Wellbeing Centre

WMHSAC offers a comprehensive counselling services and provides mental health and life determining services to the local and surrounding communities. WMHSAC staff are a blend of experienced interdisciplinary social health and counselling professionals who focus on a vast range of social issues and offer tailored support to fit.

WMHSAC seeks to provide or teach our clients with quality care and services that reduce stress, anxiety and depression while reinforcing effective coping skills, inner-strength and overall sense of well-being. Our staff use a number of treatment models so as to enhance positive social outcomes in a timely manner.

WMHSAC focuses in the provision of individual, couple and family services. Our professionals work actively to involve our clients in solving their presenting problems and issues. At WMHSAC our goal is to provide targeted social services that meet the needs of the community.

The wellbeing centre also runs a number of emotional & social wellbeing health outreach programs including:

• Transition to Adulthood
  
  • Youth healthy lifestyle activities and workshops for girls, boys and leadership groups

• Women’s Yarning Up and Men’s Group
  
  • Men and Women’s groups that include yarns, activities and educational programs

• Personal Helpers and Mentors
  
  • Support program for people whose lives are severely affected by a mental illness

• Counselling Services
  
  • Counselling services relating to child sexual, physical and emotional trauma clients as well as alcohol / drug issues, depression, relationship difficulties, anxiety, low self-esteem, anger management

• Health Promotion
  
  • Healthy lifestyle activities and educational workshops

• Indigenous Family Healing
  
  • Program that incorporates health, social, emotional, spiritual, art and cultural educational topics and uses cultural tools or therapy such as narration, art, music, theatre, craft, environment and exercise to heal participants and contribute their overall well being.
  • Child sexual abuse therapy services
• Tackling Indigenous Smoking 
  
  • Attend and support smoke-free community events
  • Deliver staff training and up skilling on smoking
  • Education sessions to schools and community groups
  • Quit smoking support for groups and individuals through our Quit Clinics
  • Supporting workplaces and homes to be smoke free