Rape & Domestic Violence Services Australia is committed to providing specialist trauma counselling services for those who have experienced sexual, domestic or family violence. Our services are the first step towards a new life for thousands of people who experience sexual assault, domestic or family violence each year.

Specialist counselling assists in reducing the trauma impacts of sexual assault and domestic violence for survivors by:

• empowering people to take steps towards recovery from violence – violence which has sometimes been experienced over many years
• reducing the impacts of previous violence and trauma on day-to-day life – so that the violence no longer controls their lives
• preventing further violence, and achieving safety for them and their children – this might include talking to the police, taking out intervention orders against perpetrators, accessing emergency accommodation and crisis support
• reconnecting or establishing new connections with people, activities and places – this promotes holistic wellbeing and is an invaluable part of the recovery process

Rape & Domestic Violence Services Australia is also committed to ending the cycle of violence and abuse by:

• delivering men’s behaviour change counselling to prevent violence before it occurs;
• providing evidence-based training programs and consultancy services to improve institutional policy and responses to sexual and domestic violence.

Your contribution will help create a society in which sexual assault and domestic violence no longer exist.