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MSWA Bulletin Magazine Spring 2022

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QUALITY AND COMPLIANCE

QUALITY AND COMPLIANCE LIVING WITH COVID-19 COUNSELLING COUNSELLING: MORE THAN TALK THERAPY! It has been a long and challenging year navigating COVID-19 in the community. and thankfully, we are now seeing COVID-19 case numbers decline. Pandemic fatigue is real and many people are experiencing it in different ways. At this time of year, you may feel that you are running close to empty emotionally and mentally – you are not alone, and it is important to realise that there are ways to overcome these feelings. The National Mental Health Commission has put together a helpful resource to recognise the feelings and behaviours that may indicate pandemic fatigue in yourself and others, and the practical steps you can take to alleviate them. Take a look here: www.mentalhealthcommission. gov.au/news-and-media/mentalhealth-awareness-programs/ pandemic-fatigue While we may feel ready to put this all behind us and start fresh in 2023, unfortunately COVID-19 is still a significant risk to vulnerable people. Whilst we need to learn to live with it, we also need to manage it in a way which maintains the safety of our Clients and staff. For our community Clients, please continue to let us know if you become unwell, are a close contact or test positive to COVID-19 so that MSWA can continue to support you. In most instances, if you receive services at home, these can continue while you are unwell or isolating. If you have symptoms, are a close contact, or are COVID-19 positive, our staff will wear PPE when providing your care. This is to protect staff from possible infection and to prevent the spread of infection to other Clients, or the community more broadly. The safety of Clients and staff will always be our priority. MSWA continues to have a dedicated COVID-19 Team to support any of our Clients or staff who are affected by COVID-19. Those impacted this year would have likely already spoken to our friendly team of dedicated casuals, who are on hand to support you seven days a week from 9am – 5pm if you are unwell or are impacted in any way. You can also contact the COVID Support Team by email at COVIDAppAdmin@mswa.org.au JAMIE PULS MSWA COVID-19 RESPONSE COORDINATOR Who wants to sit in a chair for an hour and talk about themselves, right? Luckily, counselling at MSWA can be so much more than that. Counselling is about you. It’s about creating a safe space to explore your emotions, gain skills in communication, strengthen relationships and sometimes navigate hard choices. Counselling is about your choices. How you choose to nurture and honour yourself and your mental health. Engaging in counselling gives you the freedom to direct your life where you want it to go. It encourages you to build emotional muscle that can help navigate life challenges. It doesn’t have to be just talk therapy. You may choose to join one of the many groups we run that provide support, education, experience and community connections. It’s amazing what you can learn about yourself through meditation, expressive or art therapies and mindfulness meditation practices. In turn, in a group setting you can Our skilled therapists create a safe environment for you to ‘let it all hang out’ and safely put it all back again (maybe a little differently) at a pace of your choosing. Feedback from some of our participants says it all. “It has been so helpful to be able to have this safe place and time to make sense of what is going on inside of me. I felt so overwhelmed when I first started counselling with many mixed feelings to deal with. I now feel better equipped to manage my strong emotions and now I’m not so fearful of feeling them. Thank you” “From the moment I entered the room, Shaun created a supportive and caring space for us all to express our dreams, concerns, etc with no fear of judgement and connect with other Clients in a non-confrontational way. The impact these sessions have had on my mental, emotional, physical and spiritual health are invaluable. It would take me a day to list them all!” Contact the counselling team on 9365 4811 to find out how we can help you take care of you. Can’t wait to hear from you! learn from others and share stories and skills that may be of help. The best part of accessing the counselling team at MSWA is that LISA PAPAS MSWA MANAGER COUNSELLING PEER SUPPORT AND HEALTH EDUCATION you can be yourself, no exhausting pretence. You can safely say what you think and feel without judgement. 16 17

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