Specialist Trauma Counselling
What happens in counselling?
Our specialist counsellors work with children for however long they need to recvover from the pain of abuse, neglect and family violence. For some, this may be as little as 12 months, for others, it can be years. No matter how long it takes, the Foundation is there for them. Your regular donation will go towards:
- Developing strong and reliable connections between the children and the adults who care for them including parents, foster carers, teachers and other carers.
- Teaching children to manage the memories of abuse and their feelings of confusion and fear.
- Helping children to learn to relax through breathing, play time and story telling, and applying these techniques at home, school and with their friends.
- Helping children to trust again, starting with their counsellor.
- Allowing children to understand what happened to them and how they have been affected by the abuse through talking, drawing or writing about their trauma.
- Creating an environment where guardians can help their children's recovery by encouraging them, celebrating their progress and understanding their pain in order to help them rebuild a stronger belief about themselves and who they can be.
