Help! - Darwin and Northern Territory

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Support Groups - Someone to talk to

• Anglicare NT - Provides adolescent, individual and couple counselling; mediation/family therapy; family mediation; family skills training; youth housing; health and support services; services to frail aged living in the community and their carers.
   
• Charles Darwin University Counselling - free for staff and students.
   
• Parentline- A confidential telephone counselling service providing professional counselling and support for parents. Available 8.00 am to 10.00 pm, seven days a week for the cost of a local call.
   
• Somerville Community Services Inc- Somerville’s Family Services provides free and confidential family support and generalist counselling, financial counselling
  

Australia-wide - Telephone and face-to-face counselling

• Family Relationships - local support centres and telephone service around Australia, funded by the federal government.
• Kids Helpline - 24 hour telephone and online counselling service for children and young people. Free, confidential and anonymous.
• Lifeline - 24 hour telephone counselling and local counselling centres.
• Life Goes On 24hour 7days telephone counselling service for patients and families facing the challenges of a serious illness, care at the end of life, or bereavement. All counsellors have survived a serious illness or cared for someone they loved so they understand what you’re going through. All counsellors have been highly trained to take your call.
• MensLine Australia - phone counselling for men.
• Reach Out! information and support for teenagers and young people.
• Salvation Army - 24 hour counselling  
• Relationships Australia - relationship counselling for couples, families, and individuals.
• Sane Australia runs a helpline that provides information, referrals, and crisis contact details (not telephone counselling).
• The Vietnam Veterans Association of Australia free counselling for veterans and their families and 24 hour telephone service.

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