The latest from Holyoake

Heart racing. Stomach churning. Sweating from places you didn’t know you could sweat from. Fear of things that feel like they should be simple. Brain scattered. That creeping feeling that…

Holyoake is committed to providing support to consumers with complex needs and mental illnesses for whom a broad, multifaceted and multidisciplinary approach is required. Providing a range of counselling interventions…

Men’s Health Week (15–21 June 2026) is a timely reminder to pause and check in on something that often goes unspoken: how men are really doing. For a lot of…

Personality disorders are often misunderstood. With the right support, many people learn new ways to manage emotions, build relationships and move towards recovery. Emotions can be messy. Most of us…

Systemic Family therapy is often used as an umbrella term to cover any intervention within alcohol and other drug (AOD) treatment that involves family members and/or significant others in the…

The start of a new year can bring a mix of feelings. For some, there’s motivation about a new year or relief after the holiday period. For others, there’s pressure…

Alcohol and other drug use often increases during the Christmas and New Year period. For many people, it is a positive time and an opportunity to be with friends and…

The smell of sunscreen and barbecue smoke. The chaos of shops, Christmas carols, and long, balmy nights. Enter the festive season, a chance to reconnect, celebrate, and welcome in the…

This week, Holyoake turned 50 – five decades of walking alongside people, families, and communities impacted by alcohol and other drugs, and mental ill health. Yesterday, over 100 guests joined…

This celebration is deeply personal for me as both maternal grandparents were part of Holyoake’s early journey – first as volunteers and later as counsellors. My grandmother – a trailblazer…