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

Australian Chinese Medical Association of Victoria Directory: Search for Australian-Chinese GPs and other specialists under ‘name’ and/or ‘specialties’.
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.wikiDirectory: 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

HealthengineFind 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

InfoexchangeService 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 MelbourneImmigrant 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

Other??? Is this Allied Health

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.