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title: "Open Arms counselling for veterans and families, Australia-wide · unclaimd"
description: "Free, private counselling and mental health support for people who served in the ADF and their families. Free. Check the conditions and apply on openarms.gov.au."
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# Open Arms counselling for veterans and families

Free, private counselling and mental health support for people who served in the ADF and their families.

- Support available: Free
- Type of support: Health care

[Visit official site](https://www.openarms.gov.au/who-we-help/eligibility)

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## What you need to check

Open Arms gives free and private counselling and wellbeing support. It is for anyone who has done at least one day of continuous full-time service in the Australian Defence Force (ADF), whether they serve now or left. Partners and children can use it too, and so can ex-partners who are co-parenting. Reservists can use it if they did full-time or hazardous service, disaster relief or border protection, or were in a serious training accident. If someone died in service, their parents and brothers and sisters may also get help. Call 1800 011 046 at any time.

This is a short summary. Other rules may apply, like income or where you live. Check the full rules with the agency that runs it.

**Read in Easy English**

### What it is

- Open Arms gives free counselling.
- Counselling means talking with someone trained to help.
- It is private.

### Who can get it

- It is for people who served full-time in the Defence Force, even for one day.
- You can still serve, or you can have left.
- Partners and children can use it too.

### What to do

- Phone 1800 011 046 at any time.
- Read the rules on the official website.
- Apply there. It is free to apply.

## About this source

We last reviewed this listing on 5 Nov 2026. We last checked the official page on 5 Nov 2026.

Our automatic check only sees whether the page is there or has changed. It is not a check of the rules.

## How to apply

Read the full rules and apply through the official government website.

[Visit official site](https://www.openarms.gov.au/who-we-help/eligibility)

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