Sex assault victims have hit out at the Government’s failure to fully ban the use of counselling notes in trials under new legislation, saying Ireland will still be in breach of international human ...

The founder of an advocacy group for therapists has said that victims of sexual assault are being retraumatised by having their counselling notes read out to them in court. Bairbre Kelly, of ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) Sexual violence causes profound trauma and many victims seek counselling and support in its wake. Access to counselling is crucial to promote recovery for victim-survivors.

Sex assault and rape survivors are choosing to attend counselling instead of pursuing a criminal prosecution against their attacker for fear their counselling notes will be used in a trial. A survey ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sexual violence causes profound trauma and many victims seek counselling and support in its wake. Access to counselling is crucial ...