victoria (EDV)

    • Family Planning Victoria

      Provides help to young women who need help or advice around abortion. Also provides counselling...

      Contact: 1800 013 952

      Provided by: Family Planning Victoria

    • Helpline (Mental Illness Fellowship)

      Provides a h elpline for people with a mental illness, their families, carers and friends,...

      Contact: 8486 4222

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

    • MensLine

      Provides telephone and online support and information for men on a range of issues...

      Contact: 1300 78 99 78

      Provided by: MensLine Australia

    • Mental Health online resources (ReachOut.com)

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

      Provided by: ReachOut.com

    • PANDA's National Helpline

      Provides confidential Australia-wide counselling, support, information and referrals to local...

      Contact: 1300 726 306

      Provided by: PANDA Post and Antenatal Depression...

    • 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 Advice Line (Mental Health Legal Centre)

      Provides a confidential telephone legal advice line to anyone who has experienced mental illness...

      Contact: 9629 4422 or 1800 555 887

      Provided by: Mental Health Legal Centre

    • 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...

    • YoDDA Youth Drug & Alcohol Advice Helpline (YSAS)

      Provides free advice over the phone to young people who need help with alcohol or drug related...

      Contact: 1800 458 685 (24 hour free helpline)

      Provided by: Youth Support + Advocacy Service...