We Provide The
Support You Need
Supporting your mental well-being through connection and understanding
Where Your Healing Begins
Why Choose Us?
Connection and relationships are at the heart of everything we do. We see, hear, and value you with no judgement and offer strength and belief in you and your healing journey.
We know “what happened to you?” is a much more powerful way of understanding distress and advancing healing than “what is wrong with you?” We understand that abnormal thoughts, feelings, and behaviours in response to abnormal events is a normal human experience.
Why We Are Different
ARC a 100% lived experience organisation and provides a range of NDIS supports, including Recovery Coaching, Peer Support and Counselling. We offer human connection and understanding to support the way you heal from mental and emotional distress.
Each person’s recovery journey is unique. We offer belief in your ability to heal because we ourselves have experienced the power of recovering through someone else’s belief in us. We work with you to make sense of your experiences, identify what you want to achieve and take steps towards this together.
What You Can Expect
You deserve the best support from your team – the kind of connection where they listen and take the time to understand your story as well as your hopes, dreams and aspirations. We’re here to offer you precisely that. Your first visit begins with us getting to know you, what your interests are and what you need to feel safe.
We’ll walk this journey together, sharing experiences, celebrating achievements, overcoming hurdles and moving forward on your healing journey.
Our Purpose
To authentically connect and hold space for our community to heal.
Your Choice of Therapies
As a 100% lived experienced team, it is important for us to offer our community additional ways to support their healing journey. We aim to help you make sense of and work through difficulties and challenges while focusing on building new skills and progressing along your recovery journey.
Recovery Coaching
Counselling
Therapeutic Groups
Carer Support
Experience and Professionalism
We are a highly qualified and diverse team with many years’ experience providing support to South Australians living with challenging mental and emotional experiences. Along with our professional expertise, we also bring the expertise of our own lived experience of psychological and emotional pain and journey of recovery.
The Right Support for You
We work with you to make sense of your experiences, identify what you want to achieve and take steps towards this together.
We see you for the sum of your experiences and know that you are not defined by your diagnosis.
Our Blogs
Finding Connection in Recovery: A Look Inside Dan’s Alcohol and Other Drugs Support Group
Join Our Alcohol and Other Drugs Support Group
At Aspire Recovery Connection, we understand that recovery thrives in the presence of genuine connection and open dialogue. Led by our Lead Peer Mentor, Dan, this support group offers a safe, non-judgmental space for individuals to share their experiences with addiction. Here, you’ll find authentic conversations that foster healing, understanding, and community—reminding you that you don’t have to face recovery alone.
ARC Nominates Paloma for MHCSA Lived Experience Awards
We are excited to announce that Aspire Recovery Connection (ARC) has nominated our very own Paloma for the prestigious Mental Health Coalition of SA (MHCSA) Lived Experience Awards. Paloma’s exceptional dedication to the principles of Lived Experience work and her...
Mindfulness and ACT: Tools for Emotional Well-being in Recovery
Hello there. If you’re reading this, you’re probably on a journey of recovery, or perhaps you’re thinking about starting one. I know it can be tough—I’ve been there. The road to recovery from drug and alcohol addiction is not easy, and sometimes it feels like you’re walking uphill with a heavy load. But there are tools that can help lighten that load, making the journey more manageable.
Two powerful tools are Mindfulness and Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT). Mindfulness is about being fully present in the moment, noticing what’s happening around and within you without judgment. It helps create a space between your experiences and your reactions, allowing you to make choices that align with your recovery goals. Meanwhile, ACT focuses on accepting life’s challenges and committing to actions that align with your values. By embracing your emotions and thoughts without letting them control your actions, ACT guides you toward purposeful, value-driven living.
Together, these practices offer a way to navigate the emotional ups and downs of recovery, helping you build a life that’s not just free from addiction, but also full of meaning and purpose. Remember, recovery is about more than just abstaining from substances—it’s about reclaiming your life and discovering your strengths. You are not alone in this journey. We are here to support you every step of the way.
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Book a visit with us today!
Aspire Recovery Connection acknowledges Aboriginal people as the first Australians, traditional owners of South Australia, and respect their ongoing living and spiritual relationship with the land and sea. We respect and celebrate the many Aboriginal peoples and lands across the state.
We also acknowledge that past government policies contributed to the marginalisation, disempowerment, breakdown of connection to country, removal of Aboriginal children from their family, loss of land and income, and loss of culture and language of Aboriginal South Australians.
