Last year, Mia found herself unable to leave her room, crippled by anxiety and struggling to see a way out — until she started attending a pilot program at a clinic designed especially for teens, and turned her life around
"It's a really valuable clinic," she said.The 'clinic for anything' saving livesas a six-month pilot program in a new location in Lanyon Valley, Teen Clinic provides teenagers with the opportunity to talk to a qualified nurse in a relaxed and non-judgmental environment, at no cost and without having to make an appointment.
"It was so relieving getting that weight off your shoulders, being able to tell people, tell someone about it and them actually helping.Ms Burton praised the Teen Clinic nurses for creating a space that made her daughter feel comfortable, and for opening pathways for further medical and specialist treatment.
But it was also set up there for a very specific reason: to leverage upon the centre's established relationship with nearby Lanyon High School. "It is quite isolated down here and lots of the young people don't have bus cards or people willing to take them into the city."Modelled on similar Teen Clinics on the NSW South Coast, the Lanyon Teen Clinic has supported more than 20 teenagers since its re-launch at the start of this school year."It is all about access," Ms Campbell said.
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