A society in which all communities and people are free from family violence
A society in which all communities and people are free from family violence
The RFVP Therapeutic Hub is a free resource available to anyone looking for therapeutic services in the Eastern Metropolitan Region. It is designed to help people connect with appropriate supports and brings together the latest information about therapeutic services in our area. All service information is regularly updated and free to download.
Please fill out the form below if you have a service that you would like us to add to the hub.
Organisation: Alliance – Anglicare, Drummond St, Relationships Matter
Eligibility Criteria: Adults with or without children; & children who reside in or with strong connection to Inner East – who have experienced family violence and moved through crisis and ready for therapeutic support
Length: Various programs
Location: Inner East (local government areas of Monash; Boroondara; Manningham & Whitehorse
Focus: One on one therapeutic work with victim survivors (both adult and children) to recover from the impact of family violence. Therapeutic groups with Doncare and EACH for women, primary school aged children, teens, and parent child groups. Co-design peer support group with Doncare and Lifecare for connection.
Contact: Practitioners can call to discuss or make a referral on 9896 6395 or email trakeast@anglicarevic.org.au
Funded: Yes
Childcare Provided: N/A
Numbers: N/A
Organisation: Alliance – Uniting; EACH; Australian Childhood Foundation; Family Access Network; Refuge Victoria
Eligibility Criteria: Children; Young people; Adults with links to Outer East who have experienced family violence
Length: Various programs, groups and 1:1 – most are 6 months in length
Location: Outer East (local government areas of Maroondah, Knox and Yarra Ranges)
Focus: Tailored therapeutic programs to various ages, stages and cultural communities
Contact: Practitioners can call to discuss or make a referral on 8870 4040 or email pathwaystoresilienceoe@vt.uniting.org
Funded: Yes
Childcare Provided: No
Numbers: N/A
Organisation: Better Place Australia
Eligibility Criteria: Individual/couple/family counselling for adults/young adults who need support with individual or family relationships to prevent relationship breakdown or deal with separation, improve likeliness of successful future relationships.
Length: 8-10 sessions
Location: Various locations or online
Focus: Counselling around relationship issues
Contact: Clients can self-refer or a worker can refer on behalf of a client by ringing the Intake Team on 1800-639-523
Funded: Yes
Childcare Provided:
Numbers: N/A
Organisation: Camcare
Eligibility Criteria: Anyone aged over 15 who works, lives or studies in City of Boroondara
Length: 5 – 10 counselling sessions
Location: Camberwell (or online)
Focus: Generalist emotional counselling
Contact: Self-referral or via a practitioner – contact Camcare on 9831 1900. No referral from GP or mental health care plan required.
Funded: Yes
Childcare Provided: No
Numbers: N/A
Organisation: Crossway LifeCare
Eligibility Criteria: Women who have experienced family violence and have been out of the relationship for at least 6 months.
Length: Tuesdays 12pm – 2pm 10th October – 5th December
Location: Waratah House
Focus: A 9-week program which provides a safe space for women recovering from the impacts of intimate partner violence to learn, heal and grow.
Sessions cover:
Contact: Contact FVPrograms@crosswaylifecare.org.au or 9886 3899
Funded: Free.
Childcare Provided:
Numbers:
Organisation: Crossway LifeCare
Eligibility Criteria: Adults and Youth
Length: Meet weekly for 1 hour with mentor over a 12 month period
Location:
Focus: Support by a mentor to offer practical help and mentoring towards life goals.
Contact: 9886 3899 or COACH@Crosswaylifecare.org.au
Funded: Yes
Childcare Provided: No
Numbers: N/A
Organisation: Crossway LifeCare
Eligibility Criteria: Individuals / couples / or family therapy
Length: One-off or ongoing
Location: Burwood East or telehealth
Focus: Counselling service
Contact: 9886 3899 or counseling@crosswaylifecare.org.au
Funded: Subisidies available as needed
Childcare Provided: No
Numbers: N/A
Organisation: Doncare
Eligibility Criteria: Women. Post-crisis. No longer in the abusive relationship; can commit to 12 month program
Length: Weekly 30 minutes sessions
Location: Client must have a link to Manningham
Focus: One-on-one support with a volunteer mentor once per week. Mentors provide emotional and practical support.
Contact: Self-referral or via practitioner – contact DAWN program at Doncare on 9856 1500 or email doncare@doncare.org.au
Funded: Yes
Childcare Provided: No
Numbers: N/A
Organisation: Doncare
Eligibility Criteria: Women who have experienced family violence or have a strong passion to support women who have experienced family violence
Length: Open Group with rehersals held fortnightly
Location: Manningham
Focus: Sassing is a choir who rehearse fortnightly and perform as requested. The aim of the group is to bring like-minded women together to sing and support each other to overcome the impact of family violence on themselves or others.
Contact: Contact Doncare 9856 1500
Funded: Yes
Childcare Provided: No
Numbers: Open
Organisation: Doncare
Eligibility Criteria: Subsidised counselling sessions for women and children who have experienced family violence.
Length: 12 subsidised sessions per person
Location: Doncaster
Focus: Individual counselling for women and children who have experienced family violence.
Contact: Contact Doncare Intake 9856 1500
Funded: Part
Childcare Provided: N/A
Numbers: 27
Organisation: Doncare & Anglicare
Eligibility Criteria: Women moving towards healing and recovery
Length: 6 weeks, 2 hour sessions – during school terms
Location: Doncaster
Focus: Creative art therapy – creative arts; journaling; mindfulness – exploring themes relating to emotions, values and identity
Contact: Self-referral or via practitioner contact Doncare on 9856 1500
Funded: Yes
Childcare Provided: N/A
Numbers: 10
Organisation: Doncare & Anglicare
Eligibility Criteria: Women recovering from family violence (have experienced some counselling or attended other groups as part of their recovery)
Length: During school terms : Wednesdays 12-2pm
Location: Doncaster
Focus: Provide peer support and connection amongst survivors of family violence to assist with recovery and empowerment
Contact: Self-referral or via a practitioner – contact Andrea at Doncare via email andrea.derauch@doncare.org.au or call 9856 1500; or via Anglicare Trak Forward contact 9896 6395
Funded: Yes
Childcare Provided: No
Numbers: Open
Organisation: EACH
Eligibility Criteria: Adult women who are victim survivors of family violence and have links to the Outer East metro area of Melbourne
Length: 6 sessions – school term. Tuesdays 10am – 12pm
Location: Boronia
Focus: Therapeutic Recovery and psychoeducational group for women who have experienced family Violence
Contact: Referral through Uniting Ringwood – pathwaystoresilienceoe@vt.uniting.org or 8870 4040. Internal from EACH (Trak) and EACH service access 1300 00 3224 (external organisation and self-referral). Or via Sherre on 0428 326 177
Funded: Yes
Childcare Provided: No
Numbers: 10 adults per group (total 20 per year)
Organisation: EACH
Eligibility Criteria: Adult women who are victim survivors of family violence and have links to the Outer East metro area of Melbourne
Length: 5 sessions : Wednesdays 10am – 12pm
Location: To be provided upon registration
Focus: Art therapy for adult women
Contact: Referral through Uniting Ringwood – pathwaystoresilienceoe@vt.uniting.org or 8870 4040. Internal from EACH (Trak) and EACH service access 1300 00 3224 (external organisation and self-referral)
Funded: Yes
Childcare Provided: N/A
Numbers: N/A
Organisation: EACH
Eligibility Criteria: Individualised counselling for women family violence victim survivors
Length: 6 – 10 sessions
Location: Ferntree Gully
Focus: Individual counselling – adult counselling; family violence counselling; prompt response counselling
Contact: Through EACH service access 1300 00 3224
Funded: Yes
Childcare Provided: N/A
Numbers: N/A
Organisation: EACH and Anglicare
Eligibility Criteria: Parent and child who experienced family violence and now working on recovery
Length: 6 sessions – school term. Runs twice per year
Location: Box Hill
Focus: Creative art thearpy group for parents and children to attend together to enhance attachment and have fun
Contact: Pratitioners can call to discuss or make a referral on 9896 6395 or email trakeast@anglicarevic.org.au
Funded: Yes
Childcare Provided: n/a
Numbers: n/a
Organisation: EACH and Anglicare
Eligibility Criteria: Women and Children (aged 4-8) recovering from family violence
Length: 6 weekly sessions for one hour
Location: Box Hill
Focus: This Trauma informed course will help strengthen the bond between you and your children whilst having fun. Expect games, yoga poses and relaxation activities.
Contact: Anglicare TRAK forward Intake on 9896 6395
or email trakeast@anglicarevic.org.au
Funded: Yes
Childcare Provided: n/a
Numbers: 8 families
Organisation: Eastern Centre Against Sexual Assault – ECASA
Eligibility Criteria: Ages 4+ who have experienced sexual assault either recently or in the past
Length: Short to medium term
Location: Telehealth & phone counselling
Focus: Provides confidential counselling and support. The service is also available to non-offending family members, partners and friends.
Contact: Call ECASA 9870 7730
Funded: Yes
Childcare Provided: No
Numbers: N/A
Organisation: EACH
Eligibility Criteria: Free support for anyone impacted by Gambling harm, whether the gambler or an affected other e.g. spouse/partner/child/colleague/family member
Length: Unlimited support from counsellors both Therapeutic and Financial
Location: 11 sites throughout Inner and Outer Eastern Melbourne
Focus: Supporting people experiencing Gambling Harm through a minimisation strategy. Therapeutic Counsellors assist people manage their addiction and Financial Counsellors assist clients to get their finances back on track.
Contact: P: 1300 131 973 or E: GHEIntake@EACH.com.au
Funded: Yes
Childcare Provided: No
Numbers: N/A
Organisation: HealthAbility
Eligibility Criteria: Counselling for women who have experienced family violence
Length: Short to medium term
Location: Box Hill and Eltham
Focus: Individual counselling; family violence counselling available in person, via telephone or via video-conferencing.
Contact: Call 9430 9100 or email contact@healthability.org.au
Funded: Yes
Childcare Provided: N/A
Numbers: N/A
Organisation: Mainly Music
Eligibility Criteria: Babies to pre-schoolers and parents
Length: Weekly 30 minutes sessions
Location: Multiple locations in Eastern Metropolitan Melbourne
Focus: Various programs available – music focus and play focus. An interactive 30 minute structured session.
Contact: Visit website and enter postcode to find available programs near you.
Funded: Yes
Childcare Provided: N/A
Numbers: N/A
Organisation: Kara Family Violence Service
Eligibility Criteria: Women impacted by family violence
Length: Single 4 hour workshop
Location: Monash area
Focus: To explore creativity and enjoy the therapeutic benefits of art making.
Contact: Self-referral or via a practitioner – email support@karahouse.org.au or call 1800 900 520
Funded: Yes
Childcare Provided: Yes
Numbers: N/A
Organisation: Kara Family Violence Service
Eligibility Criteria: Women who have experienced family violence and might be feeling alone, stuck and overwhelmed
Length: Two full day sessions over two weeks. Occurring once per term.
Location: There are 2 groups which run per term – one in the Box Hill area and another in the Monash area
Focus: A safe place to take time out, make strategies for the future and connect with other women in similar circumstances
Contact: Self-referral or via a practitioner – email support@karaFVS.org.au or call 03 9899 5666
Funded: Yes
Childcare Provided: Yes
Numbers: N/A
Organisation: Relationships Australia Victoria
Eligibility Criteria: Women who have experienced interpersonal trauma
Length: 8 sessions
Location: On-line – will need access to Zoom
Focus: Body-based – mindfulness and other non-verbal practices such as yoga. Strategies to help healing
Contact: Contact RAV Relationship Education Coordinator on 9261 8700
Funded: Yes
Childcare Provided: No
Numbers: N/A
Organisation: Relationships Australia Victoria
Eligibility Criteria: Women with a connection to the City of Knox who have been impacted by family violence.
Length: 8 online sessions from 10am – 12pm on Fridays in term 1, 2023:
• 10, 17, 24 February
• 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 March
Location: On-line – will need access to Zoom
Focus: Learning, sharing, connecting and creating in a group environment. A chance to talk about your experiences and to learn from others and from educational material.
Contact: Contact RAV on 9725 9964 or email boronia@rav.org.au
Funded: Yes
Childcare Provided: No
Numbers: N/A
Organisation: Relationships Australia Victoria
Eligibility Criteria: Women who currently feel or have previously felt powerlessness as a result of experiencing controlling & abusive behaviours
Length: 8 sessions
Location: Kew
Focus: Group program to share experiences and receive support and information
Contact: Contact RAV Kew Relationship Education Coordinator on 9261 8700
Funded: Yes
Childcare Provided: No
Numbers: N/A
Organisation: Relationships Australia Victoria – Kew
Eligibility Criteria: Women
Length: Single sessions and ongoing appointments available
Location: Kew or Boronia
Focus: Individual councelling available in person, via telephone or via video-conferencing
Contact: Contact RAV Kew Relationship Education Coordinator on 9261 8700
Funded: Part
Childcare Provided: No
Numbers: N/A
Organisation: PhysioWorks – Karyn Wheeler
Eligibility Criteria: Women
Length: 1 hour sessions
Location: Camberwell
Focus: Massage that can be conducted with clothes on helping the client with trauma awareness
Contact: Ph 9889 6611 or email camberwell@physioworksvic.com.au
Funded: N/A
Childcare Provided: N/A
Numbers: N/A
Organisation: PhysioWorks – Karyn Wheeler
Eligibility Criteria: Women who would like to explore and learn to manage physiological responses to trauma
Length: 10 sessions of 90 minutes
Location: Camberwell
Focus: Helping the client to focus on the sensations in their body allows self regulation techniques that may include breathing, movement, creativity and self massage all whilst maintaining an awareness of their physiological responses in a safe an supported environment allows a confidence in ones own ability to manage and respond, not react to stimuli that may lead to a heightened state.
Contact: Ph 9889 6611 or email camberwell@physioworksvic.com.au
Funded: No
Childcare Provided: N/A
Numbers: N/A
Organisation: Melanie Anderson – Wisdom from Within Counselling and Therapeutic Services
Eligibility Criteria: People seeking specialist family violence recovery support.
Length: Dependent upon the client’s needs.
Location:
Focus: Providing specialist family violence recovery therapeutic services, generalist counselling and wellbeing coaching.
Utilises specialist family violence and trauma informed approach. Is strengths based and person centred with flexibility around how we work dependent upon clients needs and goals.
Contact: wfwcounselling@outlook.com | 0412286764
Funded: No
Childcare Provided: No
Numbers: N/A
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