Sydney Women’s Counselling Centre

The Sydney Women’s Counselling Centre is a service for women providing counselling, information, groups, and support. Situated in Campsie, Sydney, the Centre has been running for over 12 years assisting women on a broad range of issues which affect their well-being.

Since February 2007, I have been employed as a full-time counsellor to address problem gambling issues for women. I work with women about their own gambling or that of someone close to them.

Although I have only just begun working as a gambling counsellor at the Centre, I already feel very involved in the service and committed to providing a quality service that supports the well-being of our female clients.

What has stood out for me since starting at the Centre is how courageous, strong, and inspiring, in many different ways, the female clients are who attend the Centre. In addition, the staff here are an incredibly professional, creative and supportive group of women. I feel very lucky to be here!

Our counselling services are free of charge and are available to women throughout Sydney.

At the Centre, our approach takes a holistic & systemic view, ensuring that we are working with the range of issues the client is facing and recognising the social, environmental, economic, physical and cultural factors which affect women’s health.

In keeping with the philosophy of the Centre our gambling counselling includes exploring and attending to the range of issues a client might be experiencing, not just ‘the gambling’. This has seemed significant in assisting clients understanding of their problems around gambling, and to make changes which either directly or indirectly help to change the gambling related problems.

And for women whose partners have gambling problems, the gambling is rarely an issue in isolation of broader relationship and individual concerns.

The Centre is excited to be actively involved in the Responsible Gambling Awareness week campaign in May this year. We will be present at the GISNSW Launch Day on Monday 7th May, and we will also be offering an information session at our centre during the week for women who might have questions or concerns about their own gambling, or that of someone close to them.

On Wednesday 9th May 2007, the Centre will have an information stall down near the Campsie shopping area, where we will be giving people the chance to ask any questions in relation to gambling and women’s counselling in general. The emphasis will be on Responsible Gambling Awareness, and we will have brochures on gambling in English and other languages for our community.

Contact details for the Sydney Women’s Counselling Centre are:

2 Carrington Square

Postal: 4/2 Carrington Square

Campsie, NSW 2194

TTY: 02 9718 8807

Email: help@womenscounselling.com.au

Tel: 02 9718 1955

Fax: 02 9718 7072

Alice, Women’s Counselling Centre’s Problem Gambling counsellor

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