Anger

• Do you become easily frustrated or angry if little things don't go your way?
• Does it make you angry when your partner out talks you?
• Do things that most people seem to find slightly irritating send you over the top?
• Do you lie in bed at night tossing and turning because you are disturbed by thoughts that make you angry?

• Are you anxious about your future and not sure of which direction to head?
• Is your job making you feel anxious?
• Are you worried that your partner is going to leave you?
• Do you feel shy when relating to women?
• Are you worried about losing your child? Do you feel anxious but can't tell why?

Child Behavioural Difficulties

• Are you finding it hard to discipline your child?
• Does your child talk back to you?
• Do you have trouble connecting with your child?

Depression

• Are you finding it difficult to cope after the relationship breakup?
• Have you lost your job and find it hard to remain positive?
• Are you finding it difficult to function at work?
• Do you feel that you don't want to or simply can't get out of bed in the morning?
• Do you find yourself constantly experiencing a 'heavy sinking' feeling in the pit of your stomach?

Divorce/Separation

• Did your separation or divorce seem to 'come out of the blue'?
• Are you at a loss to know what to do?
• Are you frightened you may not be able to see you children as a result of the split?
• Has the separation/divorce made it hard for you to function in everyday life?

Family Violence

• Does your partner push you to the limit?
• Do you wish you hadn't stepped over the line?
• Do you find it difficult not to get angry with your partner?
• Do your children frustrate you and send you over the edge?
• Do you take it out on your family, even when they are not responsible?

Grief

• Is the pain so great that you can no longer function in normal life?
• Do you wonder if the pain will ever go away?
• Has someone close to you passed on and you feel that you can't go on without him/her?
• Does everything you do seem to constantly remind you of the loved one that you lost.

Parenting

• Not sure how to deal with frustrating children?
• Is your stepchild making life difficult for you?
• Are you finding it difficult being a part-time dad?
• Do you wish you had more time to spend with you children?

Self Esteem

• Do you hate yourself?
• Do you wish you were someone else?
• Do you wish that you could like yourself more?
• Do you feel unworthy or inferior to others?
• Do you wish you had more confidence?

Suicidal Thoughts

• Are you in a hole that you can't seem to climb out of?
• Is the end of the tunnel dark?
• Are you at the bottom of a pit with no ladder?
• Do you feel like everybody else has control over your life but you have none?
• Does life feel worthless?

Work Stress

• Is your boss making work unpleasant?
• Are the people working under your supervision not listening to you?
• Are people expecting too much from you?
• Are you dissatisfied with your job, yet feel trapped in it?
• Is your job having a negative impact on your family life?
• Are you being pressured into working longer hours than you should?
• Are you being bullied in your workplace?

Other Issues

• There are plenty of other issues that you may have that haven't been mentioned above.
• Remember, all issues are important! You might feel that your particular issue is too 'weird' or 'embarrassing' or 'stupid' to talk about, but keeping it inside will end up having a negative impact upon yourself and those closest to you
• Many people feel a great sense of relief after talking about their problems with a counsellor and wonder why they didn't do it sooner.
• If you should have an issue that we are unable to assist you with, we will help you find someone that can assist you.

Personal Counselling

• Men's counselling
• Couples and Family Counselling
• Relationship Skills Education
• Anger Management Skills
• Fathering Skills Education
• Clinical Hypnotherapy

Workplace Counselling

• Individual Staff
• Staff Issues
• Mediation
• Conflict Resolution
• Group Staff
• Assertiveness Training
• Time Management Skills
• Workplace Communication Skills
• Team Building
• Leadership Training
• Staff Conflict Management

Critical Incident Debriefing

• Personal
• Physical Assault
• Psychological Assault
• Accidents (e.g. car accidents)
• Physical Injury
• Illness
• Workplace
• Workplace Assault
• Workplace Accidents

Workshops

We offer workshops that are directed at helping you with personal growth. The workshops cover issues such as communication skills, assertiveness skills, aggression, relationships and parenting.

Session Time

Sessions generally last from 50 minutes to 1 hour, however, longer or shorter session times can be arranged to suit your needs.

Initial session

The first session is crucial to the ongoing success of counselling. It is in this session that we begin to hear your story. We play an active listening role so that we may understand the issues that you have and how best to resolve them.
It is important that you don't arrive expecting that all your issues will be resolved in the first session.

How many sessions?

This depends on the person and the nature of the issues. Sometimes, issues can be resolved after two or three sessions, however others may require significantly more sessions to resolve their issues.

If you are not happy

No matter whom you decide to be counselled by, it is important that you feel comfortable with that person.
If you have any issues with regards to your counsellor please don't hesitate to discuss them with him/her so that your counsellor can have a better understanding of your needs.
In a situation where you feel that a counsellor is unable to help you in the way that you require, we advise you to seek another counsellor.
Remember, no two counsellors are exactly the same and as with relationships, jobs and many other things in life, some counsellors you will be more comfortable with than others.

Men's Family Services is a private provider.

What is the difference between a public and a private provider?

Public providers are already subsidised by the government and as a result, you cannot use private health cover. Fees are often based upon your yearly income. For example, if you earn $40 000 per year, you would be asked to pay around $40 per session. The higher your income, the higher the fee per session (and vice versa).

Private providers do not receive government subsidies, however you can use private health cover.
If you have private health cover, it can often work out to be less expensive to go to a private provider.

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Men's Family Services will keep confidential anything you say to your counsellor as well as any information you, or any other agency or institution provides to the service.
All personal details are only accessible to counsellors and are kept in locked filing cabinets. In addition, clients can request access to their file at any time. Any information pertaining to you cannot be released to any person or agency with the following exceptions:

1) You sign a form authorising disclosure of information to someone else.

2) Your counsellor determines that you are a danger to yourself or others, in which case your counsellor is ethically bound by a duty of care to take action.

3) Courts have the authority to subpoena information under certain circumstances.