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Mental Health Support
Innovating the way mental health support is delivered because we know clinical isn't for everyone.
Movement Therapy
Instead of a clinical environment for counselling and therapy, we get moving. This is our innovative way of making therapy more appealing and well-received. Therapy sessions are a little more inconspicuous when you can go to the gym or basketball court to shoot some hoops with our qualified counsellors or psychologists.
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One in five (20%) Australians aged 16-85 experience a mental illness in any year. The most common mental illnesses are depression, anxiety and substance abuse disorder. These three types of mental illnesses often occur together in one person.
54% of people with mental illness do not access any treatment.
Every day, at least six Australians die from suicide and a further thirty people will attempt to take their own life.
Unfortunately, suicide is the leading cause of death for Australians aged 25-44 and the second leading cause of death for our young people aged 15-24.
By having therapy offered in a non-conventional way we aim to reduce these statistics and reach people who may have previously rejected the idea of getting mental health support before based on its clinical delivery.
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Sessions are held out and about in Townsville
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Gym buddy session
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Shooting hoops
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Skatepark hangs
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Beach walks
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Always taking suggestions!