Stories of survival and recovery

Client for two years now had been experiencing intimate partner violence, beatings resulted in client losing teeth and being scarred from stabbing.

Client for many years encountered serious challenges and abuse by the hands of her partner. Client's children were also experiencing the abuse from their father, boys and girls.

A male teacher was referred to H & S services after he was suspended from school due to an alcoholic problem . He attended 3 sessions of counselling on process of behaviour change; how alcohol affects the family, personal health and domestic violence and abuse”.

A male client who came in to the Crisis Centre voluntary said that he was very depressed and admitted to being abusive to his common law wife and mother of his daughter. She left him and he wants her to return.

lient after experiencing years of abuse visited H&S seeking advice and counselling. After talking with Coordinator, was referred to counsellor for counselling and intervention.