Wellbeing
Trish Lloyd
Please find below details of organisations that can provide trauma and mental health support from Afghan-background counsellors in English, Dari, Pashto and Hazaragi.
- For in-language multicultural mental health supports contact
- Foundation House (03) 9389 8900Heartchat: heartchat.com.au (online chat)
- Lifeline on 131 450 (24/7) or lifeline.org.au/language-support/
- Support for young people:
- Orygen: orygen.org.au/
- Support for young people and their families in south-east Melbourne:
- Additional Supports:
- Embrace: embracementalhealth.org.au
- Spectrum Victoria: spectrumvic.org.au
- Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC): asrc.org.au/home/our-services/how-we-help/justice/health/
MINDFULNESS FOR CHILDREN
Children today can face a world of worries –which is why Life ED created the Mindfulness Mates. Healthy Harold’s Mindfulness Mates are a fun, friendly and FREE resource to help your child ease their worries and develop daily habits for a healthy (and happy) mind.
Click on the link to access the resource. You might like to read these with your children over the holidays.
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