Counselling / Support

• Are you feeling stressed or just need someone to talk to?• Are you feeling down or a bit overwhelmed?• Do you know someone who is feeling out-of-sorts or down?Whatever it is, 1737 are there. ‘1737, need to talk?’ is New Zealand’s national mental health & addictions helpline number. Free call or free text 1737 any time, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to talk to (or text with) a trained counsellor or you can talk to a peer support worker. Their service is completely free.

Abuse Prevention Services provides group programmes for men, women and children who have caused or experienced family violence/abuse and want help to make positive changes to their lives.• Men's Non Violence Programme• Women's Safety Programme• Children's Safety ProgrammeFor services for Women, Children and Youth please call 021 023 20297.For services for men please call 022 152 4186.

Accredited Oranga Tamariki provider, offering specialised mobile parenting and family developing program. Delivered to families in their home to suit their schedule. Topics include:• Behaviour management for children, stress management, self-care, co- parenting, family organisation and routines• High level of flexibility including evenings and weekends• Respects and considers the culture, values and uniqueness of families

Call 0800 787 797 or text 8681, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to speak with a trained counsellor. All calls are free and confidential. The Alcohol Drug Helpline provides friendly, non-judgmental, professional help and advice. If you are concerned about your own drinking or drug taking they can assist with information, insight and support.If you are a family/whanau member, friend or professional concerned about someone else they can help you develop strategies for yourself and the other person.• Maori Line 0800 787 798• Pasifika Line 0800 787 799• YOUTH service 0800 787 894

The Antara Free Natural Health Clinic is for those people in the community who cannot afford to pay for natural health care. The therapists are qualified practitioners who, along with the receptionists, work at the clinic from a half to a full day per week.

Anxiety New Zealand Trust provides a free & confidential Anxiety Helpline 0800 ANXIETY (O800 269 4389); giving vital support to people of any age who experience all forms of anxiety.If you're feeling anxious and would like to talk to someone about anxiety or would like to seek advice for a friend or family member you can phone their free 24/7 Anxiety Helpline wherever you are in Aotearoa. Anxiety New Zealand Trust specialises in the treatment, support and education of anxiety disorders and depression in children, adolescents and adults and also provides free peer support groups. 1:1 therapy may incur full costs.

Aoake te Rā is a free brief therapeutic support service funded by the Ministry of Health. They provide support and manaaki to individuals, whānau and communities who have lost someone to suicide. Aoake te Rā is:• Free• Available to all ages and at any stage after bereavement• Available for individuals, couple or whanau groups. They offer face to face, online and phone services.

If you need support in dealing with family violence please call Are You OK or you can choose to talk online via their 'chat online' button on their website.The service is private and confidential. If you give your identity and contact information, they do not:• Share it with any third party without your consent• Use it for anything except providing services to you.With your permission, they may refer you to your local family or sexual violence service provider.

Asian Family Services (AFS) provides:• Asian Helpline: nationwide free and confidential support to Asians living in New Zealand. Monday - Friday 9am-8pm • Counselling: including face-to-face counselling, over the phone counselling or via video calls, text or online messaging. Monday- Friday 9am-5pmTheir services are offered in English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, Vietnamese, Japanese, Thai and Hindi. An interpreter can be arranged for other languages.

The Auckland Women's Centre offers a Women's Support Service, affordable counselling and massage, a women's library and a range of Community Education Courses and workshops.

AUT Integrated Health provide low cost psychotherapy services. The aim of psychotherapy is to increase your wellbeing and to strengthen your capacity to make empowering choices in life.At AIH, only their advanced students of the Master of Psychotherapy programme provide this service. They are supervised each week by teaching staff from the Department of Psychotherapy.

Beginning Experience is a non-profit organisation designed to support and enable adults grieving the loss of a love relationship through death, divorce or separation. They have live-in weekend programmes held once a year in Auckland only. They draw people nationally due to the unique format. It begins on Friday evenings and concludes on Sunday afternoons. People learn new skills to deal with the pain of their loss and report increased emotional health and renewed energy.

CanTeen supports rangatahi aged 13-24 impacted by cancer across Aotearoa, whether it's their own diagnosis or that of an immediate family member. CanTeen provides individual support and therapy, peer-to-peer support, and access to 24/7 online support through CanTeen Connect.

CARE Waitakere Trust has a team of passionate professional Counsellors, Financial Mentors and Family Support Workers working to provide services that effectively address disadvantage and promote community well-being. Free budgeting, advocacy and family support services are available, as well as affordable counselling and therapy groups for children, adolescents and adults.

All victims of crime have rights about how they are treated and the information they can receive. You can talk to someone on the 24/7 Victims Information Line on 0800 650 654 about what you can expect.A Victim Advisor is employed in the court to provide information to victims of criminal offences and to support them with their cases through the court.

Call the Depression Helpline to talk to a trained counsellor about how you are feeling or to ask a question.This Depression Helpline and website is part of the National Depression Initiative which aims to help New Zealanders recognise and understand depression and anxiety; reducing the impact that depression and anxiety have on the lives of New Zealanders by encouraging early recognition and help-seeking.

Family Action offers a range of services for those who have experienced abuse, trauma, family and sexual violence. These services include counselling, outreach, womens refuge and youth programmes.

Family Drug Support Aotearoa is a New Zealand wide organisation set up to support family/whānau & friends impacted by the alcohol and other drug misuse of people they care about. They provide support via their:• Free helpline 0800 337 877• Website which has a lot of resources/information and webinars• 5-Step Family/Whanau Programme (low cost) – this is available from anywhere in New Zealand via Telehealth (Zoom). It is an individual counselling programme.

Family Works Northern builds strong families that learn, grow and thrive. Their social services help make Aotearoa New Zealand the best place to raise children. As part of Presbyterian Support Northern, they're committed to creating a better life for everyone.

Grow does not provide professional counselling services but they do provide mutual help from people who have experienced some mental health episode in their life and have found the Grow programe to be incredibly useful and inexpensive. Group Organisers have been trained from within the organisation. The Blue Book is a resource booklet full of wisdoms and educational solutions which have worked for thousands of people since Grow groups originated over 60 years ago. The booklet has been continually revised.