Gambling Counselling
How Counselling Help Line Melbourne can help you.
Usually an entertainment and social activity, gambling for some can easily become a gambling addiction similar to alcoholism where the need to gamble or the aim of winning a jackpot takes over from the fun and joy of it.
These people normally attend a casino, do gambling on line, use gambling games and bet on sports more than 2-3 times a week. It removes the individual away from what should be a quick harmless bet so something that takes control of their life and focus.
If your gambling is causing issues in your life, you can take steps to change this.
Sometimes. talking about gambling with a friend, family member or a counsellor in melbourne specialised in gambling counselling in melbourne can reduce the stress that can cause you to continue to gamble.
More often, people who are or have had gambling counselling in melbourne or advice can return to a suitable harmless level of gambling.
Generally if you’re losing more money than you can afford, accumulating debts, suffering mentally, physically, and/or socially, giving up or trying to give up through a gambling counselling in melbourne service may be your best option.
People gamble for lots of different reasons including finance problems, addition to winning, loneliness, family problems and depression.
Understanding why you gamble can help you change your behaviour. If you are not sure why you are so focused on gambling, speak with us.
Most people gamble to:
To win money
For entertainment
To be sociable
To make a big win
To forget troubles
To escape from problems
For something to do
For excitement
To avoid talking to people
As well as all these reasons, people may gamble as a habit. The reasons they started have been forgotten and the habit just goes on. You can take steps to break the habit.
Our counselling offices are located in Melbourne CBD Victoria, as well as outlets available in the Eastern Suburbs of Victoria including Caulfield, Preston, McKinnon, Brighton, Newport, Sunshine, Vermont, Ringwood, Ferntree Gully, Knoxfield, Glen Waverley, and Boronia
Call to get help between 12pm to 10pm, 7 days a week.
Solution-focused bulk billed counselling in Melbourne
Individualised, forward-looking strategies—help move you through and beyond your difficulties.
Now there’s no need to worry about paying for high quality professional help—the help you thought was too expensive to access.
Because at Counselling Helpline Melbourne, we offer bulk billed counselling in Melbourne with $0 out of pocket expense to you.
We specialise in providing mental health treatments in the areas of anxiety, depression, anger management, addiction issues, and family, partner and couple counselling.
Our 100% bulk billed referral-based service provides up to 20 in-person, telephone or video sessions annually. So one of our dedicated Medicare-approved counsellors can work with you in-depth.
And help you overcome deep-seated issues or navigate tough life transitions with positive long-term results.
Our approach is not about ‘band aid’ quick fixes. Rather, we work together to create solutions-based strategies especially tailored for you.
Even if you’ve tried other counselling services that hadn’t worked, we will help you get just the help you need.
This is how we can help
We encourage you to call us directly, or alternatively fill out the confidential form on this page and we will contact you. We take into account the issue troubling you and match you to a specific counsellor who specialises in that area.
You would then go to your general practitioner to obtain a mental health care plan referral for that counsellor.
We encourage you to have one or two sessions with the nominated counsellor to determine if you are comfortable with the therapy. And if need be, we can arrange to match you with another counselling professional. The control is always with you.
We appreciate you taking the step to arrange counselling and will ensure you are not left while in need. So we will attend to you even if you have a pressing need to talk things through the very first time you call us.
In-person or telehealth counselling (Melbourne)
We offer information and referrals for individuals, couples and families to friendly professional qualified counsellors who are registered with Medicare Australia.
Our service is flexible to enable either in-person counselling sessions at our premises, or a telehealth session via video call or telephone. The choice is yours.
Fully bulk-billed via Medicare, telephone counselling for Melbourne residents is easy to arrange—even if you have no access to the internet or aren’t able to come in in person.
All about empowering you
For in-person sessions, we offer comfortable, easy to access locations in Melbourne CBD as well as outlets in the eastern suburbs including Caulfield, Preston, McKinnon, Brighton, Newport, Sunshine, Vermont, Ringwood, Ferntree Gully, Knoxfield, Glen Waverley and Boronia.
We are open between 12 noon until 10 pm daily—yes, even on weekends.
All calls are fielded by qualified counsellors. So right from the start, you can be assured of a friendly, non-judgemental professional service. And of course, your confidentiality is always a top priority.
Call 03 9846 4466 today to book an appointment and begin your journey back to empowerment.
You’ll be relieved you did.
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A trained counsellor will contact you within 24 hours.
For urgent assistance, call us on 03 9846 4466 (12 noon - 10 pm daily).