{"id":488,"date":"2018-11-19T12:47:28","date_gmt":"2018-11-19T01:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pdh.net.au\/?post_type=services_list&#038;p=488"},"modified":"2022-07-21T16:32:26","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T06:32:26","slug":"counselling-and-support","status":"publish","type":"services_list","link":"https:\/\/pdh.net.au\/services_list\/counselling-and-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Counselling and Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Portland District Health Counselling and Support Service is available for all age groups and there is no cost to attend the service. Our team of qualified professional practitioners can provide support for a range of presentations and conditions. Specialised services and groups are also available for chronic disease management, health coaching, behaviour change and parenting.<\/p>\n<p>This is a guide as to who is the preferred practitioner to see individuals referred with particular issues. It is not a full summary of skills and roles of each service area.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Psychology \/ Social Work \/ Counselling:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Depression, Anxiety, Panic, Mood Disorders<\/li>\n<li>Eating Disorders<\/li>\n<li>Multidisciplinary Assessment for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)<\/li>\n<li>Grief and Loss \u2013 General<\/li>\n<li>Stress Management \/ Workplace Stress<\/li>\n<li>Improving Self Esteem<\/li>\n<li>Relationship therapy<\/li>\n<li>Self-harm behaviours<\/li>\n<li>Parenting<\/li>\n<li>Developmental Disorders (Autism, ADHD, ODD)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Health<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Preparation for Surgery \/ Post Surgery Complications<\/li>\n<li>Grief and Loss associated with diagnosis of chronic illness or medical condition<\/li>\n<li>Terminal Illness<\/li>\n<li>Disability post-accident \/ injury<\/li>\n<li>Behaviour Change to manage a chronic illness<\/li>\n<li>Health coaching and chronic disease advising<\/li>\n<li>Advanced Care Planning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Office Hours<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Monday to Friday 08.30am-5:00pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Office location<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Consulting Suite PDH<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact Details<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Phone: (03) 5521 1410<\/p>\n<p>Fax: (03) 5521 0372<\/p>\n<p><strong>Referrals<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All referrals for the Counselling and Support Services are received via the intake team<\/p>\n<p>Phone: (03) 5521 0354<\/p>\n<p>Fax: (03) 5521 0372<\/p>\n<p>Email:\u00a0<u><a href=\"mailto:intake.pdh@swarh.vic.gov.au\">intake.pdh@swarh.vic.gov.au<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<p>Receipt of all referrals will be acknowledged.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdh.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/services_list\/488"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdh.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/services_list"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdh.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/services_list"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdh.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}