PHOTO: Jacqui Lindsay (seated) with Lifeline Central West Manager Libby Williams. Image: supplied.
Remind yourself you’ve been through difficult times before when facing a crisis – that’s the advice of a Lifeline Central West telephone counselor who deals with people struggling to cope.
Jacqui Lindsay, a telephone crisis supporter for Lifeline Central West, told the Western Plain App this kind of self-care is particularly important because mental health services can be hard to come by in the Western Plains.
“People often call us when they are highly anxious or in a depressive episode,” she explained.
“If we start in a short-term space, we talk about grounding them in the moment and getting them to do some kind of breathing technique. Then we ask them about difficult times they have got through before and how they got through it because often it’s the case they have forgotten they do have the resources to get through their problems,” Lindsay told the Western Plains App.