Wellbeing Matters

Introducing our Kickstarter Program and Neurodivergent Gaming Club

We wanted to introduce a way for parents to feel more included in their child’s gaming lives, as well as a place for children and adolescents in the neurodivergent community to have a place where they feel safe. 

How to help your teen when they're feeling lonely and isolated

It can be hard to know what to say or do to support a teenager who might be shutting themselves off due to feelings of loneliness and isolation. This guide is full of great tips and strategies that parents can use to help them connect with their teen, as well as support them to connect with others.

Free eSafety Parent and Carer Webinars

Community Mentors for Students

We often get asked within the Wellbeing Team about community mentors for students and ‘A Path to Follow’ is a local organisation which has just that. Read more here.

QLife

About QLife

QLife is Australia’s first nationally-oriented counselling and referral service for people of diverse sex, genders and sexualities. The service provides early intervention and peer based support for LGBTQIA+ people via: 

• A national 1800 telephone counselling service
• National web-based counselling 
• A national referral database of LGBTQIA+ specialist services.
• A range of resources for health professionals working people from the LGBTQIA+ community

Who is QLife for?

Qlife focuses on peer supported telephone and web based services to diverse people of all ages experiencing poor mental health, psychological distress, social isolation, discrimination, experiences of being misgendered and/or other social determinants that impact their health and wellbeing. QLife is often the first point of contact for people who are coming out, but it is available to anyone, no matter how they identify. The service is also increasingly being used by the friends and family of LGBTQIA+ people and mainstream service providers who are seeking accurate information and referral options for their relatives, friends or clients. 

Is there a cost to use QLife?

There is no cost to use QLife. 

How to access QLife

Qlife’s services are available 7 days a week from 3pm to midnight.

• Access the QLife website here
• Access phone support by calling 1800 184 527
• Register for Webchat here

Ms Dilek Yucel (Psychologist, Head of Wellbeing), Ms Rachel Felmingham (Mental Health Practitioner), Mr Elin Kim (Counsellor) and Bali (Therapy Dog)