Griefline provides free counselling services and support to anyone experiencing grief loss and or trauma Australia wide.
GriefLine is a free national counselling and support telephone, SMS and video service. We offer confidential 7 days a week phone and telehealth counselling and support to people experiencing grief, loss and/or trauma. Our counselling support also provides early intervention and prevention of mental health difficulties which may compound a person’s experience of grief, loss and trauma. GriefLine is available nationally inclusive of remote, regional and rural communities, in addition to all metropolitan regions, Australia wide. GriefLine has free telehealth (video counselling), SMS counselling and phone counselling available.
You can contact GriefLine and speak with one of our trained and experienced volunteers on 1300 845 745. They will provide you with skilled interventions, compassion, empathy and an opportunity to work with your experience of grief, loss and trauma. If you are requiring further support, other than a ‘one-off call’, GriefLine also has 6-8 session programs.
There are presently two types available: You can work with a trained volunteer with your grief, loss and/or trauma and you can also work with a trained volunteer working with your Insomnia (70% of people experiencing grief, loss and trauma also experience insomnia as a result of their experience of grief, loss, trauma or associated mental health symptoms, including anxiety and depressive symptoms).
GriefLine offers 7-days a week counselling and support services nationwide. Our online counselling services include telehealth (video counselling) and SMS counselling. These options broaden the way we can connect with you, so we can provide you with the skilled support, counselling, compassion and tools to assist you. These services are confidential and free to all who are experiencing any type of grief, loss and/or trauma. You may choose online counselling or a combination of online and SMS counselling – whatever works best for you
GriefLine also offers the 6-8 sessions ‘Grief, Loss and Trauma’ Program and ‘Insomnia’ [link to above] Program via telephone, SMS counselling and video counselling. (coming soon) In order to access these services, please call us on 1300 845 745 and speak with one of our trained volunteers.
In addition to this, GriefLine also offers online moderated forums (for people experiencing any type of grief, loss or trauma) and also forums, for people supporting a person who has experienced loss or grief of any kind. This creates the opportunity for anyone, in remote, rural, regional or metropolitan areas across Australia to share their experiences with each other. This service is available every Tuesday 10am – 12midday and Thursday from 2pm – 4pm. Click here to see how to join and details for the moderated forum.
GriefLine offers 7-days a week counselling and support services nationwide. Our phone counselling sessions are confidential and free to anyone who is experiencing grief, loss or trauma. Our trained and skilled volunteers are here for you and are ready to listen when you are ready to talk. They are skilled, compassionate, supportive and will provide you with tools and skills and walk alongside you during this time of grief and loss.
The 6-8 sessions ‘Grief, Loss and Trauma’ Program and ‘Insomnia’ Program are available via phone counselling. (coming soon)
Whether you want a ‘one off’ phone counselling session or some further support with our 6-8 session programs, please call us on 1300 845 745 and speak with one of our trained and skilled volunteers.
You are welcome to either utilise the one-off calls, where you may connect with us on a monthly (or more) basis or you may choose to work more intensively with the same counsellor and work with your experience of grief, loss and trauma over 6-8 sessions. Everyone is different and experiences grief, loss and trauma differently with each individual and there is no right or wrong way to manage what you are experiencing.
GriefLine services are only made possible by the skilled efforts of the highly trained volunteer counsellor teams The volunteers come from all walks of life but with a common commitment to the field of grief, loss, trauma and mental health. Our volunteers undergo intense training and attend monthly professional development sessions, peer group supervision and are provided with regular and planned professional supervision and debriefing when required.
Our volunteer training is focused on working with the impact of grief, loss and trauma on a person’s well-being. GriefLine is committed to the knowledge that there is no right or wrong way to grieve and that everyone’s journey and their experience of grief is individual and singular.
If you would like to speak to one of our trained volunteers about your experience of grief, loss or trauma please call GriefLine on 1300 845 745.
If you are interested in volunteering at GriefLine, please contact us here
At GriefLine we specialise in supporting everyone who has experienced grief, loss or trauma and the stolen generation have experienced transgenerational, cultural and personal loss. Today we stand with their loss and offer our free counselling and support on a day that could trigger many emotions and memories. It is our way of saying sorry. .
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Wave your appreciation for Volunteers this National Volunteers Week 👋
Join Griefline board members Sarah Godfrey and Louisa Smith and put your hand up and thank the Griefline Community and Family Services Inc volunteers, along with all the volunteers around Australia by waving a special smile of appreciation from your own home.
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Griefline volunteer Bella joined us earlier in the year to help out with our social media and is now also a member of our volunteer administration team two days a week. What does volunteering at Griefline mean for her? Bella says "It gives me so much pleasure to know I'm helping out without expecting anything in return. It also gives me a sense of purpose." Bella, you represent the essence of what volunteering is all about.
It is a gift to those who participate and it is a gift to thoses who are at the receiving end of their service.
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CELEBRATING OUR VOLUNTEERS 👏👏👏 It is National Volunteer Week when we get to recognise and acknowledge the lifeblood that is Griefline - our volunteers!
This week, to show our gratitude for these incredible people, we will be sharing with you stories of empathy, community and contribution from members of the Griefline team of volunteers.
Without them, we simply could not deliver the services we do to support Australians experiencing grief, loss and trauma.
To the Griefline volunteers we say a heartfelt thank you ❤️🙏 #NVW2020 #Volunteering #Victoria
National Families Week starts today, a week of celebrating the vital role that families play in Australian society.
The importance of this years theme ‘Stronger Families, Stronger Communities‘ is highlighted further through the adversity we face as individuals and families during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is more important than ever that we work together to support each other and provide care for those in the broader community.
We recommend you visit the National Families Week website to download their Top Ten Tips poster which provides some ideas on how you can show kindness and help protect the health and wellbeing of everyone in the community – please adhere to physical distancing and government imposed restrictions!
https://nfw.org.au/get-involved/resources/
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Today on International Nurses Day, we recognise and applaud the tireless work nurses do every single day for Australians.
We also acknowledge at this time during the COVID-19 pandemic, that nurses are not always afforded the respect they deserve and can sometimes face life-threatening situations as they go about their day to day job.
All nurses should feel safe and supported in their place of work.
Please join us in sharing your gratitude for the nursing community and the contribution they make to supporting the health and wellbeing of Australians. 🙏
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