We all need a little extra support from time to time. Thankfully help is as close as your phone or your computer or your tablet or — basically anything else that lets you make a phone call or send an email.
If you are in an emergency, or at immediate risk of harm to yourself or others, please contact emergency services on 000.
To talk to someone now call Lifeline 13 11 14 or Suicide Call Back Service 1300 659 467.
Learn more about anxiety, depression and suicide prevention, or talk through your concerns with our Support Service. Our trained mental health professionals will listen, provide information and advice, and point you in the right direction so you can seek further support.
1 300 22 4636
24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Daily webchat 3pm-12am AEST
Provides all Australians experiencing a personal crisis with access to 24 hour crisis support and suicide prevention services.
13 11 14
24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Provides relationship support services for individuals, families and communities. Relationships Australia provides counselling, family dispute resolution (mediation) and a range of support and education programs
1 300 364 277
National telephone and online support, information and referral service for men with family and relationship concerns. Men's Line Australia is staffed by professional counsellors, experienced in men’s issues.
1300 789 978
24 hours a day, 7 days a week
A nationwide service suited to people who are geographically or emotionally isolated that provides telephone and online counselling to People who are suicidal, caring for someone who is suicidal, bereaved by suicide or supporting people affected by suicide.
1300 659 467
24 hours a day, 7 days a week
QLife is Australia’s first nationally-oriented counselling and referral service for people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and/or intersex (LGBTI). QLife provides nation-wide, early intervention, peer supported telephone and web based services to people of all ages across the full breadth of people’s bodies, genders, relationships, sexualities, and lived experiences.
1800 184 527
7 days a week, 3pm – 12am Australia wide
Befrienders Worldwide is a dynamic and expanding global network of 349 emotional support centres in 32 countries, spanning 5 continents. These centres are staffed by more than 25,000 volunteers who provide vital support to an estimated 7 million service users each year. Befrienders Worldwide centres provide an open space for those in distress to talk and be heard. This is via telephone helplines, SMS messaging, face to face, internet chat, outreach and local partnerships.
Gay Fathers Worldwide is a peer support group primarily for gay men who have children from previous heterosexual relationships.
https://gayfathersworldwide.wordpress.com/
Online
Thorne Harbour health is Victoria's leading health promotion organisation specialising in HIV prevention, HIV support and providing health services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex communities.
General enquiries: 03 9865 6700
Alcohol & Other Drug Counselling: 1800 906 669
Monday 9.00am – 7.00pm
Tuesday 9.00am – 9.00pm
Wednesday 9.00am – 9.00pm
Thursday 9.00am – 9.00pm
Friday 9.00am – 5.00pm
Saturday CLOSED
Sunday CLOSED
A free, confidential and anonymous telephone counselling, referral and information service for the Victorian and Tasmanian lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) communities and their supporters.
1 800 184 527
Seven Days a week 3pm - 12am
A peer support service for men who are or have been involved in long-term heterosexual relationships and are coming to terms with their sexual attraction to other men in NSW. GAMMA operates a phone support line and organises meetings and social events.
1800 804 617
Specialising in HIV prevention, HIV support and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) health in NSW. ACON delivers a range of services for the broader LGBTI community in NSW
02 9206 2000
Monday 9.00am – 6.00pm
Tuesday 9.00am – 6.00pm
Wednesday 9.00am – 6.00pm
Thursday 9.00am – 6.00pm
Friday 9.00am – 6.00pm
Saturday CLOSED
Sunday CLOSED
Provides individual and group counselling to female partners of men who are same-sex attracted.
02 9560 3011
Monday 9:30am - 5:30pm
Tuesday 9:30am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 9:30am - 5:30pm
Thursday 9:30am - 5:30pm
Friday 9:30am - 5:30pm
Saturday CLOSED
Sunday CLOSED
Closed between 1pm - 2pm.
Provides information, referral and support for people impacted by HIV in the ACT.
02 6257 2855
Monday 9.00am – 5.00pm
Tuesday 9.00am – 5.00pm
Wednesday 9.00am – 5.00pm
Thursday 9.00am – 5.00pm
Friday 9.00am – 5.00pm
Saturday CLOSED
Sunday CLOSED
Specialising in sexual health and HIV services, QuAC delivers a range of services for the broader LGBTI community in Queensland
07 3017 1777
Monday 9.00am – 5.00pm
Tuesday 9.00am – 5.00pm
Wednesday 9.00am – 5.00pm
Thursday 9.00am – 5.00pm
Friday 9.00am – 5.00pm
Saturday CLOSED
Sunday CLOSED
Northern Territory AIDS & Hepatitis Council Inc (NTAHC) provides education and support in the area of blood borne viruses. NTAHC seeks to improve access to treatment and maintains strong links to services providing clinical care
08 8944 7777
Monday 8.30am – 5.00pm ACST
Tuesday 8.30am – 5.00pm
Wednesday 8.30am – 5.00pm
Thursday 8.30am – 5.00pm
Friday 8.30am – 5.00pm
Saturday CLOSED
Sunday CLOSED
Specialising in sexual health and HIV services, the Western Australian AIDS Council (WAAC) delivers a range of services for the broader LGBTI community in Western Australia.
08 9482 000
Monday 8.30am – 5.00pm
Tuesday 8.30am – 5.00pm
Wednesday 8.30am – 5.00pm
Thursday 8.30am – 5.00pm
Friday 8.30am – 5.00pm
Saturday CLOSED
Sunday CLOSED
Provides support, education and training about Sexual Health and HIV for men who have sex with men and people living with HIV in South Australia.
08 7099 5300
Monday 9.00am – 5.00pm
Tuesday 9.00am – 5.00pm
Wednesday 9.00am – 5.00pm
Thursday 9.00am – 5.00pm
Friday 9.00am – 5.00pm
Saturday CLOSED
Sunday CLOSED
Tas CAHRD aims to increase awareness of and reduce the incidence of HIV, AIDS, Hepatitis and Related Diseases through campaigns, events, fundraising, advocacy, health, finance and other assistance services.
03 6234 1242
Monday 9.00am – 5.00pm
Tuesday 9.00am – 5.00pm
Wednesday 9.00am – 5.00pm
Thursday 9.00am – 5.00pm
Friday 9.00am – 5.00pm
Saturday CLOSED
Sunday CLOSED
A free, confidential and anonymous telephone counselling, referral and information service for the Victorian and Tasmanian lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) communities and their supporters.
1 800 184 527
Seven Days a week 3pm - 12am