Are you - or is anyone you know experiencing some or all of these symptoms in relation to stress and personal health?

• Intense feelings, body sensations or severe mood swings
• Chronic tension, confusion, emptiness, loss of control or exhaustion
• Numb, empty or feeling unloved
• Not wanting to get up and face a new day
• Ongoing bad dreams and poor sleep
• Overeating or poor appetite
• Overusing drugs or alcohol
• Isolated, alone and helpless
• Relationship difficulties
• Prone to poor concentration at work
• Increased illness

If some or all of these symptoms are affecting you or your family, Centacare Drought Support Program is an option…

Services that may assist you:

• Community education workshops (coping with stress and personal health care strategies)
• Personal face to face counselling
• Phone counselling
• Financial counselling

There are no costs for these services

Centacare has been funded by the Australian Government until June 2007 to provide Drought Support services to the following communities:

• Caboolture
• South Burnett
• Fraser Coast

For services in other areas in the Moreton region, please contact any of the branches below to make arrangements for telephone counselling.

Contact us at the following branches:

Centacare South Burnett
Centacare Catholic Family and Community Services
15 Albert Street, KINGAROY QLD 4610
PO Box 1008, KINGAROY QLD 4610
Ph: 07 4162 5439
Fax: 07 4162 5121
Email: ccaresb@bigpond.net.au
Website: http://centacare.southburnett.biz

Centacare Sunshine Coast
Centacare Catholic Family and Community Services
21 Cornmeal Parade
MAROOCHYDORE QLD 4558
PO Box 5350 Maroochydore BC Qld 4558
Ph: 07 5430 9300
Fax: 07 5430 9399
Email: csc@centacarebrisbane.net.au

Centacare Brisbane (and Caboolture)
Centacare Catholic Family and Community Services
58 Morgan Street
FORTITUDE VALLEY QLD 4006
PO Box 289, FORTITUDE VALLEY QLD 4006
Ph: 07 3252 4371
Fax: 07 3854 1246
Disability Care Line: 1800 337 552
Email: cfcs@centacarebrisbane.net.au

Centacare Gold Coast
Centacare Catholic Family and Community Services
50 Fairway Drive
CLEAR ISLAND WATERS QLD 4226
Ph: 07 5527 7211
Fax: 07 5527 7454
Email: cgc@centacarebrisbane.net.au

Centacare Fraser Coast
6/152 Boatharbour Drive
HERVEY BAY QLD 4655
PO Box 1840 Hervey Bay Qld 4655
Ph: 07 4194 0172
Fax: 07 4194 0175
Email: c-carefc@bigpond.net.au
Website: http://www.centacarefrasercoast.com.au

Centacare Catholic Family and Community Services
138-140 Wharf Street, MARYBOROUGH QLD 4650
PO Box 204, MARYBOROUGH QLD 4650
Ph: 07 4121 6410
Fax: 07 4121 0123
Email: c-caremb@bigpond.net.au
Website: http://www.centacarefrasercoast.com.au

If Centacare staff are not available when you call, please leave a message with a phone number and we will contact you by the next working day.

For further information you can see our Coping with Stress Brochure.

Helpful Links:
Mensline Australia: www.menslineaus.org.au
Lifeline: www.lifeline.org.au
Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry: www.affa.gov.au
Rural Assist Information Network: www.rain.net.au
Beyond Blue: www.beyondblue.org.au
Incitec Pivot: www.pivot.com.au
Rural Law Online: www.rurallaw.org.au