Thrive Wellness and Consulting

22/03/2026

Happy Birthday Phil🎉

Your experience, insight and genuine care for people make you a valued part of the Thrive team. We’re grateful for the calm and compassion you bring to the work we do.
Wishing you a great day and a wonderful year ahead.

From the Thrive family💛

15/03/2026

Did you know that most weeks we have approximately 200 therapy appointments available across our service. We wanted to share some information about why we have so many available to book:

❤ Many of us have needed therapy supports for ourselves, family members or friends in the past and have struggled to get into places when needed due to long waiting lists.
✅ For this reason we always make sure we have appointments available each week that can be booked in by new people.

❤ We provide services for a variety of referral streams and funding options including but not limited to NDIS, Workcover, TAC, DVA, EAP programs, Medicare, private health insurance, Carer Gateway and more.
✅ We do this because we know that accessing services can be difficult and costly in regional locations and so we work hard to make sure we can be registered providers for as many different referral and funding streams as possible.

❤ We have staff from a variety of backgrounds and qualifications who are passionate about providing high quality, evidence based and responsive services
✅ The combination of counsellors, social workers, psychologists and mental health occupational therapists ensures that we can all share our knowledge and skills together to help provide the amazing services we provide

❤ Our staff are passionate about helping others and often open up more availability in their schedules or move around other commitments when they can to be able to support their clients
✅ They do this because they are passionate and care. They understand what it can be like to need support and how mental health and life changes can have an impact on our day to day living and overall wellbeing

❤ We also offer flexibility of appointment formats and locations including Castlemaine, Echuca, Bendigo, Russell Island (QLD), online videoconference, phone and outreach appointments
✅ We do this to minimise access limitations to help and support and aim to have multiple clinic locations so we can help better support our regional communities. We also offer telehealth services to those that find it easier to access support that way rather than travelling, sitting down face to face or leaving the home or workplace to attend appointments.

So when you see appointments available with our service, or you may be accessing an appointment with our service, know that you may be one of around 200 people accessing our supports for that week and we truly thank you for that. Because of your support and your trust in our service we are able to keep helping you and so many others also.

If you have seen our service pop up on your Facebook or someone has suggested us to you, or maybe you have been thinking of accessing our supports, please know that we will work with you to get you in as soon as possible. In some instances you can get an appointment the following day :)

To book appointments:
✳ Call 03 54 823 143
✳ Email admin@thrivewellnessandconsulting.com
✳ Use our online booking system at www.thrivewellnessandconsulting.com
✳ Pop into our Bendigo or Echuca office during operating hours
✳ Send us a message here via Facebook

10/03/2026

Applications closing Friday. Get in quick :)
We are so excited for this ⭐️

Woot woot we are hiring again. With the opening of our bigger office in Bendigo we need more administration support.

Could you be our new Thrive family member?

About YOU:
✅You love growth and being adaptable
✅You are respectful and have fun
✅You enjoy being part of the community
✅You are accountable and see mistakes as a learning opportunity
✅You are not afraid to ask questions and learn from others
✅You are energised and create positive energy
✅You are passionate and outgoing
✅You are hungry to help others
✅You love being part of a team
✅You have a positive, can-do attitude
✅You are a problem solver who does not let barriers get in the way

Duties in this role will include but not be limited to:
🔵 greeting clients

🔵 making appointments

🔵 processing payments

🔵 answering phones

🔵 processing referrals

🔵 answering emails

🔵 general administration duties

🔵 general cleaning duties

To apply:
Send the following via email to admin@thrivewellnessandconsulting.com
⭐️ a copy of your resume

⭐️ a 30-60 second video introducing yourself and mentioning something you are passionate about.

Only fully completed applications will be considered.

Applications close 7:00pm Friday 13th of March.

05/03/2026

Happy Birthday Casey! 🎉

Casey is one of our long standing and experienced social workers here at Thrive. Casey brings so much personality, warmth and passion to the work she does, and the care she has for the people she supports really shines through.

We’re very lucky to have you as part of the Thrive family, Casey. Wishing you a great birthday and a joyful year ahead! 🎂💛

04/03/2026

This is a post from Matt who is one of our Bendigo-based Counsellors. PLEASE SHARE so that other men know they are not alone💛

Matt
"The words you’re reading in these slides are rarely said out in the community.

Not at work.

Not with mates.

Sometimes not even at home.

Not because these men don’t care but because silence has often felt safer than honesty.

They’re aware enough to notice patterns they don’t want to repeat.

Aware enough to say, “Mate, something needs to change. That's why I'm in here!"

That awareness matters because awareness can be the turning point.
And with the right tools, awareness becomes action and action is how cycles break and homes become safer.

These men don’t show up to be fixed.
They show up because they care about their partners, their kids, and the kind of man they want to be.

What do you think changes when men finally feel safe enough to speak?"

03/03/2026

At Thrive, we don’t see neurodivergence as something to be "fixed."
We see it as something to be understood.
Our clinicians work from a neuroaffirming lens, which means we’re mindful that every nervous system is different — and that difference isn’t a deficit.🌿

That looks like:
• Respecting sensory needs and energy levels
• Slowing things down when needed (no rushing, no pressure)
• Adapting how we communicate — not expecting you to adapt to us
• Understanding masking, burnout, and nervous system overwhelm
• Valuing lived experience as much as clinical knowledge

You don’t need to perform, explain yourself perfectly, or “fit the mould” in our rooms.
You get to show up as you are — stims, shutdowns, tangents, pauses and all.
Good therapy isn’t about making people more “palatable” to the world.
It’s about helping people feel safer in themselves.
That’s the work we’re committed to.💛

PLEASE SHARE this post to someone you know who is neurodivergent that is doing their best to live in a neurotypical world. We see you🌻

02/03/2026

Have a look at our new clinical rooms at our new location at 87 Wills Street (150mtrs down the road from where we were)😊🌿
Please reach out if you have any questions prior to your next appointment if needing any clarity about the new space as change can feel overwhelming for many people💛

28/02/2026

Woot woot we are hiring again. With the opening of our bigger office in Bendigo we need more administration support.

Could you be our new Thrive family member?

About YOU:
✅You love growth and being adaptable
✅You are respectful and have fun
✅You enjoy being part of the community
✅You are accountable and see mistakes as a learning opportunity
✅You are not afraid to ask questions and learn from others
✅You are energised and create positive energy
✅You are passionate and outgoing
✅You are hungry to help others
✅You love being part of a team
✅You have a positive, can-do attitude
✅You are a problem solver who does not let barriers get in the way

Duties in this role will include but not be limited to:
🔵 greeting clients

🔵 making appointments

🔵 processing payments

🔵 answering phones

🔵 processing referrals

🔵 answering emails

🔵 general administration duties

🔵 general cleaning duties

To apply:
Send the following via email to admin@thrivewellnessandconsulting.com
⭐️ a copy of your resume

⭐️ a 30-60 second video introducing yourself and mentioning something you are passionate about.

Only fully completed applications will be considered.

Applications close 7:00pm Friday 13th of March.

27/02/2026

We have some further exciting announcements to make… and this is one of the them ♥️
Thrive Wellness and Consulting has just opened another clinic location at 3 Cambridge Road Russell Island. A huge thank you to the Bay Islands Wellbeing Clinic for letting us find a home in their amazing multidisciplinary building.
Jamie is currently offering appointments here on Tuesdays and Dale will commence on Tuesdays also when he returns from a much earnt break in April.

We are registered providers with NDIS, Medicare, TAC, Workcover, DVA and more.

26/02/2026

We are now up and running at 87 Wills Street. Yay ♥️

We know that change can be hard for lots of people so we have worked hard to make sure that each room has as much of the same furniture as possible from our old building to help with the transition. We can also offer walk through and can send videos and photos of the building or rooms before your sessions as well if you like.

We would also love to hear your feedback about the new space.

23/02/2026

Our Bendigo office will be closed tomorrow….. as we are moving!! That’s right, if you see our staff and amazing helpers wheeling our office furniture from our current office up the street to our new office at 87 Wills Street feel free to give us a toot and honk of your horn.

As of Wednesday we will be operating from 87 Wills Street ♥️

04/02/2026

These aren’t just statistics.
They’re people. Families. Friends. Communities.
Silence doesn’t protect us — connection does.
🌿Please check in with your people.
🌿Say the awkward thing.
🌿Encourage support-seeking.
🌿If you’re struggling, help is available.

80,000+ worldwide suicides, 4 weeks into 2026. 💔

80 thousand reasons to ignite the conversation
80 thousand reasons to check in with your loved ones
80 thousand reasons to encourage support seeking behaviour
80 thousand reasons to love your friends, family & community. ❤️

Support services > theshakaproject.com

*statistics are worldwide: based on averages via worldometers.info*o