The Circle of Life Program (COL) is a holistic counselling, education and support service which assists individuals, couples and families to work through their pregnancy-related concerns.

Some of the issues that COL supports people with include:
  • Unplanned pregnancy
  • Termination issues
  • Grief associated with reproductive losses (including miscarriage, IVF, Still birth, SIDS, infertility, adoption & termination)
  • Family relationships and the impact of change (including impending parenthood, familial adjustment)
  • Post-natal depression.

COL also works to raise community awareness with regard to these reproductive concerns through providing Human Development workshops to schools and educational sessions to other community groups.

Fees

Circle of Life Counselling is free however; client contributions are appreciated to assist us to continue to provide a valuable service to the community.  Human Development workshops and educational sessions are a fee for service.

Your Counsellor

Each counsellor has a tertiary qualification in the social sciences field with practical experience in family and relationship counselling. Counsellors are ethically bound to refer clients to other appropriate services; i.e. for issues that are outside their field of expertise or where the issue does not fit in within the guidelines of this program.

Confidentiality

Counselling is confidential within the limits of legal and professional boundaries.  This can be further clarified with the counsellor in the first session. 

Townsville Outreach Service

The Circle of Life Program provides an outreach service to Ingham, Ayr and Charters Towers. Appointments in outreach areas are made either fortnightly or monthly, depending on availability and demand.

Appointment Times - Townsville

Appointments are made on a fortnightly basis and take 50-60 minutes. After hours appointments are available on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings until 7.30pm.

Making an Appointment

Referrals are not needed to access this program.  Self referral is essential.  We do require the person attending the appointment to call to make the appointment. For children under 16 years we require the parent or legal guardian to call.

All you need to do is telephone Centacare in Townsville on (07) 4772 9000 or in Mount Isa on (07) 4749 8000 and request a counselling appointment with the Circle of Life Program.

Townsville Office hours are:

Monday and Thursday 8.30am - 5.00pm
Tuesday and Wednesday 8.30am - 7.30pm
Friday 8.30am - 4.30pm

We try to offer you your first appointment between 7-14 working days, however if we have a waitlist, you will be contacted as soon as an appointment becomes available

Centacare is an approved agency under the Family Law Act 1975.

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