Crisis Counselling

At the ORCC we offer crisis one-to-one counselling that is available for women in immediate need of counselling services. Crisis Counselling can be up to 6 sessions. Each session lasts for one hour and takes place at ORCC. The goal of crisis counselling focuses on lessening the stress that the sexual assault (whether historical or recent) has on the survivor presently. This means that the counsellor will provide both emotional and practical support and education while working with the client to generate her own coping strategies in order to manage the here and now.

Longer-term Counselling vs. Crisis Counselling

The two main differences between crisis counselling and longer-term counselling is that crisis counselling is significantly shorter in length. Also, while the focus of longer-term counselling is to explore more deeply the impacts of sexual violence on a survivor’s life, the focus of crisis counselling is to explore and assess a woman’s immediate needs such as safety and to help alleviate her current stressors.

Support Person Counselling

A support person of a survivor may access up-to 3 sessions of counseling. In these sessions the support person will receive guidance on how to best-support the survivor in her/his life. A support person may include a partner, friend, family member, teacher etc.

Contact

To access either crisis or support person counselling please contact the Counselling Team Leader at 613-562-2334 ex: 30 or the Crisis Line directly at 613-562-2333.