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Location

1 Woodland st, Essendon Vic, Melbourne 3040

(Just a walk across Strathmore Train Station)

Our counselling practice is located in Essendon and supports clients throughout Melbourne and Australia via Telehealth.

Business Hours
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday
9am–5pm

After hours sessions available on Fridays 5pm-9pm

Phone
0427 793 347

Fax

(03) 7054 3660

Delivery

Face-To-Face in our cozy Essendon office & Online / Telehealth anywhere across Australia

 
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Frequently Asked Questions

  • You can get in touch using the contact form, phone or email to arrange an appointment or book a free 15-minute consultation.

  • Enquiries are typically responded to within one business day.

  • Yes. Both in-person appointments in Essendon and secure Telehealth appointments are available.

  • Inner Worlds Counselling & Psychotherapy is not a crisis service. If you require immediate assistance, please contact 000 or your local mental health crisis service. You can find more information and resources after this section.

 Inner Worlds Counselling & Psychotherapy is not a crisis service

If you or someone else is in immediate danger and/or need immediate medical assistance, call 000 or go to your nearest Emergency Department.

    • Lifeline — 13 11 14 | Free | Crisis support and suicide prevention

    • Suicide Call Back Service — 1300 659 467 | Free | Support for people affected by suicide

    • Beyond Blue — 1300 22 4636 | Free | Anxiety, depression, and mental health support

    • Kids Helpline — 1800 55 1800 | Free | Confidential support for ages 5–25

    • 13YARN — 13 92 76 | Free | Crisis support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

    Below are state and region specific contact numbers you can call if you are in a mental health crisis. Call your state's mental health crisis line for immediate support from a trained professional. They'll assess your situation and connect you with the most appropriate care — this might be a GP, a community mental health service, or a hospital emergency department. If needed, a Crisis Assessment and Treatment Team (CATT) may be able to come to you in person.

    • Psychiatric Triage / CATT — Victoria's CATT teams are connected to major public hospitals and numbers vary by region. Contact your nearest major public hospital to reach your local CATT team. The Victorian Department of Health website has a full directory of regional triage numbers.

    • SuicideLine Victoria — 1300 651 251 | Free | 24/7 telephone and online counselling for anyone at risk of or impacted by suicide

    • Lifeline — 13 11 14 | Free | 24/7 crisis support and suicide prevention

    • Mental Health Line — 1800 011 511 | Free | 24/7, staffed by mental health professionals; provides advice, triage, and referrals to local services including CATT teams

    • Mental Health Triage Service — 13 14 65 | Free from landlines (standard mobile rates may apply) | 24/7 main point of access into mental health services; staffed by mental health clinicians who will assess and refer to an acute response team where appropriate.

    • Urgent Mental Health Care Centre (Adelaide) — 08 8448 9100 | Free | Walk-in service at 215 Grenfell Street, Adelaide, available 24/7 including weekends and public holidays.

    • Mental Health Emergency Response Line (Metro Perth) — 1300 555 788 | Free from landlines (standard mobile rates may apply) | 24/7 access to a trained mental health clinician for assessment, support, and referral

    • Mental Health Emergency Response Line (Peel) — 1800 676 822 | Free | 24/7 equivalent service for the Peel region

    • Rurallink — 1800 552 002 | Free | For people in regional and remote WA; available 4:30pm–8:30am weeknights and 24 hours on weekends and public holidays

    • Mental Health Services Helpline & Access Mental Health— 1800 332 388 | Free | 24/7 support | Provides immediate counselling over the phone, information about the Tasmanian mental health system, and referrals to public mental health services; GPs and health professionals can also use this line to make referrals

    • 1300 MH CALL — 1300 642 255 | Free | 24/7 confidential mental health telephone triage service, providing the first point of contact to public mental health services; automatically connects callers to their nearest Queensland public mental health service

    • NT Mental Health Line — 1800 682 288 | Free | 24/7 advice, support, and referrals to local mental health services

    • Access Mental Health — 1800 629 354 | Free | 24/7 mental health support, triage, and referral; provides immediate counselling over the phone and can refer to an acute response team for urgent intervention