If you know someone who has experienced sexual abuse, rape or sexual assault, you may not know how best to help them. You may have strong feelings of helplessness, confusion, shock and anger. It can help to talk to someone, in confidence, about your feelings and concerns.
KASA provides Support Counselling for non-abusing relatives or friends affected by sexual abuse.
Counselling is free, one to one and completely confidential. Counselling can be long term or short term. Counselling is provided by a different Counsellor than the one a Survivor may be attending.
Contact our private Helpline now in complete confidence
Listen to them
Believe them
Don’t give advice or a list of solutions
Don’t judge them
Don’t tell them what you would have done
Don’t ask them why they didn’t do something, for example, scream or fight back
Don’t suggest it wasn’t a real rape or sexual attack, if there was no physical abuse
Don’t ask if they led their abuser on
Don’t insist they talk to a professional or report it to the Gardai
Do tell them it was not their fault.
Do assure them they have rights and choices
Do ask them what THEY want to do
Do offer practical help
Do give information, for example, relevant phone numbers
if you are approached for help by someone who has experienced sexual violence?
if you are approached for help by someone who has experienced sexual violence?
Contact our private Helpline now in complete confidence:
We hold Charitable Tax Exemption (Charity 11626) from the Revenue Commissioners and are
registered with the Charities Regulatory Authority of Ireland (RCN 20032319). KASA is signed up
to the Governance Code.
Registered Charity No. CHY11626 | Trading under Kasa/Kilkenny Rape Crisis Centre Ltd
Confidential Helpline: 1800 478 478 Tel: 056 7751555
Opening Times: Monday – Friday 9am – 5pm
Address: 1 Golfview Terrace, Granges Road, Kilkenny, R95 X259
Email: info@kasa.ie Web: www.kasa.ie