Counselling

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SASS provides counselling to adults and children who have been affected by sexual assault at any time in their lives.

Counselling is a process that provides clients with an opportunity to work through their issues/problems within a therapeutic environment.

You direct this process yourself, at your own pace and comfort level.

Many clients have worries about counselling such as:

• Will it help?

• How long will it take?

• How much will it cost?

• Will anyone believe me?

• Will I be blamed or judged?

• Will they listen?

• Is it normal to feel like this or am I going crazy?

 SASS counsellors have received feedback from clients that say:

• I’m really glad I came

• I don’t feel alone anymore

• I’m not going crazy, other people feel like this

• Now it all makes sense

• I never knew that something that happened so long ago could still affect me

• Being believed makes such a difference

• It felt really good to have my story heard

• I didn’t have to go over the details of my abuse again

• My counsellor said it wasn’t my fault – she said it was 100% the perpetrators responsibility for the assault

The length of the counselling process varies from client to client. We recommend phoning to make an appointment to come and talk about your needs and how you can identify and achieve your goals. Counselling at SASS is free of charge.

At SASS we believe survivors can:

• Heal from their abuse

• Choose whether or not to report to the police

• Regain control over their lives

• Make their own choices

• Find strength in themselves that they didn’t know they had

• Change counsellors if they want to

• Trust SASS to keep information confidential

At SASS we believe survivors can go from surviving to thriving

The Melaleuca is an Australian native tree.

The description of this tree seems to sum up the philosophy and service delivery of SASS, as well as describe our clients who use this service:  

• diverse species

• it is a survivor under the harshest of conditions.

• The flower of the Melaleuca is one of individual beauty.

• The Melaleuca is able to self-protect with it’s multi-layering of papery bark – our client’s trauma experiences and life in general are very much multi-layered.

• The Melaleuca has a distinct pattern of veining on it’s leaves- each leaf has 5 distinct veins- this mirrors SASS’s 5 distinct strands of service delivery- Counselling, Crisis Support, Group work/training, Resources, Community Education.

• Just as our clients have their own inner healer, so too does the Melaleuca - Tea Tree Oil.