A Warm, Compassionate Space to Grow, Heal, and Rediscover

Domestic abuse counselling is a therapeutic process tailored to support individuals who have experienced or are experiencing abuse within their intimate relationships or family units. The goal is to create a safe space where you can explore your feelings, make sense of your experiences, and begin to heal from trauma. Sessions are guided by your needs—whether that means unpacking past hurts, learning to set healthy boundaries, or simply having a place to be heard and believed.

At Indy Support Services, the counselling process adapts to your unique situation, offering guidance, tools, and encouragement as you work through difficult emotions and choices. You are encouraged to identify your own strengths and resources, while gaining practical skills to navigate the challenges of recovery. Confidentiality and your sense of agency are always respected. Collaboration is at the heart of our work together, ensuring you remain in control of your healing journey.

Key aspects of domestic abuse counselling with Indy Support Services include:

• Safety Planning: I will work with you to develop practical strategies that support your immediate and ongoing safety, whether you are currently in or have left a difficult situation.
• Validation and Empowerment: I am here to help you understand that what happened was not your fault, nurture your self-worth, and guide you as you reclaim your sense of agency.
• Education: I can offer information about the cycle of abuse, warning signs, and what healthy, respectful relationships can look like.
• Emotional Support: My goal is to provide a warm, welcoming space where you can express feelings without fear or judgment—anger, sadness, confusion, hope, and everything in between.
• Resource Connection: If you need additional support, I can connect you with helpful community resources, including legal, housing, or medical support.

• Physical abuse - Force or violence against a person, such as hitting, slapping, kicking, choking, pushing, or causing bodily injury—also includes threats with weapons or assaults on others. 
• Sexual abuse - Any non‑consensual sexual act, coercive or degrading sexual behaviour, marital rape, manipulating pregnancy/contraception, or sharing intimate images without consent. 
• Psychological / emotional abuse - Includes insults, threats to harm (self or others), gaslighting (denying reality), belittling, blaming, fear‑inducing tactics, emotional blackmail, public humiliation and eroding self-esteem. 
• Financial / economic abuse - Controlling or denying access to money, monitoring spending, preventing work or education, withholding living costs, or financially trapping someone to make them dependent. 
• Social or geographical isolation - Stopping contact with family/friends, forbidding social activities, relocating them to unfamiliar areas, or limiting mobility. 
• Stalking or technology‑facilitated abuse - Surveillance, GPS tracking, monitoring calls or online activity, sending harassing texts/emails, or controlling someone via spyware or shared accounts. 
• Coercive control - An ongoing pattern of manipulation, restriction and intimidation—often invisible in single incidents. It includes controlling decisions about appearance, contact, routines and autonomy. National Principles officially recognise it as central to domestic abuse in Australia. 
• Verbal abuse (closely linked to emotional abuse) - Name-calling, yelling, constant criticism of identity or parenting skills—used to dominate through words. 
• Spiritual / cultural abuse - Undermining, mocking or forbidding religious or cultural practices, belittling one’s beliefs or refusing access to traditional land or ceremonies. 
• Child, elder, or carer abuse - Abuse of dependents—including neglect, physical/sexual/emotional harm, or controlling behaviours toward children, the elderly, or those in care. 

No two journeys are the same. At Indy Support Services, I offer a personalised approach that draws on a variety of effective, compassionate therapies:

• Person-Centered Counselling: You are always at the heart of our work together. I value your perspective and empower you to make choices that feel right for you, at your own pace.
• Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT): Together, I will help you focus on your strengths, resources, and successes, so you can find hope and practical solutions for the future.
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): I can help you identify and challenge unhelpful thought patterns, so you can build emotional resilience and develop new, healthier ways of coping.
• Mindfulness: Through gentle mindfulness techniques, I encourage you to reconnect with the present moment, bringing calm and compassion to your everyday life.

It’s normal to feel lost or overwhelmed after experiencing domestic abuse. If you are having a difficult time, please remember: I am here for you at Indy Support Services. Reaching out for help is an act of strength, and I am ready to support you with care and understanding.

You might benefit from domestic abuse counselling if you:

• Feel anxious or fearful most of the time
• Struggle with sleep or recurring nightmares
• Are losing interest in activities you once enjoyed
• Find it hard to trust or connect with others
• Experience distressing memories or flashbacks
• Feel isolated, numb, or hopeless

If any of this feels familiar, I invite you to connect with me at Indy Support Services for a confidential, supportive conversation. 

If you or a loved one is living with the impact of domestic abuse, know that caring, professional help is available. Indy Support Services is dedicated to providing you with a safe, informed, and empowering environment to heal and rebuild. As your counsellor, I am ready to listen, support, and help you create a future filled with safety and wellbeing.

Reach out to Indy Support Services today. I welcome you to take the first step—your journey to hope, healing, and renewed strength starts right here, with me.