Open Arms – Veterans & Families Counselling offers a suite of free online and face-to-face group programs for current and former serving ADF members, partners and other eligible family members:
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Connected Couples
- Managing Anger
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Managing Depression
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Managing Pain
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Parenting Programs
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Recovery from Trauma
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Relaxation and Stress Management
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Sleeping Better
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Stepping Out (transition from military to civilian life)
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Understanding Anxiety
Open Arms’ group programs are generally co-facilitated by a clinician alongside a Lived Experience Professional, who understands the military and veteran families’ experiences.
Group programs are designed to be supportive, inclusive and strengths-based, offering a safe space to learn, share and grow. The group format supports experiential learning, shared insight, and skills practice in a peer-supported setting, fostering both individual and collective growth.
The strengths-based approach is used to foster empowerment, resilience and self-efficacy in individuals, and emotional safety, choice and control, collaboration and empowerment, cultural sensitivity and respect is prioritised for all forms of lived experience.
Promote Open Arms group programs to your DVA clients.
To find out more or enquire about joining a group, clients can contact Open Arms on 1800 011 046 or visit the group page on the Open Arms website.
If you have any questions, please email OpenArms.Groupprogramspathways@dva.gov.au.
