Mental Health & Suicide Prevention

NTMHC is the peak body for community managed mental health services across the Northern Territory.

NT Stolen Generations was formally incorporated in 1998 to respond directly to the needs and concerns of members of the Stolen Generations, their families and communities through the following:

• Provide emotional support, social wellbeing services and referral service for Stolen Generations members and their families/descendants in the Top End
• Provide inter-generational activities on special occasions as part of a healing and identity strengthening process
• Regularly inform members regarding any National issues affecting the Stolen Generations
• Monitor and work towards implementing the 54 Recommendations from the Bringing Them Home Report

Options Health is a registered NDIS provider. We provide complex mental health support, disability and community nursing care to the community so that participants can live a full and valued life.
We care about our community and its people hence provides services to people with mental health issues and disability.
Our tailored services are meant to sooth every participant needs in the most culturally appropriate manners and support a lifestyle of continued wellness.
Options Health will provides long-term and short-term/respite accommodation and evidence-based, patient centred recovery based mental health and disability support across NT populace living in Darwin, Palmerston and remote communities. We will assist in lifestyle choices, appointments, community access and participation, transportation, in house mental health services and alternative therapies.

Men and Women keeping their minds and bodies young and active through woodwork.

The full range of Psychological treatment and counselling services

ATAPS and Suicide Prevention Provider

Assessment Services, both civil and criminal

Contract Panel Provider Territory Families

EAP and Private Work

High impact school-based health and wellbeing program with a focus on nutrition, physical activity, resilience and cultural strength.

Our Healthy Living Program is facilitated by role models from community, sport, art, music and dance to drive important health promotion messages resulting in fun, interactive and inclusive classroom and On-Country activities. Learning outcomes work towards building skills and knowledge in nutrition, physical activity, resilience and cultural strength.

Strong Young Men & Boys Program

The purpose of the SYMBP is to support the development of strong male Aboriginal youth as they navigate their complex worlds and overcome a range of cultural, spiritual, social-emotional and educational obstacles in order to achieve authentic success in their lives.

All programs involve explicit and practical cultural synthesis, are delivered in both local language/s and English and are typically facilitated using a combination of strategies including yarning circles, explicit instruction, classroom teacher co-facilitation, peer led participatory approaches and hands-on interactive activities.

Build a happy, healthy and lasting relationship through counselling. Our local counsellors have experience and training to help relationships. We work with couples to lower stress and conflict. We try to improve key areas such as communication, trust and intimacy.

Common topics that we can help with are:
• Communication issues
• Sexual and intimacy concerns
• Parenting
• Conflict and arguments
• Trauma, grief and loss
• Relationship changes and growth
• Separation & divorce. This can be extra support for people going through family dispute resolution.

We provide free counselling and support for anyone who has been affected by the Royal Commission.

Our counsellors can help talk about your feelings and emotions in a safe space. They can help work out a problem or issue you have in your life. They can also help you to make choices about telling your story to the Disability Royal Commission.

This service is for anyone who has been affected by the Disability Royal Commission.

This includes:

• people living with a disability,
• families and carers or people living with a disability,
• people working in disability services.