DiscoverCounselling ConversationsEpisode 41: What Happens When You Call a Helpline or Crisis Line?
Episode 41: What Happens When You Call a Helpline or Crisis Line?

Episode 41: What Happens When You Call a Helpline or Crisis Line?

Update: 2024-07-01
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What happens when we call a helpline? What goes on during the phone call? Let's talk about what helplines are all about. Some contact information for helplines include the following:
Lifeline
13 11 14

Lifeline Crisis Text Service
Text: 0477 13 11 14

Beyond Blue
1300 224 636

13 Yarn (an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander crisis support line)
13 92 76
Suicide Call Back Service
1300 659 467

The Samaritans Crisis Line
08 683 839 850 (main line) 08 623 039 03 (Luminos Enquiry line) or 1800 198 313 (Country Toll Free)

Men's Line Australia
1300 789 978

PANDA (perinatal anxiety and depression), Monday to Friday 9am to 7.30pm AEST)
1300 726 306

QLife (LGBTI+, 3pm to midnight)
1800 184 527

Quitline
13 7848

Butterfly Foundation (eating disorders, 8am to midnight AEST)
1800 334 673
Blue Knot Foundation Helpline
1300 657 380
Dementia Support Australia
1800 699 799

Child Protection and Family Support Crisis Care Helpline
08 9223 1111 or 1800 199 008 (Country Toll Free) National Debt Helpline
1800 007 007
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Episode 41: What Happens When You Call a Helpline or Crisis Line?

Episode 41: What Happens When You Call a Helpline or Crisis Line?

Andrea W