Engender Equality’s family violence counselling supports victim survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) through trauma-informed and evidence-based therapeutic work that supports safety and stabilisation, recovery and healing. Our counselling program offers a range of supports over short to long-term engagements with our qualified practitioners located around Tasmania.  

Medium-Long Term Counselling 

Our medium-long term family violence counselling is delivered in person by qualified practitioners based in Burnie, Launceston, Devonport, Hobart and a range of outreach locations around Tasmania. Individuals who have experienced or are experiencing IPV can access our medium-long term counselling program for up to two (2) years. Through this program we can support victim survivors with: 

• Assessment of IPV risk and interventions to support safety 
• Psychosocial education about IPV and understanding the dynamics of the violence and abuse 
• Understanding the impacts of IPV on children and young people 
• Psychosocial education about trauma and working with traumatic impacts of IPV 
• Connecting to additional relevant services, programs and support networks 
• Emotional regulation and health 
• Self-compassion, self-worth and empowerment 
• Healthy and respectful relationships, understanding rights in a relationship 

Brief Intervention Counselling 

This program is designed to support people who will benefit from a responsive and short-term counselling intervention for experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV). 

Brief Intervention Family Violence Counselling is: 

• Available either face-to-face (Hobart only), by phone and/or online using Zoom 
• Available within a short timeframe of receiving your referral 
• Up to six 90-minute counselling appointments over a period of six months 
• Provides pathways for referral to Engender Equality’s medium-long term family violence counselling or other services  

Outreach Counselling 

We partner with community organisations around Tasmania to offer our family violence counselling programs at a range of outreach locations. Our outreach locations support people experiencing geographical or other barriers to access our counselling in a safe and familiar space in their local community.  

To learn more about our outreach locations, please contact our Intake Team on (03) 6278 9090. If we are not available, please leave a confidential message and we will return your call as soon as we can. We operate during normal business hours. 

If you are a community organisation interested in partnering with us to provide outreach services, please contact admin@engenderequality.org.au. 

Telehealth Services  

For those unable to access face-to-face sessions, we can provide counselling services via phone, or online using Zoom. 

• Phone Counselling
  For phone counselling, you will need to be in an area with reasonable mobile phone reception or have access to a landline. 

• Online Video Counselling
  For video counselling, you will need an internet connection and a secure, private computer, mobile phone or tablet that runs Zoom. To make sure your phone and/or online services are right for you, read our  Terms and Conditions.