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Open Arms – Veterans & Families Counselling

Open Arms – Veterans & Families Counselling is Australia’s leading provider of high quality mental health assessment, clinical counselling and support services for Australian veterans and their families, as well as some reservists and peacekeepers.

Open Arms focuses on meeting client needs through a combination of proven clinical practices and new and emerging evidence-based approaches.

Helpline

If you are looking for counselling and support services, call Open Arms 24/7 on 1800 011 046.

If you’re outside Australia please phone +61 1800 011 046. If the country you are calling from doesn't enable calls to 1800 numbers, you can call +61 8 8241 4546.

Calling from overseas may incur a cost to the caller depending on their carrier agreement.

Find out more:

If you want to find out more about Open Arms and their range of mental health support services please visit www.openarms.gov.au. For regular updates and to stay in touch with the service please follow their Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn accounts.

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Last reviewed: September 2020

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Get support | Open Arms

Open Arms has a range of specialised services to provide the support and care you need, with staff who understand veteran and military culture.

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Community and Peer Program | Open Arms

Community and Peer Workers (Peers) have lived experience of military service or military family life and have undergone their own mental health journey. Peers walk along-side Open Arms’ clients and their families to provide, and connect them with, the support and resources they need to overcome their mental health challenges.

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Counselling | Open Arms

Open Arms can provide individual, couple and family counselling to help improve your resilience, as well as enhance your mental health and wellbeing. Call 1800 011 046 for free and confidential 24/7 support.

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Suicide prevention | Open Arms

Suicide and suicidal behaviour touches the lives of many people in our community but there are ways we can help prevent it. This information will help you understand the warning signs of suicide and provide information and resources to help keep you and others safe from suicide.

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Living well | Open Arms

A range of services are available to the current and ex-serving community and their families to stay healthy.

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Be social | Open Arms

A social network can be a circle of friends, people you share a hobby with or extended family. The form your social network takes doesn’t matter. What’s important is how it makes your life better.

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Build healthy relationships | Open Arms

One of our most popular services is to help couples and families enhance their relationships.

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Drink responsibly | Open Arms

For many Australians, alcohol is a part of social and cultural activities. Responsible drinking is about moderating and managing your alcohol consumption in healthy ways.

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Eat well | Open Arms

Eating right improves your mental outlook, gives you more energy and can even make it easier to manage chronic health conditions.

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Manage pain and injury | Open Arms

Military service is physically demanding, so when you leave the ADF you may have a physical injury. A range of veteran-specific services and support are available from DVA to help you get on with a healthy and active civilian life.

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