West Coast Health offers a funded (free) Primary Mental Health Brief Intervention service that offers counselling support to clients with mild to moderate mental health needs and those seeking to manage life's stressors.
“We are a multidisciplinary team of mental health professionals with clinical expertise to help you develop your ability to manage stress, regulate your emotions and develop your coping skills.”
This is a confidential service.
Service Details
Up to six (6) free counselling sessions focused on:
- Relieving anxiety and depression, managing stressful situations and understanding change including loss and grief.
- Specific therapies to help you with problem-solving and different ways of thinking, feeling and behaving.
- Information, advice and support about healthy lifestyle.
- Increasing resilience and satisfaction with life.
- Please note: clinicians with this service do not diagnose clients. Clients cannot receive an ADHD or other diagnosis from this service.
Eligibility
- Enrolled in the referring general practice on the West Coast.
- Aged 12yrs and over
- Mental health need
- Motivated to participate in counselling
Exclusions
- Severe mental health, addiction, or cognitive difficulties that would not allow engagement in a counselling process.
- Suicide Plan or Intent
- This must be referred to the West Coast Mental Health Crisis Response Team: 0800 757678
- and/or the police if immediate safety concerns.
Referral Pathways
- From General Practice via Te Pokapū Referrals:
- 25yrs and older: Brief Intervention Service (BIS)
- 12-24yrs old: Youth Mental Health
or
- Self-Referral for Youth Mental Health (12-24yrs) only via WCH main page: linked here