The Richardson Support House Team was delighted to have a visit from the Richardson Primary School Choir in the last week of school 2008. They sang Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer for us. Thank you very much indeed!
This time of year brings many celebrations: Chanukkah, Christmas, Yule, Rohatsu, and Kwanzaa. Not to mention Australian New Year celebrations... Of course, we celebrated various events with family and friends over the last couple of weeks.
Holiday celebrations can have positive and negative effects on people. Positive in the creation and maintenance of social bonds (family and community), the opportunity to 'look forward' (completely different to worry about the past or anxiety about the future). But it also brings pressures - like unrealised expectations of happy family, or accentuating loneliness, or financial pressures to provide special food / drinks / gifts.
There are some websites that offer ideas and suggestions for how to cope with holiday stress:
www.mayoclinic.com/health/stress/MH00030
www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Holiday_stress?open
We do hope that your holiday provides much enjoyment and little stress!
Best wishes and Happy New Year from the Richardson Support House Team
About Richardson Support House
Richardson Support House provides counselling services, a free exercise bike loan service for clients, a free walking group, information about mental wellbeing, and hosts the ACT CISM library (workplace stress, support and trauma topics).
Counselling services are provided by a co-operative of private mental health practitioners. Some are eligible to provide services under Medicare for those with a MENTAL HEALTH CARE PLAN from their GP. All of our services are bulk-billed or low cost.
Counselling services are provided by a co-operative of private mental health practitioners. Some are eligible to provide services under Medicare for those with a MENTAL HEALTH CARE PLAN from their GP. All of our services are bulk-billed or low cost.
Contact us
Address 38 May Gibbs Close, Richardson ACT 2905 (behind the shops)
Postal PO Box 1799, Tuggeranong ACT 2901
Phone 02 6291 8009
Open By appointment
Postal PO Box 1799, Tuggeranong ACT 2901
Phone 02 6291 8009
Open By appointment
Facility hire
The Support House reception area is available to hire for community and volunteer groups for after hours activities. The cost is $7 per hour, please contact reception for bookings and further details.
Useful links
Local services
Communities@Work
http://www.commsatwork.org/
Schools as Communities
http://www.dhcs.act.gov.au/ocyfs/services/schools_as_communities
Tuggeranong Child and Family Centre
http://www.dhcs.act.gov.au/childandfamilycentres
Tuggeranong Link Community Houses and Centres
http://www.tugglink.org.au/About_Us.html
Richardson Primary School
http://www.richardsonps.act.edu.au/
Mental Health
ACT Critical Incident Stress Management Information Service
http://www.act-cism.org.au/
ACT Mental Health Consumer Network
http://www.actmhcn.org.au/cms/
Beyondblue
http://beyondblue.org.au/index
GROW Australia
http://www.grow.net.au/
Supports
Conflict Resolution Service
www.crs.org.au
Family Relationships Online
http://www.familyrelationships.gov.au/
Legal Aid Commission (ACT)
http://www.legalaid.canberra.net.au/
Lifeline
http://www.lifeline.org.au/
Mensline
http://www.menslineaus.org.au/
Parentlink
http://www.parentlink.act.gov.au/
Contacts
ACT Government Services Directory
http://www.directory.act.gov.au/ccExternal_5.1/
ACT Virtual Library
http://www.library.act.gov.au/index
Citizens Advice Bureau
http://citizensadvice.org.au/
Community Development
About Richardson
http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richardson,_Australian_Capital_Territory
Canberra Community Support Website
www.ourcanberra.com/Richardson_Support_House.html
CDNet
http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/cdnet
Community Builders NSW
http://www.communitybuilders.nsw.gov.au/
Health promotion
http://www.healthpromotion.act.gov.au/c/hp
Our community
http://www.ourcommunity.com.au/index.jsp
Communities@Work
http://www.commsatwork.org/
Schools as Communities
http://www.dhcs.act.gov.au/ocyfs/services/schools_as_communities
Tuggeranong Child and Family Centre
http://www.dhcs.act.gov.au/childandfamilycentres
Tuggeranong Link Community Houses and Centres
http://www.tugglink.org.au/About_Us.html
Richardson Primary School
http://www.richardsonps.act.edu.au/
Mental Health
ACT Critical Incident Stress Management Information Service
http://www.act-cism.org.au/
ACT Mental Health Consumer Network
http://www.actmhcn.org.au/cms/
Beyondblue
http://beyondblue.org.au/index
GROW Australia
http://www.grow.net.au/
Supports
Conflict Resolution Service
www.crs.org.au
Family Relationships Online
http://www.familyrelationships.gov.au/
Legal Aid Commission (ACT)
http://www.legalaid.canberra.net.au/
Lifeline
http://www.lifeline.org.au/
Mensline
http://www.menslineaus.org.au/
Parentlink
http://www.parentlink.act.gov.au/
Contacts
ACT Government Services Directory
http://www.directory.act.gov.au/ccExternal_5.1/
ACT Virtual Library
http://www.library.act.gov.au/index
Citizens Advice Bureau
http://citizensadvice.org.au/
Community Development
About Richardson
http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richardson,_Australian_Capital_Territory
Canberra Community Support Website
www.ourcanberra.com/Richardson_Support_House.html
CDNet
http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/cdnet
Community Builders NSW
http://www.communitybuilders.nsw.gov.au/
Health promotion
http://www.healthpromotion.act.gov.au/c/hp
Our community
http://www.ourcommunity.com.au/index.jsp
Vision, Mission and Value Statements
Vision
To be a highly accessible, quality and ethical wellbeing service that provides holistic health care for clients and the community.
Mission
Richardson Support House will be an accessible, quality and ethical wellbeing service by:
- Promoting a holistic approach to mental health care, health and wellbeing
- Offering affordable and bulk billed psychologist appointments
- Fostering a welcoming and non-judgmental environment which is family and staff friendly
- Promoting positive relationships, engagement and communication with service providers and the community
- Meeting National Standards for Mental Health Services (1996) and Australian Psychological Society standards
- Meeting ethical standards including transparency about administration processes and practicing according to environmentally friendly standards
Values
1. Commitment to providing affordable, easily accessible counselling, health and wellbeing services
2. Fostering a non-judgmental and welcoming atmosphere
3. Encouragement of community participation and feedback from clients
4. Promotion of health and wellbeing, resilience and recovery with clients and the community
5. Respect for diversity of culture and philosophy amongst clients, staff and the community
6. Provision of ethical and quality services that meet environmental standards
7. Staff are valued and included
To be a highly accessible, quality and ethical wellbeing service that provides holistic health care for clients and the community.
Mission
Richardson Support House will be an accessible, quality and ethical wellbeing service by:
- Promoting a holistic approach to mental health care, health and wellbeing
- Offering affordable and bulk billed psychologist appointments
- Fostering a welcoming and non-judgmental environment which is family and staff friendly
- Promoting positive relationships, engagement and communication with service providers and the community
- Meeting National Standards for Mental Health Services (1996) and Australian Psychological Society standards
- Meeting ethical standards including transparency about administration processes and practicing according to environmentally friendly standards
Values
1. Commitment to providing affordable, easily accessible counselling, health and wellbeing services
2. Fostering a non-judgmental and welcoming atmosphere
3. Encouragement of community participation and feedback from clients
4. Promotion of health and wellbeing, resilience and recovery with clients and the community
5. Respect for diversity of culture and philosophy amongst clients, staff and the community
6. Provision of ethical and quality services that meet environmental standards
7. Staff are valued and included
1 comment:
Hi everyone,
Enjoying reading the blog - the school's choir performance sounds like great fun!
Tassie went well and have just finished the Great Ocean Road walk, was beautiful and we were lucky to have good weather.
Best wishes to the Richardson Support House for the year to come, I'm sure lots of exciting things are in store.
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