Family Counselling

Bridges can also offer individual counselling for people who are struggling to cope with the drug or alcohol use of a family member.

Counselling provides family members with an opportunity to:

Explore coping strategies;
Gain help to effectively support the substance user;
Refocus on the family as a whole;
Examine the impact of substance use on mental health and the family; and
Explore solutions that work for you and your family.

A referral is required for this service. The referral can come from another service provider or you can refer yourself. Please phone us if you require assistance with this process.

Testimonial

Bridges has given me a place to go to when there was nowhere else. When recovering, I need somewhere to connect to people and be involved in tasks as a team or individual. If I stay at home, things just get worse and all my friends are busy with their own lives. This has at times, felt devastating and hopeless.

When I haven't been well enough to do voluntary work or paid work, Bridges has provided a meaningful link, even though at times it required a commitment on my part to make it my routine.

I have met incredible people at Bridges who have achieved far more than me with much less. This has given me a fresh perspective on my own problems. It’s great that the staff are also very grounded in all that they do and say.

I have now been in voluntary administrative work (after various times in paid employment that was not suitable for me) for nearly 12 months and it has given me a confidence I have not had in many years.
- Helen F. MHRRS Participant