Healthy Relationships for People With Disability

Our relationships impact so much of our lives, including our mental health and well-being. This course empowers and equips people with disabilities with skills to develop and maintain positive social connections.

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Overview

Who It's For

Healthy Relationships is for people loving and relating with a disability in NSW.

How We Help

Our experienced counsellors support discussion of any challenges you may face and offer practical strategies to help you build confidence and healthy relationships. Support continues after the course.

What to Expect

Our courses are designed to be as engaging as possible and encourage active participation and conversation. You’ll have an opportunity to discuss your own experiences and understanding, as well as take part in creative role-playing activities.

Program

This is a four week program. Upcoming dates:
Tuesdays, 11-1pm, 3-24 October
Tuesdays, 11-1pm, 7-28 November

Price

Free.

Delivery Options

This group workshop is available online.

What you’ll learn.

This program is designed to help you:

Identify the characteristics of healthy, unhealthy and abusive relationships

Learn strategies for building and managing positive connections

Find out ways to effectively communicate with one another

Develop skills to identify and regulate emotions

Use art and craft activities to reflect on relationships in your own lives

Access post-group support to stay connected with helpful services and people

"The facilitators of this group are truly amazing. Very compassionate and caring people. Made me feel very safe. I got a lot of benefits from this group.”

- Healthy Relationships participant

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“Thanks again for the session this week, I got quite a lot from it, looked at things from a different perspective and came away wanting to do more.”

- Healthy Relationships participant

“I’m now more aware to look out for healthy and unhealthy factors in a relationship, and how to fix any unhealthy things I come across.”

- Healthy Relationships participant

How to Enrol

Contact Us

Enquire via the form below, or call us on 1300 024 320.

Intake Call

Our team will call you for a short, private conversation to determine if the program is right for you.

Booking

If it’s a good fit, we’ll book you into the next available group.

Waitlist

If our upcoming program is full, we’ll place you on our waitlist and contact you as soon as we have availability in another group.

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FAQs

Are group workshops right for me?

Our group workshops are perfect for those looking to build their relationship skills in a safe, supportive and collaborative group environment, led by our expert facilitators. We cover a huge range of topics, from parenting techniques to developing mental wellbeing practices – and offer groups throughout the year, both online and face-to-face.

What happens if I am unable to attend one of the workshop’s sessions?

If you’re unable to attend a session, please contact our client services team by calling 1300 364 277 or emailing us, and we will let your Group Leaders know. Please note – for those who’ve been court-ordered to attend one of our group programs (such as our Men’s Behaviour Change program), participants must attend at least 80% of the workshop’s scheduled sessions in order to receive a statement of attendance.

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