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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

WHAT TO DO

if you are approached for help by someone who has experienced sexual violence?

Listen to them
Believe them
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
Do encourage them to seek professional help

WHAT NOT TO DO

if you are approached for help by someone who has experienced sexual violence?

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

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Testimonials

I thought sexual violence was only if you were raped, I didn’t understand that although I wasn’t raped, what happened to me was sexual assault and was not ok. It had a really negative impact on my life and caused a lot of problems for me. After my friend told me about KASA I agreed to contact them, and things changed for me after that. I am so thankful that services like yours exists in Co Kilkenny, it has made all the difference to me”

“Hello, my name is Ger. I went to my doctor Brendan lee. While I was with Dr Lee, I told him I was sexually abused. He gave me the phone number for the Kilkenny Rape Crisis Centre. I picked up the phone and called the number and it was the best thing I have ever done. The counsellors there are fantastic and listen to all my problems over a number of years. All men out there pick up the phone or tell somebody about your problems”

“Thank you to the service for everything. You helped me so much and in turn my family and friends are delighted I’m back living life again and coping. I know there will be good times and hard times but I’m not frightened anymore – I can cope, I’m so grateful to you all, thank you”

“It has taken me 28 years to reach out for help in accepting and dealing with my abuse. It was an amazing process, helped with the guidance, support and understanding of my counsellor there, and I will be eternally grateful”

“Being a man, I was in shock and denial for months after being raped. I hated the idea of having to go to counselling and acknowledge the reality of what happened to me, I felt so much shame and responsibility for it. Once I finally decided to engage and met my counsellor, having a weekly space to try and understand the layers of shame and the trauma it had caused me helped me so much in my healing. I’m so grateful I had the courage to make the call and find a way to heal”

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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

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