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Here you will find services and online directories to help you search for bilingual/bicultural health care professionals such as GPs, medical specialists, dentists, speech therapists, physiotherapists and occupational therapists.
GPs and Specialists
Language/Community: Chinese
Australian Croatian Community Services – Directory: search for Australian-Croatian GPs and other specialists under ‘health’.
Language/Community: Croatian
Australian Health Directory – Directory: Search for bilingual/bicultural GPs and other specialists in the ‘Healthcare and Wellness Directory’ and then use ‘category search’ for language preference.
Language/Community: Multiple languages and communities
Cabrini Health – Find a Doctor Directory: search for bilingual/bicultural GPs and other specialists under ‘specialty’, ‘name’, ‘hospital or consulting location’ and ‘language’.
Language/Community: Multiple languages and communities
Chinesedoctor.com – Directory: Search for Australian-Chinese GPs and other specialists by ‘name’, ‘location’ and ‘language’.
Language/Community: Chinese
Healthpages.wiki– Directory: Search for bilingual/bicultural GPs and other specialists under ‘providers’ or ‘GPs’, then click ‘browse’ from pop up box and select ‘language’.
Language/Community: Multiple languages and communities
Healthengine– Find a Practitioner: search for bilingual/bicultural GPs and other specialists by selecting desired option and location, then filter further by selecting ‘more’, which shows ‘languages spoken’.
Language/Community: Multiple languages and communities
Hellenic Medical Society of Australia – Directory:search for Australian-Greek GPs and other specialists under ‘specialist field’ and ‘post code/suburb’.
Language/Community: Greek
Indian Business Directory Australia – Directory:features a ‘medical’ category which includes listings for GPs and a wide range of medical specialists.
Language/Community: Indian
Infoexchange– Service Seeker Directory: search for bilingual/bicultural GPs and other specialists through the ‘advanced search’, then search by location and language.
Language/Community: Multiple languages and communities
Iranian Australian Association of Health Professionals – IRAHP Directory:search for Australian-Iranian GPs and other specialists under ‘specialties’.
Language/Community: Iranian
Iraqi Health Professionals Association – Health Professionals Directory: search for Australian-Iraqi GPs and other specialists by name, profession or specialty.
Language/Community: Iraqi
MCWA – Health Professionals Directory: search for Australian-Iraqi GPs and other specialists by name, profession or specialty.
Language/Community: Macedonian
Centre for Muslim Wellbeing – Professionals List: search for Australian-Muslim GPs and other specialists by ‘languages spoken’.
Language/Community: Muslim
Somali Health Care Professionals – Professionals Association: connect with Australian-Somali GPs and other specialists.
Language/Community: Iraqi
The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne– Immigrant Health Service: multidisciplinary medical and developmental assessment for recently arrived children from refugee backgrounds and education for service providers. The service has bilingual/bicultural clinicians and close links with primary care providers, refugee health teams and community organisations working in refugee health.
Language/Community: Multiple languages and communities
Australian Vietnamese Health Professionals Association – members include Australian-Vietnamese GPs and other specialists.
Language/Community: Vietnamese
Western Health – African Women’s Wellness Program: Program provides culturally responsive maternity care for women from Australian-African communities.
Language/Community: African
Mental health and allied practitioners
Arabic Welfare Incorporated – organisation providing counselling support (including problem gambling) to Australian-Arabic community.
Language/Community: Arabic
Australian Clinical Psychology Association – Find a Clinical Psychologist Directory: search for bilingual/bicultural psychologists by ‘language’, ‘area of expertise’, ‘location’, etc.
Language/Community: Multiple languages and communities
Australian Croatian Community Services – Directory:search for Australian-Croatian psychologists under ‘Care and Counselling’.
Language/Community: Croatian
Australian Health Directory – Healthcare and Wellness Directory: search for bilingual/bicultural counsellors and other allied health practitioners in the ‘Healthcare and Wellness Directory’ under ‘allied health’ and then use ‘category search’ for language preference.
Language/Community: Multiple languages and communities
Australian Psychological Society – Find a Psychologist Directory: search for bilingual/bicultural psychologists by ‘issue’, ‘name’, ‘location’ and then ‘refine results’ by selecting ‘preferred language’.
Language/Community: Multiple languages and communities
Australian Vietnamese Women’s Association – organisation: provides counselling (including problem gambling) and financial counselling for Australian-Vietnamese community.
Language/Community: Vietnamese
Centre for Muslim Wellbeing – Professionals List: search for Australian-Muslim counsellors and mental health practitioners under ‘counsellor’ or ‘psychologist’ or indicate preferred language.
Language/Community: Muslim
Chinese Nurse Association Australia – Association: Australian-Chinese nurses and other allied health practitioners. Services include information and referral, community education, volunteer programs and consultation services.
Language/Community: Chinese
Chinese Peer Connection – telephone peer support service: for individuals from the Australian-Chinese community affected by problem gambling.
Language/Community: Chinese
Federation of Chinese Associations – organisation providing counselling support (including problem gambling) to Australian-Chinese community.
Language/Community: Chinese
Gambler’s Help – In-language Counselling: information on services that provide bilingual/bicultural problem gambling and financial counselling services in a number of languages.
Language/Community: Multiple languages and communities
Healthengine – Find a Practitioner: search for bilingual/bicultural psychologists and other allied health practitioners by selecting desired option and location, then filter further by selecting ‘more’, which shows ‘languages spoken’.
Language/Community: Multiple languages and communities
Heartchat Multicultural Mental Health – Find a Professional Directory: search for bilingual/bicultural mental health professionals by ‘language’ ‘faith’, ‘location’ and/or ‘specialisation’.
Language/Community: Multiple languages and communities
Indian Business Directory Australia – Directory:features a ‘medical’ category which includes listings for a range of Australian-Indian allied health practitioners such as occupational therapists, speech pathologists, physiotherapists and psychologists.
Language/Community: Indian
Infoexchange – Service Seeker Directory: search for bilingual/bicultural mental health and allied health practitioners through the ‘advanced search’, then search by location and language.
Language/Community: Multiple languages and communities
Iranian Australian Association of Health Professionals – Directory:search for Australian-Iranian psychologists and other allied health professionals under ‘Specialties’.
Language/Community: Iranian
Iraqi Health Professionals Association – Health Professionals Directory:search for Australian-Iraqi psychologists and other allied health practitioners by name, profession or specialty.
Language/Community: Iraqi
LOTE Counselling – service providing bilingual/bicultural counselling covering a number of languages, including: Arabic, Cantonese, Farsi, Greek, Hindi, Mandarin, Punjabi, Tamil and Urdu.
Language/Community: Multiple languages and communities
Mental Health Professionals Network – Find a Network Directory: website includes a directory which allows you to search in the search filter under ‘Network Special Interests – culturally and linguistically diverse and transcultural’ for ethnic-specific and multicultural networks.
Language/Community: Multiple languages and communities
Mercy Health – Multicultural Services African Liaison: Australian-African liaison worker supports African women and their families while they receive care at the Mercy Hospital for Women in Heidelberg Victoria.
Language/Community: African
Mission of Hope – Hayat House:drug and alcohol counselling and outreach for Australian-Muslim community; Hayat Line – telephone crisis line for Australian-Muslim communities.
Language/Community: Muslim
Muslim Mental Health Professionals – Members Directory:lists counsellors and psychologists from an Australian-Muslim background.
Language/Community: Muslim
Psychology Today – Directory: search for bilingual/bicultural counsellors and social workers under ‘more’ tab, which lists ‘ethnicity’, ‘language’ and ‘faith’.
Language/Community: Multiple languages and communities
Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia – Find a Therapist Directory: search for bilingual/bicultural counsellors and psychotherapists by ‘language’.
Language/Community: Multiple languages and communities
Refugee Health Program – Delivered by community health services and employees community nurses, allied health practitioners and bilingual/bicultural workers. The program operates in areas with high numbers of newly arrived refugee populations. See Refugee Health Program agency contact list.
Language/Community: Multiple languages and communities
Settlement Services International – Multicultural Gambling Harm Prevention Service: providing problem gambling counselling with the assistance of bilingual/bicultural workers.
Language/Community: Multiple languages and communities
Somali Health Care Professionals –Professionals Association: connect with Australian-Somali allied health practitioners.
Language/Community: Somali
Springvale Indo-Chinese Mutual Assistance Association – Organisation: provides counselling support (including problem gambling) to Australian-Vietnamese community.
Language/Community: Vietnamese
The Forum of Australian Services for Survivors of Torture and Trauma – Witness to War hotline: a national multilingual telephone line for people affected by overseas conflicts.
Language/Community: Multiple languages and communities
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists – Find a Psychiatrist: search for bilingual/bicultural psychiatrists under ‘languages spoken’.
Language/Community: Multiple languages and communities
The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne – Immigrant Health Service: multidisciplinary medical and developmental assessment for recently arrived children from refugee backgrounds and education for service providers. The service has bilingual/bicultural allied health practitioners and close links with primary care providers, refugee health teams and organisations working in refugee health.
Language/Community: Multiple languages and communities
Tonic Psychology – Bilingual Services: provides bilingual/bicultural counselling in a number of languages including: Hindi, Vietnamese, Farsi, Urdu and Dari.
Language/Community: Multiple languages and communities
Transcultural Mental Health Centre (NSW) – Clinical Consultation and Assessment Service: bilingual/bicultural mental health practitioners for clinical consultation and assessment services.
Language/Community: Multiple languages and communities
Transcultural Mental Health Line (NSW) – bilingual/bicultural telephone counselling support line in a range of languages.
Language/Community: Multiple languages and communities
Victorian Arabic Social Services – organisation providing counselling support (including problem gambling) to Australian-Arabic community.
Language/Community: Arabic
Western Health – African Women’s Wellness Program:the program provides culturally responsive maternity clinical care, education and resources and facilitates access to services for women from Australian-African communities.
Language/Community: African
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Online portals such as Hire Up and My Care Space (under ‘advanced search’) provide the option of search by language for most categories of support including allied health.