Women’s and Children’s Family Violence Counselling
A holistic and integrated approach to working with women and children who have been impacted by family violence.
About This Service
Family violence counselling is therapeutic in approach, utilising a variety of counselling models tailored to your unique experience.
Our team take a supportive and holistic approach over 6 sessions to help you and your children, if affected, by family violence.
Our counselling service aims to provide you with a safe space to explore how violence has impacted you and/or your child, and to help you develop more positive, healthy, and safe relationships.
Is This Service for Me?
To ensure this service is the right fit for you, we have a few important considerations to help guide the referral process:
- There has been a recent or historical incident of family violence
- The person who has been impacted by family violence is a woman or child (under the age of 18 years)
- The women or child is in a space to benefit from therapeutic support
How We Help
At the heart of our service is our dedication to providing the support and resources you need. Here’s how we help you on your journey toward healing and safety:
- Identify and maintain their safety through the development and implementation of a safety plan
- To assist the client to understand the impact of violence on themselves and / or their child
- To provide a safe environment for the client and create opportunities to work through their trauma
- To identify and build on their strengths and positive attributes
- To develop the client’s self-care routines through a trauma- and client-centred approach
- Provide a tailored, individualised intervention, using internal and external supports to best meet the needs of the client.
Getting Started
If you’d like to learn more about the services we offer at Family Life, please call us on (03) 8599 5433 — we’re happy to answer your questions.
If you’re seeking support for yourself or someone else, please complete our online support request form, and a member of our team will be in touch.
If you need urgent or emergency assistance, you’ll find a list of helpful organisations on our Contact Us page.
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