Family Violence Support Service

About the program

The Cooktown District Community Centre Family Violence Support Service offers case management with a counsellor who deals specifically with domestic and family violence.

Sessions involve face to face counselling in a private, confidential and safe environment. These sessions aim to help you achieve your goals, empowering you to regain control and live a happy, healthy life.

Counselling allows you to discuss your experiences with someone who is understanding, non-judgemental and supportive.

Family Violence is behaviour by one family member that causes physical, sexual and/or emotional damage.

Children’s development and well-being are negatively affected by exposure to famly violence. This is a free and confidential service providing outreach to Cooktown, Wujal Wujal, Laura and Hope Vale.

You deserve to be treated with respect. We provide...

Adult counselling and case management
Child and youth counselling
Perpetrator behavioural change education
Liaison and consultation with other agencies
Information and referral

What can the counsellor do?

Listen to your experiences and situation
Help you understand what has happened to you and why
Help you to reduce feelings of blame, guilt and depression
Provide skills and information about healthy relationships and communication
Help you build social networks
Assess your safety and make a safety plan
Help you to make strategies to cope and solve problems

Family violence can lead to many problems including...

How can our family deal with life changes?
Why is my child behaving this way?
How can I improve my parenting?
Am I meeting my child’s needs?
How can we manage our household better?
How can we prevent or deal with statutory Child Safety intervention?

Remember

Dont wait to get help
The abuse is not your fault
You are not alone
You can ask Centrelink about income support