Counselling - A counselling referral will offer up to 12 sessions of trauma-informed counselling that can be accessed either face to face, online or over the telephone. Your counselling will always be delivered by a woman. Accessing counselling is based on needs, risk and therapeutic assessment. If we are not able to offer you counselling at this stage we will guide you to find more appropriate support to help you in preparation for future counselling.

Group Work- A referral will mean that you, or the person you’re referring, will be contacted by our Group Worker to discuss joining a group. We offer a number of different groups and brief descriptions can be found on our Group Work page on the RCTN website. Our groups offer weekly sessions from between 4-8 weeks. We also offer an Ongoing Monthly Peer Support Group. Before joining a group you will be invited to a pre-group one-to-one meeting to discuss groups and complete a risk assessment. Group support can be accessed either face to face or online. RCTN groups are for those that have experienced sexual violence at any point in their lives and feel like a woman only space is right for them.

ISVA Service (Independent Sexual Violence Advisors) - The ISVA service is here to support survivors of sexual violence who:
Are thinking of reporting their experience of sexual violence to the police but would like to discuss this first OR
Have reported their experience of sexual violence to the police and there is an active police case or Criminal Court proceedings; OR
Have been told by the police or the CPS (Crown Prosecution Service) within the last 3 months that they will be taking no further action on their case, and would like to discuss their options. If your needs fall outside of the above, then our ISVA service will not be the right service for you at this time but we would encourage you to explore our other services including our Helpline which you can use without a formal referral to our organisation. We can also provide you with signposting to other services that may meet your needs. You can contact our Helpline or enquiries to request this information.