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Family Violence Prevention
Relationships Australia provides a range of services to assist those with violence and or abuse issues in their relationships.
Family Violence Prevention Services include the provision of counselling at the earliest possible time for couples before they reach the point where they are at risk of experiencing family violence.
Counselling and other support is available for people who have experienced violence and abuse and are seeking ways to ensure their safety and to overcome the impact of this trauma.
Programs, groups and courses for people who use violence and abuse in their interpersonal relationships and want to find new ways of relating that does not harm others and are looking to improving their quality of life through positive respectful relationships.
For specific Family Violence Prevention programs in your area, please select your state or territory:
Or contact your closest Relationships Australia Branch for assistance.
Online Relationship Support
- Managing Conflict
- Misuse of Power and Control in Relationships
- Physical Violence in Relationships
- Ending Relationships Without Using Violence or Abuse
- How Violence and Abusive Behaviour Affects Children
Philosophy Of Work To Prevent Family Violence
Relationships Australia rejects the use of violence in family and intimate relationships.
We reject the exploitation and abuse of any person physically, sexually, economically, psychologically or socially.
We support and encourage all initiatives legislatively, legally, economically, therapeutically and socially that promote human relationships which are based upon respect, dignity and non-violence.
We accept our responsibility to challenge the social structures, which permit and encourage violence, and to confront the effects of our patriarchal heritage, which still supports inequality between the sexes, and between generations.
We advocate the positive benefits of collaboration and cooperation between the sexes in seeking lasting solutions.
We believe that the safety of the abused person is of paramount importance and that we must do everything that we can to ensure this safety.
We believe that the sole responsibility of violence or abusive behaviour rests with the person who uses the abuse, not the person who is abused. It is ultimately the responsibility of the person who uses violence or abuse to change their behaviour, and we act to facilitate that change.
