The Bluegum is a native of this great country and renowned for its rapid growth, adaptability and resilience in adverse environments. It is a beautiful tree whose crushed leaves evoke healing.
Inspired by this ethos, bluegum HEALTH has evolved over many years of working amongst people who work in high tempo environments, supporting their wider community. People who serve people have inevitable workplace traumatic exposures, including cumulative effects of shift work, unusual scenarios and exposure to occupational violence. Coalface fatigue erodes health if not mitigated, especially for those carrying leadership responsibilities. Standard psychiatry and therapy treatments are not consistent in achieving recovery.
There is a range of mental health services around, but most are bound up in processes and therapies that struggle to fully consider the environments of extreme service. Grounded in actual understanding of adverse environments, bluegum HEALTH delivers mission focused mental health services that are responsive to intense employment needs. Authentic, culturally competent and nuanced care away from usual home and workplace environments facilitates functional recovery.
bluegum HEALTH targets the gaps within the current mental health offerings - meeting people before the wheels are truly off. The resolution of traumatic exposures needs a return to basics - supported by a medically lead clinical team that gets the space. Addressing why coping is breaking down, identifying what is currently not working for people, and examining any unresolved traumas in someone's developmental story are components of care.
Outside of what can be achieved in a standard outpatient setting and spending time on a ward, growth with bluegum HEALTH is facilitated using compressed recovery, tailored to intense small teams. With rural, bespoke, functional-based care, the programs focus on a rapid turnaround of capacity and formulation of a trajectory that is sustainable once back at home. Come and experience a different approach to recovery and healing and see what can be achieved.
