At Phoenix Australia, we understand trauma and offer evidence-based treatments designed to give you the best chance of recovery. We are proud to be partnering with Latrobe Health Services to offer telehealth psychiatry services to Victorians living in regional and rural areas. The clinic is available via referral only so talk to your GP or, health professional if you think we can help. GPs can refer patients to the clinic by clicking the button below.
Got a question about our mental health clinic for regional Victorians? We may have answered it in our FAQ list.
For more information, you can also email the clinic here.
If you have any questions about the clinic, please contact us on 03 9035 5599.
While your clinician will be instrumental in helping with your recovery, there are many things that you can actually do to help yourself. This may be while you are waiting for your appointment, or you could even try some of these before you contact us.
Self-care is a great way to support yourself and your mental health. It is a simple but effective way of maintaining and promoting a general sense of well-being.
Self-care will look different for different people but can be as simple as managing your sleep, undertaking some form of exercise each day, maintaining a healthy diet or spending time with those you love. Other activities include meditation, listening to music, gratitude journaling and learning something new.
Making time to spend with people you love is another form of self-care. Staying connected is an important part of the recovery process.
Remember, it is important to choose self-care activities that fit with your lifestyle and that have a positive impact on your wellbeing
Bear in mind that a self-care strategy can be effective in helping maintain your wellbeing, but it is not a substitute for evidence-based mental health treatment.
And remember to be compassionate with yourself. It’s okay not to be okay and it is quite normal to feel like sometimes we are coping better than at other times. Sometimes we need extra support or to recharge, and that is okay.
We offer a range of intervention strategies to support posttraumatic mental health within your organisation. Explore the topics below to learn more about how to support your organisation to be trauma-aware.
Trauma-focussed Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is an evidence-based approach to the treating people experiencing PTSD symptoms. It can help individuals come to terms with trauma through exposure to, and emotional processing of, memories of the event.
Vicarious Trauma results from indirect exposure to other people’s trauma can harmful effects. Although it can occur in all sorts of occupations, some workers by the nature of their jobs, are at increased risk.
Trauma-informed Care promotes wellbeing in the workplace by ensuring that policies, procedures and environments are mindful of people’s trauma histories.
Psychological First Aid supports recovery from psychological trauma by helping you know what to do following an incident, accident, assault or other emergency – not just in the immediate aftermath – but also many months or years later.
If you are not eligible for the Latrobe Health clinic but keen to see one of our Phoenix Australia clinicians, you may be eligible for one of our other clinics. Find out more about our clinical services.
Our military veterans clinic is funded by the Department of Veterans Affairs and specialises in the treatment of veterans. Referrals for this clinic must be received through Open Arms…
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Our Responder Assist clinic is specially designed to help emergency workers recover from trauma. Click through for the Responder Assist clinic page.
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Our Responder Assist clinic is specially designed to help emergency workers recover from trauma. Click through for the Responder Assist clinic page.
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Phoenix Australia has a number of clinical trials running which are accepting patients. Click here to see a list and find out whether you are eligible.
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