Families

STTARS' Intensive Family Support Counselling Program

STTARS' Intensive Family Support Counselling provides counselling to families (with children) who have a refugee or migrant background and who have experienced torture and/or war-related trauma before coming to Australia.

Our Intensive Family Support Counselling program works to support families who are experiencing difficulties in cultural transition as a result of their experiences prior to their arrival in Australia.

This service is free, confidential and involves voluntary participation.

Intensive Family Support Counselling offers:

• Improved family relationships
• Grief and loss counselling
• Support in managing transition to a new country (acculturation)
• To alleviate traumatic reactions to personal and environmental triggers
• To address behavioural issues or concerns
• Reduced social isolation
• To connect families to their communities

This service will provide:

• Assessment and evaluation
• Supportive family intervention
• A strengths-based approach
• Creative coping strategies
• Information sharing and referral to appropriate resources

This service is available to families living in the Eastern Adelaide Region