Journey Counselling & Life Skills

07/12/2025

Today is the day we have all been waiting for with the social media ban for kids under 16 years old going into effect!

Understandably, young people are going to feel withdrawal symptoms from their accounts and their mental health may drop rapidly for the first few weeks of withdrawal. Some are even predicting "he**in" like withdrawal symptoms...

Remember, these platforms are designed to keep us addicted and that is exactly what they have done!

The "Let them Be Kids" campaign is available to watch to help parents combat the ban with their young people.

Please encourage any people to reach out if they are feeling the impacts of this as, it is a real thing that is really happening!

This can't come soon enough where our next generation of children will benefit from this!

This website can help parents with sources and direction - The Centre for Excellence in Child and Welfare.

*********TRIGGER WARNING OF SU***DE IN THIS VIDEO **********

News Corp Australia’s Let Them Be Kids campaign set out to protect children from the harms of social media. Through advocacy, expert insights, and the personal stories of families tragically affected, the campaign helped drive a landmark law raising the social media age to 16.

03/12/2025

Just a usual Wacky Wednesday in the Journey office today! 🎅

27/11/2025

If you are looking for a worthwhile and meaningful cause to get behind at Christmas- here is a wonderful idea from HOME in Queanbeyan :)

Christmas Appeal

HOME provides a long-term home for 20 people living with an enduring mental illness. Each resident lives in a self-contained unit in a safe, loving and non-institutional setting.

Each person lives with an enduring mental illness, and many do not have family to share Christmas with.

We are asking for your help to provide each resident with a $50 gift card to a store of their choosing.

By donating $50, you can directly sponsor a resident’s Christmas gift card.

Thank you for helping us make Christmas brighter for our residents.

https://www.givenow.com.au/homechristmas2025

27/11/2025

If you would like to attend Christmas Eve dinner on Wednesday 24th December from 5.00pm, head down to the Town Park in Queanbeyan at the Axis Youth Centre - All free and should be fun for those in need!

10/11/2025

This wonderful event is an open discussion about mental health in our community!

06/11/2025

Happy Birthday to our Handyman and Allrounder Graham!
The one we call when there is a creepy crawly we are scared of, leaking taps, blown light globes, crazy smoke alarms going off and generally everything to be fair!
Have the best birthday!

05/11/2025

Telstra have just announced as of 11th December 2025, they will be supporting Victims of Domestic and Violence!

"We may terminate your service without notice if you are alleged to have committed domestic or family violence against an end-user of a service. We may also transfer the phone number or email address to the alleged victim if they are an authenticated end-user of the service".

Well done Telstra- finally someone doing something about victim abuse!!!

01/11/2025

On Thursday we were once again delighted to be associated with Respite Care for QBN Annual Golf Day to raise much needed funds to continue the build of the new Respite House in Queanbeyan.
Although our team didn't bring home the trophy, a great day was had by all :)
A special thank you to The Canberra Raiders Victor the Viking and Dave Furner for signing Raiders Hats for us!

29/10/2025

Wacky Wednesday rolls around 💙

16/10/2025

We are very excited to welcome Stacey to our Social Support Team!
Stacey is very experienced in our field with a wealth of knowledge and compassion for the people we work with.
Stacey is a great asset to our already wonderful team 🩵

12/10/2025

Let's keep this critically important conversation going everywhere!

08/10/2025

Walking can really change your frame of mind :)