For Children

A range of services are accessible for children grappling with family separation, including counselling and mental health support.

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Counselling

Relationships Australia offers a specialist counselling service for children and adolescents aged 5-18 years from separated or separating families. Their counselling creates space for young people to unpack their feelings surrounding the divorce.

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Child Meditation

Relationships Australia provides Child Inclusive Mediation service. The meditation provides a safe way of expressing children’s feelings to assist in decision-making after changes to the family situation.

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Mental Health Program

Anglicare Tasmania provides free mental health support through their Child and Youth Healthy Minds program. The program offers tailored support for children showing early signs of mental health struggles, and support for their families.

For Adults

For adults, finding support can look like unpacking both childhood or present experiences with the support of a counsellor, or through self-reflection.

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Counselling

Seeing a trauma-informed psychologist can help unpack complex childhood experiences that have left a lingering impact. Treatment requires a referral from a medical practitioner.

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Self Help Books

Self-help books offer a low cost resource to understanding and overcoming childhood ‘wounds’. Through addressing and learning about hurts that have been suppressed, associated mental health implications can be minimised.

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Reflection

Self-reflection is a powerful tool. Journalling or chatting with a trusted friend can increase understanding of reactions, behavioural patterns and where they stem from. Click the button below for reflection prompts.

For Parents

A range of services are accessible for parents in the midst of family separation, both to assist in supporting children involved and navigate changing parenting dynamics.

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Counselling

Relationships Australia offers counselling services. Their counsellors can help unravel an experience and assist in gaining insights, perspective and developing skills to better manage the situation.

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Parenting Separately Program

Relationships Australia offers a free program to support co-parenting after family separation. The program is also offered to grandparents and carers.

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Advice Line

The Family Relationship Advice Line is a national telephone service that helps families affected by relationship or separation issues, including information on parenting arrangements after separation. It can also refer callers to local services that may be able to provide assistance.