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Testimonials

I had no idea what to expect and I was very nervous but soon realised that it was okay and I did not need to worry.

[Counselling] has helped me understand what happened in relation to my mental health and to find holistic coping mechanisms. It has also helped me figure out potential life purpose.

You don't know what you need to know until you experience abuse. CRCC has made it an easier road to navigate and I feel totally supported at a time we thought we would not survive!

[My counsellor] was very supportive and understanding.

[Having ISVA support] confirmed my desire to teach and help and guide children towards becoming healthy and developed adults, it has also helped me with my paintings and seeing how I can use my creativity to express some of my anxiety and trauma.

Amazing support.

Thank you so much - I don’t know what I would have done without this support.

Everyone was friendly and welcoming and understanding and it was something stable when everything else was chaotic

[Counselling gave me] a space in which I feel comfortable in talking about my emotions and memories.

[In my counselling sessions] I didn't just talk about the "rape". I managed to get other issues out in the open.

They are doing a great job offering support to rape victims in the community, make them open up about how they feel, it is great they are available to talk to, because they are something you do not want to discuss with family or friends. Just because we all think they will be judgemental.

It was nice for me to have someone to talk to who could not just listen but give advice as well. I also was really happy that I learnt more about myself through these sessions.

I talked to the police before having an ISVA. CRCC gave me phone support regarding what rights I have [and] what the interview would be like.

I have learnt so much about myself and feel that after everything I have been through I have come out a better version of myself.

[The support] made me think about a lot of things in life, feelings, safety, and surrounding and to help with family and relationship and not to make me feel worse about myself.

My daughter feels more confident with [her ChISVA’s] help.

It has helped me talk to friends, talk to my partner and made those relationships stronger as well as helping me understand and forgive myself for things that happened in the past.

CRCC have taught me how to trust when I didn't know how. Have shown me self belief when all I could see was self hatred. Have helped me feel anger when all I could feel was emptyness. Have given me hope in a sea of despair. Have helped me grow from a lost, confused, helpless, victim with the feeling that suicide may be my only available escape, into the beginnings strong, self aware, survivor looking forward to a much brighter future. That has changed my world.

My daughters' had someone they could engage with (their ChISVA) and I was able to come to terms with what has happened to me and actual be able to see a future was possible.

Every victim and every victim supporter needs to be given the opportunity to attend one of these groups. They are absolutely invaluable and an essential part of the therapeutic journey to recovery and surviving an assault.

The free counselling sessions have been amazing - the best part of all my contact with Rape Crisis.

[I valued] the understanding and compassionate way in which I have been treated. This has helped me grow and learn more about myself and how to cope with things I have learnt so much and honestly this has been amazing.

Being believed, understood, accepted and getting challenged so that I could go on the journey towards living with freedom. Freedom of thought, emotion and action.

The one to one support, [my ISVA] was fantastic and very proactive.

I was understood and given ideas/tips on how to cope with flashbacks and how to handle it.

[My ISVA] wasn’t pushy. She asked regularly if I needed anything and if everything was going okay but she left me to it and if I needed support I knew she was there.

[I valued] having the support from a really nice counsellor. I felt safe and the help was amazing with coping strategies.

[I appreciate] The feeling of not being alone & isolated & I hope that this group can be repeated to help and support more women in our situation in understanding and knowing they are NOT ALONE!

[My ISVA] helped me all the way through the fight for justice, she is awesome - thanks to her I am still sane!

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