Overview
The Sexual Violence Program provides free and confidential crisis support, counselling as well as practical support with legal and medical procedures. They also provide therapeutic and educational groups to victims and survivors of recent and past sexual violence.
Sexual Violence program is for: all women and female-identifying high school-aged and aboveliving on the Gold Coast (Coolangatta to Upper Coomera)who have experienced sexual violence at any time in their livesnon-offending parents, partners, and friends who are supporting a client or potential client
The Sexual Violence Program offers a Women's Health & Wellbeing Program that provides counselling, support, and advocacy services to women who have experienced domestic and family violence and gender-based violence in the past and are now safe and post-crisis. A formal referral is required from an organisation or individual practitioner. The intake form in located on the website.
The Sexual Violence Program also provide information and support to partners, friends and relatives of women who have experienced sexual violence. The Sexual Violence Program is located in a purpose-build building that is safe and inviting to all women. You feel welcome and accepted as soon as you arrive.
The Sexual Violence Program also provide information and support to partners, friends and relatives of women who have experienced sexual violence. The Sexual Violence Program is located in a purpose-build building that is safe and inviting to all women. You feel welcome and accepted as soon as you arrive.
Services & Referrals
Eligibility: Be recovering from past trauma, emotional and/or sexual abuse, or past domestic violence. To be eligible you must be
Past the immediate Crisis and beyond the violence Physically and emotionally safe and stable Living in safe, secure accommodation No current breaches of DVO’s or Bail Ready to engage in long term counselling
You can self refer to the The Sexual Violence Program by calling 07 55911164.
A formal referral is required for the Women's Health & Wellbeing Program from from an organisation or individual practitioner. The intake form in located on the website.
Friend/Family Referral: If you are amaking an enquiry on behalf of someone else, staff will be able to answer your questions and provide any information that will be useful. However, they cannot proceed with an intake or book an appointment without first speaking to the victim/survivor. The first appointment: Your first appointment is a chance for you and your counsellor to meet and get to know each other. In this appointment your counsellor might ask you a few questions and get a bit more information about you and what support you might need.
The focus is really on what impact the experience of trauma is having on your life, not about having to share every detail about what happened to you. You don't have to talk about anything you don't want to talk about.
Depending on what your situation the counsellors may also discuss additional processes such as making a police report, how you can manage other people's responses to your disclosure, safety discussions and planning, and information on court support if that's something you are considering.
Friend/Family Referral: If you are amaking an enquiry on behalf of someone else, staff will be able to answer your questions and provide any information that will be useful. However, they cannot proceed with an intake or book an appointment without first speaking to the victim/survivor. The first appointment: Your first appointment is a chance for you and your counsellor to meet and get to know each other. In this appointment your counsellor might ask you a few questions and get a bit more information about you and what support you might need.
The focus is really on what impact the experience of trauma is having on your life, not about having to share every detail about what happened to you. You don't have to talk about anything you don't want to talk about.
Depending on what your situation the counsellors may also discuss additional processes such as making a police report, how you can manage other people's responses to your disclosure, safety discussions and planning, and information on court support if that's something you are considering.