We’re still here for you – our COVID-19 response
Lives Lived Well is providing support – online and over the phone, and live-in options are coming back!
Lives Lived Well is providing telephone and online counselling for alcohol and drug and mental health support during weekdays and has temporarily ceased face-to-face sessions.
Live-in and Recover
From Monday 11 May 2020, our residential services are commencing a staged re-opening, accepting a limited number of residents for live-in treatment. All our residential services will be open again by 25 May. We now welcome referrals for these services. We have protocols in place to support social distancing, infection control and contact tracing practices and have plans in place for a quick response in the case of any viral outbreak. The health of our residents and staff remains our first priority. For QLD reopening dates, click here. For NSW reopening dates, click here
Other services and resources
headspace Southport is providing some in-person services based on individual need plus virtual appointments with our medical and allied health professionals and clinical staff.
As part of our COVID-19 response, Lives Lived Well Specialist Centre is providing virtual GP, psychiatry and psychology services. Meet the Virtual Team, click here
For information on alcohol and drug and mental health counselling and support services, click here
Thank you for your understanding
We are uncertain as to how long these temporary arrangements will be in place. We are continually reviewing our response to COVID-19 and will advise here of any updates. We appreciate your understanding and patience as we respond as needed to help safeguard the health of our clients, the Lives Lived Well team and the communities in which we live and work.
Want to make an appointment?
For clients, please contact your counsellor/case manager. New to us? Please get in touch. For contact details, click here
Have a problem with drugs or alcohol? We can help.
Lives Lived Well provides support for people in Queensland and New South Wales communities who are being impacted by alcohol or drugs or problems with mental health. We aim to take a holistic, compassionate and harm minimisation approach to help people live their lives well. Read more about our story.
If you’re concerned about the role that drugs or alcohol play in your life, or the lives of your loved ones, you can speak to one of our professional counsellors by calling: 1300 727 957 for QLD, or 1300 596 366 for NSW.
Alcohol and drug counselling
Free alcohol or drug counselling is provided across Queensland and New South Wales and free over-the-phone counselling is offered during office hours. Find a service near you.
We provide alcohol and drug counselling and support for adults, group programs, support for young people, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities, families, and people with complex needs, including mental health concerns. You can view all our services on our Queensland Services and New South Wales Services pages.
Live-in and recover
If drugs or alcohol are having a serious impact, you may want to consider live-in rehabilitation at one of our six rehabilitation centres: Logan House (Chambers Flat, QLD), Mirikai (West Burleigh, QLD), Shanty Creek (Mareeba, QLD), Wunya (Caboolture, QLD), Wyla (Orange, NSW) or Elouera (Orange, NSW). We also offer Logan House Family Recovery Units (Chambers Flat, QLD) for families, and Wyla Withdrawal Unit (Orange, NSW) for medical detox.
Mental health and medical services
We proudly lead headspace Southport for young people, NewAccess in the Darling Downs, West Moreton, Western Queensland, and (from Monday 18th May 2020) Gold Coast regions, and the Lives Lived Well Specialist Centre at Burleigh Heads. We also have our Lighthouse service, which supports young people with severe and/or complex mental health at Southport.
Service hubs
Our service hubs provide alcohol and drug counselling, case management, outreach and some are offering group or family programs.
Our service hubs are located at:
- Queensland
- Brisbane North – Caboolture (Withdrawal/Day Program), Morayfield, Redcliffe and Strathpine
- Brisbane South – Beenleigh and Beaudesert
- Gold Coast – Burleigh and Nerang
- Sunshine Coast – Maroochydore
- Central Queensland – Gladstone and Rockhampton
- Central West – Longreach
- North Queensland – Mackay, Ayr, Townsville, Charters Towers and Cairns
- Darling Downs – Toowoomba and Dalby
- South Burnett – Kingaroy and Cherbourg.
- New South Wales
- Blue Mountains – Katoomba and Lithgow
- Central West & Orana – Dubbo and Orange
- South East & Tablelands – Bega.
Latest News
New headspace for Upper Coomera
Gold Coast Primary Health Network (GCPHN) has announced that Lives Lived Well has been appointed to establish the new headspace for Upper Coomera, to provide mental health services to young people aged 12-25 in the local community.
Our COVID-19 Response – We’re still here
Lives Lived Well has shifted its alcohol and drug and mental health support to telephone and online platforms in response to the COVID-19 virus and to help safeguard the health of clients, staff and their families.
Lives Lived Well acknowledges the peoples of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australia, respecting their continuing connection to land, culture and community. We pay our respects to elders past, present and future.
Lives Lived Well celebrates diversity and is committed to providing inclusive services. Everyone has the right to live well, with dignity and respect. We offer support to all people without judgment or discrimination.
