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19/11/2025

🌟 Important Update for Queenslanders: GPs to Diagnose & Treat ADHD from 1 December 🌟

A significant change is coming for Queenslanders seeking assessment and support for ADHD.

From 1 December, specialist-trained Queensland GPs will be able to diagnose ADHD in adults and prescribe medication. Until now, prescribing was limited to patients aged 4–18, creating long waitlists and considerable pressure on families, especially in rural and regional areas.

This reform is expected to:

✅ Reduce wait times
✅ Ease financial and travel burdens
✅ Improve access for rural communities
✅ Provide earlier intervention and more consistent care

As an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker practising in rural Queensland, I welcome any initiative that brings care closer to home. Many individuals and families in our region have faced significant delays accessing specialist services, making assessment and treatment both stressful and costly. Allowing appropriately trained GPs to diagnose and prescribe is a practical, confidence-building step that acknowledges the skill already present in primary care.

For Queenslanders, particularly those outside major cities, this change represents meaningful progress.

Rural Sky provides compassionate mental health support & therapy services for individuals. couples, families, & workplaces across the Goondiwindi region.

06/11/2025

October was a big month — Rural Sky has a new home! 🎉

From 22 October, you’ll now find me at
16 Herbert Street, Goondiwindi.

Here’s a wee video to take a peek inside and help you feel familiar with the space before you visit.

The tea trolley is stocked, the kettle’s on, and there’ll always be a warm welcome and a safe space to settle in for a yarn. ☕️💛

Everything else remains the same — same care, same number, same email — just a fresh, relaxed space to continue supporting your wellbeing.

📍 16 Herbert Street, Goondiwindi
📞 0475 391 260
✉️ [email protected]

Looking forward to welcoming you in soon. 🌿✨

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10/10/2025

🌏💚 World Mental Health Day 2025 💚🎶

Today, 10 October, is World Mental Health Day — a day to start conversations, reduce stigma, reach out for support, and connect with your community.

This year’s theme, “Connect with Your Community,” couldn’t feel more relevant after the incredible Gundy Pub Choir earlier this month, where 450+ people from Goondiwindi, Talwood, Dalby, Rockhampton, Texas, Armidale and beyond came together for one magical night of singing and laughter. 🎤💫

There was something truly special about hundreds of voices joining in [almost] harmony — strangers becoming friends, hearts lifting, and the whole room buzzing with belonging. Research tells us that community singing lowers stress, boosts mood, and helps us feel connected — and everyone who was there could feel that truth.

Connection, today and every day, is one of the simplest and most powerful ways to care for your mental health and the wellbeing of those around you. 💛

So whether it’s joining a choir, going for a walk with a friend, chatting with a neighbour, or simply checking in with someone — every moment of connection matters.

From Rural Sky, here’s to staying connected, supporting one another, and finding joy in the little things that bring us together. 💚



Image Source: Pub Choir

07/10/2025

If you’d prefer to stay longer or avoid time limits, there’s free all-day off-street parking just behind the office at 58–60 Callandoon Street.

03/10/2025

🌿 Queensland Mental Health Week 2025 – Day 1 🌿

Queensland Mental Health Week is officially underway! This year’s theme is all about connection:

💚 Connect with yourself – Take care of your wellbeing, enjoy activities you love, make healthy choices, and reach out for support when you need it.
💙 Connect with your community – Create inclusive spaces, look out for one another, connect with culture, and show kindness to those who are struggling.
💛 Connect with others – Nurture relationships with loved ones, friends, family, and mob. Spend time together and build meaningful connections.
🌏 Connect with nature – Switch off from tech, step outside, practice mindfulness, and care for the environment around you.

✨ Local Event – Gundy Walk & Brekky ✨

📍 Goondiwindi Town Park
📅 Thursday 9 October
⏰ 7 am

Enjoy a morning walk, sausage sizzle, tea & coffee, and even drumming! 🎶
It’s free, fun, and a great way to celebrate Mental Health Week together.

Mental Health Week is a chance to raise awareness, reduce stigma, and encourage conversations that help people feel less alone. Each event is an opportunity to show support and strengthen our community’s wellbeing.

💚 I’ll be at the Walk & Brekky – hope to see you there!

29/09/2025

28/09/2025

🎶 The Body Keeps the Score 🎶

Paul Kelly’s new song takes its name from one of the most powerful trauma books ever written — The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk.

At Rural Sky, we see this truth every day: trauma isn’t just a memory — it’s carried in the body. It shows up in how we breathe, how we flinch, how we feel (or can’t feel).

In our therapy work, we help people gently reconnect to their body’s signals, regulate their nervous system, and make sense of what the body remembers — especially when words aren’t enough.

If this theme resonates with you, take a moment to listen to Paul Kelly’s haunting new track 👇
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u45bYD1Ixtk

From Paul's upcoming album 'SEVENTY'Pre-order here - https://PaulKelly.lnk.to/SEVENTYVideo by Andrew DohertyWe acknowledge the Wurundjeri people as the tradi...

11/09/2025

Looking forward to celebrating Emma's exhibition launch next Friday 19th September. What an inspiring and divinely curated effort. Hoping to take a little piece of her brilliance home with me.

11/09/2025

🌾 R U OK? Day – Goondiwindi & Our Rural Communities 🌾

Today is R U OK? Day—a reminder to pause, check in, and start conversations that could change, or even save, a life. Su***de touches too many rural families, and the challenges of isolation, stigma, and tough times can make it harder to speak up.

We often hear the statistic that men don’t seek help for their mental health. But here on the ground at Rural Sky, I’m so encouraged to share a different story. More and more men are walking through the door—sometimes whole days are filled with only men seeking support.

These men are not only taking steps to care for themselves, but they’re also changing the culture of our community. By talking openly about their mental health, they are breaking down stigma and opening conversations with their mates, families, and colleagues.

💬 So today, and every day, let’s ask the question: “Are you OK?”
And let’s be ready to listen—really listen.

Because when one person speaks up, it gives others permission to do the same. And together, we build a stronger, safer, and more connected community. 💛

***dePrevention