Domestic violence counselling
You have a right to feel safe in your home and your life.
Any relationship where one person is using threats, violence, or intimidation to control another is domestic violence. Often this is a partner-relationship, but it may be an adult child-parent relationship, or even a sibling relationship.
Domestic violence can take many forms – physical, emotional, financial, and psychological. It is often subtle and insidious and involves coercive control. Whatever form the violence takes, the result is you will likely feel unsafe and unable to trust.
Behaviour that can be classified as Domestic Violence includes, though is not limited to:
- Physical Violence and Threats
- Intimidation
- Gaslighting
- Withholding money
- Isolating you from friends and family
- Sexual manipulation and assault
- Belittling, ridicule and insults
If you are in a domestic violence situation, or have been in the past, you may feel you will never be safe. But it is possible to reclaim your self-esteem, your sense of safety, your trust, and your wellbeing. It is possible to create a better life.
Having worked with many women who have experienced domestic violence of all kinds, I am sensitive to your need to feel safe and supported as you share your story. As we work together you will begin to understand the effects of this type of trauma and the multiple layers of distress you have experienced, allowing you to heal and rebuild your sense of self.
“Attending counselling with Jenni was an extremely important part of my journey of recovery from over 20 years of various forms of domestic violence. Sessions with Jenni gave me the skills, strategies and support I needed during the many stages of recovery. I will always be grateful for the safe environment that enabled me to discuss and work through many difficult situations.”
Female Client (Aged 53)
