Rural Health Tasmania provides a broad range of services, as well as community projects and events to benefit individuals, families and communities with a specific focus on rural Tasmania.

These include mental health support and suicide prevention (counselling and mental health Nurses), chronic conditions management, youth centres (7UP), respite accommodation, community house workshops (@23 Wedge), No 34 Aboriginal Health Service, parents and early learning program to encourage a love of learning in their children (HIPPY) and early intervention and prevention programs with a specific focus on early childhood and youth (RULER).

Rural Health Tasmania can assist you to manage your health and improve the quality of your life.

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Services Offered

It’s an expression used every day, so it might surprise you that the term ‘mental health’ is often misunderstood.

‘Mental health’ is often used as a substitute for mental health conditions – such as depression, anxiety conditions, schizophrenia, and others.

Mental health is “a state of well-being in which every individual realises his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to her or his community.”

Rather than being about ‘what’s wrong’ it’s really about ‘what’s going well?’ Mental health is about wellness.

At Rural Health Tasmania, we seek to empower people to understand the underlying causes of mental illness and develop the protective factors, behaviours and thought processes that lead to better mental health.

Often people are surprised to learn that mental illness does not have to be an ongoing condition and that a great number of people not only recover, they go on to live a highly productive and happy life.

At Rural Health Tasmania, we recognise that people don’t have to have a diagnosed mental illness to be feeling less than at their best.

We have a number of counsellors and programs (including mental health Registered Nurses) that can support you to get more out of life.

Rural Health Tasmania can also provide advice, support, counselling, treatment and referral for individuals and families affected by their own or someone else’s drug and alcohol use.

Drug and alcohol counselling is provided by specialist drug and alcohol staff across a variety of locations and is informed by national and state guidelines.

Fees and Payment

Many counselling and support services available through Rural Health Tasmania are free. Where there are fees they are minimal and can be reduced in cases of financial hardship.

Services Offered To:
Adults
Couples
Teens
Children

Special Groups:
Faith-Based
LGBTQ

Payment:
Sliding Scale
Pro-bono

Online Counseling:
Yes