The Circle of Life Program (COL) is a holistic counselling, education and support service which assists individuals, couples and families to work through their pregnancy-related concerns.
Some of the issues that COL supports people with include:
- Unplanned pregnancy
- Termination issues
- Grief associated with reproductive losses (including miscarriage, IVF, Still birth, SIDS, infertility, adoption & termination)
- Family relationships and the impact of change (including impending parenthood, familial adjustment)
- Post-natal depression.
COL also works to raise community awareness with regard to these reproductive concerns through providing Human Development workshops to schools and educational sessions to other community groups.
Fees:
Circle of Life Counselling is free however; client contributions are appreciated to assist us to continue to provide a valuable service to the community. Human Development workshops and educational sessions are a fee for service.
Your counsellor
Each counsellor has a tertiary qualification in the social sciences field with practical experience in family and relationship counselling. Counsellors are ethically bound to refer clients to other appropriate services; i.e. for issues that are outside their field of expertise or where the issue does not fit in within the guidelines of this program.
Confidentiality
Counselling is confidential within the limits of legal and professional boundaries. This can be further clarified with the counsellor in the first session.
Townsville Outreach Service
The Circle of Life Program provides an outreach service to Ingham, Ayr and Charters Towers. Appointments in outreach areas are made either fortnightly or monthly, depending on availability and demand.
Appointment Times - Townsville
Appointments are generally made on a fortnightly basis and generally take 50-60 minutes. After hours appointments are available on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings until 7.30pm.
Making an Appointment
Referrals are not needed to access this program. Self referral is essential. We do require the person attending the appointment to call to make the appointment.
All you need to do is telephone Centacare on (07) 4772 9000 and request a counselling appointment with the Family & Relationship Counselling Program.
Townsville Office hours are:
Monday and Thursday 8.30am - 5.00pm
Tuesday and Wednesday 8.30am - 7.30pm
Friday 8.30am - 4.30pm
We try to offer you your first appointment between 7-14 working days, however if we have a waitlist, you will be contacted as soon as an appointment becomes available
Centacare is an approved agency under the Family Law Act 1975.
Circle of Life