Counselling and support for men
MensLine Australia
The MensLine Australia service is a free professional telephone and online counselling service funded under the Family and Relationship Service program. MensLine is for all men and all types of relationships. It is also for anyone who is worried about a male family member, partner or friend, and health professionals working with men.
MensLine Australia is available 24 hours, 7 days a week and offers support for:
- mental health
- anger management
- family violence (using and experiencing)
- addiction
- relationships
- stress and wellbeing.
MensLine Australia is for all men and all types of relationships. They can help anyone who is worried about a male family member, partner or friend. They can also provide guidance to health professionals working with men.
Services include:
- specialist telephone and online counselling
- tools and resources to raise awareness of the impacts of domestic or family violence
- referral to and from other organisations.
MensLine Changing for Good
Changing for Good is a free multi-session phone counselling service for men who want to develop healthy and respectful relationships with the people in their life.
Changing for Good help men to continue to have violence-free relationships and has 2 programs available:
- Post Men’s Behaviour Changing Program – a six-month telephone counselling program that helps men continue the work they started in a Men’s Behaviour Change Program.
- Violence Prevention Program – a two-month telephone counselling program for men who are worried that their thoughts and behaviours may escalate to physical violence.
Both programs help men to explore the impact and motivations of their behaviours on others.
Men’s Referral Service
The Men’s Referral Service is the national counselling, information and referral service for men who use violence and abuse to change their behaviour. The Men’s Referral Service is funded under the National Perpetrator Intervention and Referral Service.
The service is available 24 hours, 7 days a week and offers support for:
- men who are seeking support to change their behaviours
- friends, family or colleagues of men who may be using family violence and wanting to know how to best support them
- professionals working with men who are using violence or family members impacted by violence.
The service is confidential, and you can remain anonymous.