Women’s Health Statewide is a state-wide women’s health service and one of several community based women’s health centres including Dale Street Women’s Health Centre (Western suburbs), Southern Women’s Health Centre (Southern) and Northern Women’s Health Centre (Northern).
These centres provide a range of services such as health information, medical services, counselling, groups and workshops, contact them for more details on what they provide.
Dale Street’s Term 2, 2008 brochure has just been released including groups, workshops, focus work and projects they are offering at their centre.
Dale Street Centre’s focus areas include: Domestic violence support programs, Time Out Occasional Childcare service, self management for chronic health conditions, same sex attracted women’s services, new arrival women’s services and young women’s services, among others.
The program’s special events consist of ‘Easy walking’ with Feldenkrais, ‘Beyond the blues’ looking at depression, ‘Growing Stronger’ a childhood sexual abuse support group and Multicultural women’s days ‘celebrating world food and good health’ looking at healthy food, practical cooking and staying well.
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Categories: Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse · Women's Health
Tagged: Health and wellbeing, Women's Health Centres
The report on the abuse of Children in State Care Commission of Inquiry completed by Ted Mulligan was released earlier this month by Respond SA.
Respond SA has been developed for adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse by Relationships Australia a community-based, not-for-profit organisation providing a range of relationship support in areas such as family and relationship counselling, dispute resolution, life skills, etc.
Respond SA provide support services to adults (and their families) who have been subjected to childhood sexual abuse. Services they provide include a helpline, telephone and face-to-face counselling service and groupwork programs.
Contact Relationships Australia (SA)
55 Hutt Street Adelaide SA 5000
Phone: 08 8419 2000 Freecall: 1800 176 900
Supported by the Government of South Australia, Department for Families and Communities.
The site suggests books that may be helpful including ‘The Courage to heal : a guide for women survivors of child sexual abuse’, ‘Why me? Help for victims of child sexual abuse’ and ‘Beginning to heal : a first guide for female survivors of child sexual abuse’ available to be borrowed at the WSRC.
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Categories: Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse
Tagged: Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse, Children in State Care, counselling, Relationships Australia, Respond SA
