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
15 Albert St Kingaroy Qld 4610
Phone: (07) 4162 5439
Email: ccaresb@bigpond.net.au

Centacare Sunshine Coast
1/8 Denna St Maroochydore Qld 4558
Phone: (07) 5479 4755
Email: csc@centacarebrisbane.net.au

Centacare Brisbane (and Caboolture)
58 Morgan St Fortitude Valley Qld 4006
Phone: (07) 3252 4371
Email: cfcs@centacarebrisbane.net.au

Centacare Gold Coast
50 Fairway Dr Clear Island Waters Qld 4226
Phone: (07) 5527 7211
Email: cgc@centacarebrisbane.net.au

Centacare Fraser Coast
6/152 Boat Harbour Dr Hervey Bay Qld 4655
Phone: (07) 4194 0172
Email: c-carefc@bigpond.net.au

140 Wharf St Maryborough Qld 4650
Phone: (07) 4121 6410
Email: c-caremb@bigpond.net.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