Our Services
Services We Provide
Compassion Services was founded in 1997 with a mission to support the South East Queensland community by providing a full range of integrated counselling and psychological services designed to assess, diagnose and treat a broad spectrum of mental and emotional health concerns for individuals, couples and families.
From its early beginnings 26 years ago, Compassion Services has grown to provide full-time support from facilities in Helensvale and Mudgeeraba by a collective team of qualified counsellors and psychologists who each specialise in a range of therapeutic interventions to support people of all ages, cultures and backgrounds.
We understand that it takes a lot of courage to reach for support and connect with a professional. With a trusted network of five accredited counsellors and psychologists, we match your needs with the therapist best suited to help you achieve positive mental health today and into the future.
To view our therapists’ skills, qualifications and areas of experience, visit their dedicated profiles or call us directly to discuss your individual situation.
Our broad range of holistic mental health services focus on the following areas:
Depression
Depression and feelings of sadness often have a trigger but, in many cases, can feel like they appear from nowhere. Crying and feeling down without knowing why can make it hard to function in everyday life. If your feelings of sadness have started to impact daily life, Compassion Services can work with you or your family member to move towards happiness once again.
Anxiety
It’s human nature to feel anxious before a big event or during times of stress, but if you can’t identify a valid reason to experience anxiety or if feeling anxious starts to impact normal life, you may be experiencing a more complex anxiety disorder. Our team can help you understand your unique triggers for anxiety and empower you with tools to reduce the impact of anxiety on everyday life.
Stress Management
Life is filled with ups and downs. It’s perfectly normal to go through stressful events that can leave you worried or on edge. If these feelings continue after the stressful period has passed, we can introduce you to tools and techniques to help you manage stress before it impacts your physical health and quality of life.
Relationship problems
Healthy relationships are built on strong foundations of honesty and open communication. Counselling specialising in relationships can help couples work through areas of conflict by helping each person view things from another perspective. Learning how to express yourself confidently and positively without fear or judgment can help build happier, healthier relationships that benefit the whole family.
Marriage break-up and Divorce
When a marriage ends, not only can this impact the relationship and family dynamic, but it can also end the identity as you know it. Our therapists will help you process the feelings of loss and heartbreak, grieve the relationship and help you discover a new identity outside of the marriage.
Divorce recovery
A divorce is a significant life event that can leave stress and trauma long after the papers have been signed. Our team of psychologists can help you process the loss and take steps towards your new life as a single person.
Work and Career issues
For many, finding a career that gives purpose while meeting financial, social and emotional needs isn’t as easy as it sounds. If you’re stuck in a career rut or simply don’t know which professional turn to take next, our team can help you gain clarity in your choices helping you begin the path towards a happy, fulfilling career.
Low-self worth
Low self-worth can have a significant impact on relationships, career prospects and many other areas of daily life. Avoid negative behaviours such as addiction, anger or aggression that can stem from low self-esteem and speak to the team today.
Addictions
Addiction is a complex condition that doesn’t only involve substance abuse. Shopping, gambling, pornography and drug and alcohol misuse can all lead to dependency that can take over life and impact relationships, careers and finances. Addiction requires an integrated approach to identify the causes of the abuse while recommending and implementing strategies to avoid recurrence in the future.
Grief and Loss
Losing someone close to you can disrupt your world in a way you could never have planned for. We know life may never be the same after experiencing a significant loss, but our grief and loss counsellors can help you come to terms with losing a loved one and help you cope and identify strategies to move forward with the new way of life.
Eating Disorders
Disordered eating can lead to conditions such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge-eating disorder. With many triggers and root causes, our psychologists specialising in eating disorders can help implement strategies to move past the disorder and devise a recovery strategy for the future.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorders
Obsessive-compulsive disorders are identified by perfectionism and extreme orderliness and can stem from underlying control issues.
Our team of experienced psychologists has specialised expertise in treating this complex set of disorders and will help you manage the condition and put strategies in place to help you live a life free from OCD into the future.
Anger Management
Unexplained or uncontrolled anger can infiltrate into every area of life including the relationships of those closest to you. Our team of qualified therapists can help you uncover the root cause of the anger and implement strategies to manage the emotions moving forward.
Trauma
Whether it was a one-off event or ongoing trauma, acute, chronic and complex trauma can impact daily life regardless of how long ago it was experienced.
Understanding the impact of trauma starts with identifying and acknowledging learned behaviours while empowering yourself with the tools and techniques to help you address your experiences and move towards a fulfilled life.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Trauma is a natural response to a disturbing or distressing event that causes extreme fear at the time. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) occurs when this trauma infiltrates every area of life. PTSD can have a far-reaching impact including anxiety and depression, self-harm, panic disorder and substance abuse. Our psychologists focussing on PTSD can help you process existing or past trauma and understand how it impacts daily life.
Faith / Christian counselling
In our modern world, it can be hard to know how to live a faith-filled life surrounded by temptation and conflicting messaging outside of the church community. Our Christian counsellors will help you understand your faith and learn how to walk confidently in Jesus’ name as a parent, spouse, employee and an active member of the church.
Life journey obstacles
Nobody has an easy life, but some obstacles are more difficult to manage than others. Whether you’re navigating a new career, facing an illness or having issues with a child or loved one, we’ll help you manage the circumstances that come and go and empower you to make decisions that are necessary to get the best outcomes.
Hopelessness
When hope fades, it can be hard to see past the day-to-day. Our team will draw on their skills and training to address and work through feelings of hopelessness and give you tools and techniques that las to a bright future.
Every person deserves access to exceptional mental health care to help them through life’s most testing times. Our pricing structure has been designed to offer affordable solutions regardless of financial or personal situation. Medicare rebates may be available for selected counsellors with a GP referral.