The TAC is an Aboriginal community organisation developed in the early 1970s and funded by the federal government since 1973.

It was incorporated as the Aboriginal Information Service in November 1973 and changed its name to Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre (TAC) in August 1977, and officially to Tasmanian Aboriginal Corporation in 2016, but still trading as the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre.

The Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre provides a number of health, wellness and other services to Aboriginal people throughout the state.

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Services Offered

Counselling is one of the many services provided by Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre.

As well as being qualified in counselling, your counsellor has a good understanding of the Aboriginal community, and knows what is appropriate for its members. He or she will understand the problem, whatever it is, and help you look at it in a new way.

Sometimes just having someone to talk to is all you need. You wouldn’t be the first person who figured out how to deal with a problem just by hearing yourself talk about it to someone else!

Other times, it goes deeper than that. You may need to know what your options are and to talk to some-one about how these will affect your life. Our counsellors can provide this.

If they think you need some other kind of help, they can guide you to it. It might be another program or activity run by the Aboriginal Health Service, or it might be a specialised service that is outside what we offer. Whatever options a counsellor may suggest, they will make sure it is something that suits you.

Families, relationships, kids, parents, drugs, drink, gambling, depression – any of them can cause problems that seem too hard to deal with. Problems such as anger, family violence, sexual abuse, grief, bullying at school or work...these are all more common than you would think.

Our counsellors will sit down with you – in the office, at home or on neutral ground – and work out some ways to cope. If there is someone you can’t talk to, the counsellor can mediate between you. If there is something you can’t talk about, the counsellor will help you to do it.

We don’t just work with individuals. We can also give counselling in groups, to couples, kids, parents and carers; we do prison visits, home visits and can meet you in the park. And we can also arrange for you to see a counsellor that doesn’t work at the TAC if you want.

Our counselling service is free and confidential. If you have never talked to a counsellor before, give it a go — it might just change your life!

Fees and Payment

Counselling is free of charge

Services Offered To:
Adults
Couples
Teens
Children

Special Groups:
Faith-Based
LGBTQ

Payment:
Sliding Scale
Pro-bono

Online Counseling:
Yes