Counselling centres in the region

Who do I turn to with problems and questions? Which regional advice centres are there?

Counselling centres in the region

Every resident in the KUUSK region should have the opportunity to lead a self-determined life, regardless of physical disabilities, age, origin, faith or unemployment. Sometimes you need help in various life situations. Numerous counselling and support services are available for this purpose as listed below:

Contact points for problems and queries

(Help around the clock, confidential & free of charge, 365 days a year):

Telephone counselling

Oe3 Contact number

Counselling and wire

Psychosocial counsellor Crisis Service Tyrol:

AMIKE Deaconry telephone

(offers counselling and help with psychological stress. Anonymous, multilingual and for the whole of Austria) The AMIKE telephone is aimed at people with a refugee or migrant background, regardless of their period of stay or residence status. This is how you can reach us:

Mo-Fr: 10:00-13:00 and 14:00-17:30

German/English:

Dari/Farsi:

Arabic/Kurdish:

Russian:

Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian:

Turkish:

Ukrainian:

Psychosoziale chosocial help

Pro mente Association

Counselling, support and guidance for people who need professional support and assistance due to a mental health crisis or illness

Children’s theatre

Psychotherapeutic groups for 5 – 14-year-old children in stressful situations

Psychotherapy forum Kufstein and TLP

(Tyrolean Regional Association for Psychotherapy)

BIN addiction counselling Counselling for people and their relatives suffering from or at risk of addiction to alcohol, drugs, nicotine and gambling

HPE help for relatives of the mentally ill

We are a non-profit organisation that has made its mission to improve the quality of life of people with mental illness. There are 4 basic pillars behind this mission: Counselling, self-help, the provision of information and the representation of interests.

Self-help groups

An overview of self-help groups is provided here on the Kufstein district hospital website: Kufstein district hospital self-help groups

Education

Kufstein Education Directorate

Education Directorate for Tyrol, Tyrol East Education Region Department

SCHUSO – School social work Social work counselling, conflict management, holistic and sustainable (crisis) intervention on an ad hoc basis

Education information in Tyrol For all queries relating to education and careers, identification of career opportunities, advice on application documents, free of charge Kufstein District Chamber

School psychology – educational counselling Contact persons for students, parents, school (teachers, school management, school supervision)

Apprentice coaching – ibis acam Guidance and support for apprentices during an apprenticeship or after dropping out of an apprenticeship

Family counselling / children

Educational counselling

For parents, young people and children and anyone involved with children (children’s gardeners, etc.)

Family and Social Counselling Centre Unterland Migration, partnership, violence, crises and conflicts, single parents, relationship/ partnership, family planning, vsm.

Parent-Child Centre Kufstein

Schibi-Du A wide range of courses and counselling services

ZOI Kufstein Pregnancy, birth and parenthood, counselling and support for parents, babies and toddlers

Parent-child centre Untere Schranne Parent-child centre for the municipalities of

The parent-child centre is open daily outside of the holiday period. For registrations, queries or suggestions, please contact us via e-mail. Kathrin Widmoser is available daily (except during the holidays) at the Ebbs kindergarten for queries and information by phone or in person.

Parental counselling

Complimentary counselling on pregnancy, breastfeeding and the child’s initial years. This counselling is offered by various agencies/individuals in the following municipalities: Ebbs, Kufstein, Langkampfen, Niederndorf, Thiersee, Walchsee, Koessen.

The contact persons and
their contact details are available here: Overview map of counselling centres in Tyrol

Youth

Turntable

Crisis centre for children and youth aged 12 to 18. If you need help, give us a call!

Child Protection Tyrol, Child
and Youth Advocacy Tyrol

Child Protection Woergl

Child and Youth Advocacy

Child and youth welfare Kufstein

district authority Child and youth welfare

Information checkpoint Kufstein/Youth information

Contact point for young people for queries regarding stays abroad, jobs, new media, babysitter exchange, tutoring exchange

LEA Production School Kufstein

The LEA production school is a place of work and learning for young people aged between 15 and 19. The aim of participation is integration into the initial vocational training system or the labour market, i.e., starting from school, an apprenticeship or placement in an apprenticeship or a job.

AMS youth counselling

Youth counselling of the Tyrolean labour market service for job search, AMS course measures, apprenticeship exchange and promotion, holiday job exchange

Youth coaching Counselling and support for young people between the ages of 15 and 24 during their (re)integration into the education system

Job assistance in Tyrol

Vocational orientation, job application training, guidance, support in the event of difficulties in the workplace, extended apprenticeship, partial qualification for young people aged between 15 and 24, with and without special educational needs or disabilities

The consultants

Information and support as part of AMS course programmes: Apprenticeship search, vocational school preparation, socio-educational support, training and further education

Job training Education for young people in design, IT/archiving, horticulture, woodworking, housekeeping, kitchen, property management with support needs

TAFIE Production School at Woergl

Support for young people up to 24 years for advanced education or vocational training

Child and adolescent psychiatrist Dr Syl- via Handl-Morass at BKH Kufstein

Diagnostics, counselling, medication, crisis intervention

RESTARTING in Tyrol Probation assistance, prison release assistance, offence compensation, mediation of charitable services

Loss

Rainbows

Bereavement counselling for young and old, parental counselling in the event of separation, divorce or death

Counselling for women & girls

Women and girls “EVITA” Psychosocial counselling, legal advice & support during trials, women’s emergency accommodation, (domestic violence) free of charge and confidential

Men's counselling

“Mannsbilder”, work for men
and boys

Life crisis, conflicts among couples, violence, custody, matrimonial law, visiting rights, maintenance, sexuality and coming out

Social counselling

DOWAS social counselling centre in Kufstein

Counselling & support in securing a livelihood, finding work and accommodation

Social & health matters in district
Kufstein – Schwoich – Thiersee

Our task is to accompany the person in need of care and provide assistance as best as we can and to make their everyday life easier.

Social & health matters in district
Kössen-Schwendt

Our task is to accompany the person in need of care and provide assistance as best as we can and to make their everyday life easier.

Addiction support in Tyrol

Help with addiction in Tyrol provides individual counselling, help for self-help and a wide range of therapy programmes. We support you after withdrawal, help you to reorganise your everyday life and find your way out of the addiction jointly. Relatives can come to us for information and help.

Social & health matters in district
Untere Schranne (Ebbs, Erl,
Niederndorf, Niederndorferberg,
Rettenschöss, Walchsee)

Our task is to accompany the person in need of care and provide assistance as best as we can and to make their everyday life easier.

Tyrolean Social Services

Our focus here is on ensuring basic care for people who have had to flee from other countries. We also offer rooms and drop-in centres for people without a home, alcoholics and women at risk of becoming homeless.

Caritas social counselling

Social law advice, support with financial bottlenecks, counselling in difficult life situations
Parish of St Vitus in Kufstein

Social counselling by Red Cross

Free, personal support for people in difficult life situations.

Counselling for migrants

Integration Officer

Contact point for migrants and recognised refugees: Information and referral of migrants and recognised refugees to counselling centres and support services Meral Sevencan
Meral Sevencan

ZeMIT/AST

Advice & support in dealing with authorities (forms, correspondence, appeals)

OeIF Mobile Welcome Desk in Kufstein

Planning your first steps in Austria, referral to contact persons and authorities, financial support for German courses

Integration assistance Tyrolean Social Services

Tiroler Sozial Dienste GmbH (Tyrolean Social Services GmbH) coordinates and supports numerous different integration projects and measures, such as German courses, learning assistance or counselling measures for entering the labour market in Tyrol.

Red Cross in Kufstein – Refugee care

Financial aid

District administration

The district administration in Kufstein can advise you on benefits and subsidies for everyday life. For example, you can get information about minimum security, housing subsidies or heating cost subsidies.

LGBTQ counselling

HOSI Tyrol

We operate as a peer counselling, information and education centre, and are now committed to improving the living conditions/acceptance of homosexual, bisexual and asexual lovers, non-binary, genderfluid and intersex people, as well as transgender people in Innsbruck and Tyrol.

Queer counselling Kufstein
Every Saturday, 12:00 – 16:00 hours
Organised by HOSI Tyrol
in cooperation with the city of Kufstein.

COURAGE Innsbruck

Courage offers free and anonymous counselling, especially for lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender people and their relatives. Courage sees itself as a partner, family and sexual counselling centre and is available to all those seeking advice and help in the areas of relationships and sexuality, as well as violence and sexual assault.

Help for the elderly

COmputeria Kufstein

In a relaxed and cosy atmosphere, senior citizens learn and practise how to use computers, tablets and mobile phones.

Help for the homeless

TSD Refrigeration Hotline

Winter temperatures can be life-threatening for homeless people. Don’t look away, call us!

CAUTION: If the person’s life is in danger, please contact the emergency services!

Vinzenz community Kufstein St. Anna

The Vinzenz communities are associations for young and old. They look after people in emotional or material need, regardless of their origin or religious beliefs.