Counselling For People With Disability, Carers & Support Workers

• If you have a disability and have experienced violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation
• Parents, guardians, and other personal support people of a person with a disability who have experiences trauma
• If you have been impacted by the themes of the Disability Royal Commission
• The findings and report from the Disability Royal Commission will be released in September 2023, and our support service will continue until the end of this year. 

• Providing counselling that understands the impact of trauma
• Helping to connect you to other supports and services that we know about
• Giving you information about other useful services and ways of finding assistance

Everyone’s experience of trauma is different as are their needs, our counsellors are focused on your needs and here to listen and support you. 

A counsellor can help you talk about when something bad has happened or if someone has hurt you. They can also help you if you are thinking about telling your story to the Disability Royal Commission. Whatever you decide to share with the counsellor is private – it will not be shared with anyone else. 

If you find it difficult to hear or speak you can contact us through the National Relay Service (NRS). Please phone 133 677.

If you require support in another language you can use the Translating and interpreting Service (TIS National) free of charge by calling our service and asking for an interpreter. The counsellor will make the arrangements.