Strong Minds

Strong Minds is an evidence-based, short term counselling service. We provide up to 12 free sessions with our trained and experienced mental health team.

It’s designed to support you through recovery to wellness, with personalised care that helps you meet your needs and goals.

Who is Strong Minds for?

Strong Minds is for people living with mental health concerns that could be supported through short-term psychological interventions.

This program could be right for you if you are living with a mild to moderate diagnosable mental health concern affecting your day-to-day functioning – including if you are experiencing anxiety and/or depression. The program is also for people who are:

• At risk of, or experiencing homelessness
• Experiencing perinatal depression, poor sleep, grief and loss
• From culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds
• From high priority groups such as First Nations people and young people
• Under 12 years old (subject to clinician availability)

We provide this program in towns throughout the Central, North, South and Far West of NSW. Please call us for up-to-date service provider and town listings.

This service is not for people living with highly severe, complex or chronic mental health concerns.

Strong Minds Western is not a crisis service and is only available within business hours.

How to access Strong Minds

You can access the program in a number of ways.

Your GP can complete a Mental Health Treatment Plan (MHTP) or complete the referral form to access the program. Alternatively, referrals can be completed by your health care provider, or you can self-refer to the program using the referral form.

Completed referrals can be sent to our secure email mental.health@marathonhealth.com.au
Health providers can send completed referral forms via Argus mentalhealthargus@marathonhealth.com.au

For individuals and/or carers requiring more information or who would prefer to complete a referral over the phone, reach out to the Strong Minds Intake Team on 02 6941 9040.

Once we receive your referral, the centralised Intake and Assessment Team will contact you to assess your referral in regard to suitability for the Strong Minds program.

This service is supported by funding from the Western NSW PHN through the Australian Government’s PHN program.