West Coast Health offers a funded but free Primary Mental Health Brief Intervention service that offers counselling support to clients with mild to moderate mental health issues.
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.
How can our Brief Intervention Service help you?
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.
How do I access this service?
Please ask your doctor or nurse if you want to know more about this program or would like a referral.
Melon Program up to 24 years old
It's okay to reach out if you need to.
If you've noticed you're really not feeling yourself, there is help available. You can call or text 1737 for free any time, 24 hours a day.
You can also text HELP to 4357 or call the following:
Youth-Mental Health Referral Form
We provide Brief Intervention Counselling for mild to moderate mental health problems, not only for adults but for youth as well, and it’s a FREE service.
Good health includes physical, emotional, mental, social, and spiritual wellbeing.
This programme can assist rangatahi with emotional and mental fitness. We are available to cover areas coast wide from Karamea to Haast.
You can self-refer to our programme, or can be referred by GP’s, nurses, family members or school teachers.
Please note: This online referral form is for referring youth only (12 -24 years).