ADF PsychologyServing & Veteran Members
Postings, deployments, long hours and the unpredictability of Defence life place real pressure on partners and children. ADF Psychology's registered psychology services are for the serving or veteran member — for support in your own right, Open Arms is the right place to start.
ADF Psychology is a registered psychology practice for currently serving and veteran ADF members. It does not provide separate, DVA-funded counselling for partners, children or other family members — that service exists, and it's free.
A free, 24/7 service funded to provide counselling directly to partners, children and other family members of current and former ADF personnel — as well as the member themselves.
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Partners often manage single-parenting during postings and deployments, frequent relocations, disrupted routines, and the emotional load of supporting a serving or veteran member. Open Arms works with all of this directly.
Individual counselling for partners managing the demands, isolation or uncertainty of Defence family life, via Open Arms.
Support for families before, during and after extended periods apart, via Open Arms.
Help settling into a new posting location, new schools and new communities, via Open Arms.
Age-appropriate counselling for children affected by a parent's absence, relocation or a parent's operational stress, via Open Arms.
Working through the strain that postings, deployments and reintegration place on a relationship, via Open Arms.
Guidance for families supporting a member through operational stress, trauma or transition, via Open Arms.
If Service life is affecting your relationships or family, that's a legitimate thing to bring into your own sessions with David — the impact on the people around you is part of the picture, and can be worked through as part of your care.
What ADF Psychology can't do is open a separate, DVA-funded file for a partner or child — that's exactly what Open Arms exists for, and it's a genuinely good service.
Book an appointmentFree, 24/7, and funded specifically to support you — not just the member in uniform.