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A good relationship doesn't just happen - you have to work at it...
Services include parent education to maternal and child healthcare, child care, crisis support, child protection, family violence and relationship services...
Breaking up is a tough time. It can be better or worse depending on how you deal with it. Here is some information to help you recognise how you’re feeling, and why. You’ll also find...
A person can become a single or sole parent for many different reasons. You may have chosen to start a family on your own, you may be separated or divorced, or your partner may have died. As a...
Good communication is about the way we talk and listen, and about our body language...
With the physical and emotional closeness of a partnership, it is inevitable that there is sometimes conflict...
You may need outside help to resolve problems and ensure your relationship stays healthy and strong...
Throughout your life, the number and strength of your relationships affect your mental and physical wellbeing. The benefits of social connections and good mental health are numerous. Proven links...
Practise speaking in an assertive voice... 10 tips for being assertive...
Forget about gossip and build strong relationships... 10 tips for making new friends...
It is helpful to imagine assertiveness as the middle ground between aggression and passivity...
Volunteering is great for our health – it makes us feel good, while helping others in the process...
Friendships are an important part of life, but many of us find it difficult to find, make or keep friends...
Peer groups can be a very positive influence on your teenager's life...
Intimacy in a relationship means being able to share a whole range of thoughts, feelings and experiences that we have as human beings...
Experts say the key to living well into our 80s and 90s is making a commitment to live healthily. Check out these simple ideas and embrace your senior years!...
It might be valuable to occasionally evaluate the dynamics of your family to ensure that everyone is as happy as they could be...
Teach your children to sort out minor differences themselves... 10 tips for managing sibling rivalry...
Sibling rivalry is a common problem, particularly among children who are the same sex and close together in age...
It is normal to disagree with each other from time to time and occasional conflict is part of family life...
The birth of your first child can significantly change your relationship with your partner and may impact on other relationships...
Provides an overview of family support programs and health services available to refugees and asylum seekers living in Victoria...
Separating parents can help children by giving them honest explanations and emotional support...
A family breakup may be even harder for children if they have to move house as a result...
Becoming part of a stepfamily involves adjusting to a number of changes...
Give your undivided attention when your child asks for it ... 10 tips for happier step-parenting...
A step-family will be different from your previous experience of family...
Communication, family, work, separation and divorce, conflict, abuse and improving relationships...
There are many people you can talk to who can help you overcome feelings of wanting to lash out...
Traditional strategies for escaping abuse are often of little use to a woman who has restricted mobility or who depends on her abuser for care...
Negative emotions can dampen our enthusiasm for life, depending on how long we let them affect us...
The urge to diet or use other dangerous weight loss methods is almost always prompted by feeling unhappy with body shape or size...
Homosexual men and athletes are particularly vulnerable to poor body image or feeling insecure about their bodies...
Kids and teenagers may be worried that adults won't take their feelings seriously...
Children exposed to domestic violence are more likely to experience emotional and behavioural problems...
Women with disabilities are more vulnerable to abuse and are more likely to experience violence...
Give your child opportunities to appreciate their body for what it can do, rather than what it looks like...
A clash of personalities at work is bad for business, because it can affect productivity and increase absenteeism...
Work-related stress causes an increase in sick days and absenteeism, a higher turnover of staff and a drop in productivity...
Boys’ bodies come in all shapes and sizes. As you get older, and go through puberty, you become more aware of your body and how it compares with others. Boys’ bodies come in all shapes and sizes...
Puberty is a time when your body goes through lots of changes. It’s wonderful and exciting, and can sometimes feel overwhelming. This is the time your body changes from being a girl into being a woman...
Some people diet because they have a poor body image, not because they want to be a healthy weight...
Perpetrators often make excuses for their violence, for example, blaming alcohol or stress...
1800RESPECT is a national sexual assault, domestic and family violence counselling service...
You can successfully combine breastfeeding with work if you have support from your employer, colleagues and family...
The expense of gifts and food, the pressure of shopping, and the expectations of the season can make Christmas an extremely stressful time...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women experience both far higher rates and more severe forms of family violence compared to other women...
All forms of family violence (also called domestic violence) are illegal and unacceptable in Australia. But for women from culturally diverse backgrounds, the situation is complex...
Within Australia, intimate partner violence is the most common form of family violence. Evidence presented to the Royal Commission into Family Violence suggests intimate partner violence is as...
Family violence can have an enormous impact on the health of women and their children...
There is a range of non-government agencies available to help families under stress in caring for their children...
Relationships Australia is a nationwide community-based organisation that provides relationship support services for individuals, families and communities...
Family violence can be physical, sexual, psychological, emotional, economic, spiritual or legal abuse. All family violence is illegal and unacceptable...
The sooner a person with a mental illness receives treatment, the better the outcome is likely to be...
When you, your partner or someone in your family has a mental illness, it can cause stress and worry for everyone...
There are personal and relationship services available to you that offer counselling and relationship advice...
The St Kilda Crisis Contact Centre offers support, information and referrals to people who are in difficult situations...
The 15 Centres Against Sexual Assault (CASAs) that are spread throughout Victoria support women, men and young people who have been sexually assaulted...
Social workers are trained to help people experiencing a range of issues including family problems, anxiety, depression, crisis and trauma...
Victoria Legal Aid provides free advice to people with legal problems, focusing on criminal law, family law and some civil law matters...
The Aboriginal Family Violence Prevention and Legal Service Victoria helps Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people experiencing or recovering from family violence or sexual assault...
safe steps is a service for women and children experiencing family violence...
Victims of crime in Victoria are entitled to free help and may also obtain victims of crime compensation and receive victim support services...
DVRCV provides support, information and referrals to people experiencing family violence...
The Men’s Referral Service is a free, confidential telephone helpline that offers counselling, advice and support to men who have anger, relationship or parenting issues...
SACL is a telephone crisis counselling service for people who have experienced sexual assault...
Provides immediate, expert health advice from a registered nurse. Call 1300 60 60 24
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