Women’s Outreach and Counselling
Stopping the Violence Outreach and Counselling Programs
We are advocates for women using inclusive and responsive strategies along with outreach and community-based activities. We support women who wish to achieve changes in their family that eliminate adverse conditions for them or other family members.
Stopping the Violence (STV) Counselling
Mid-Range Counselling Services are for adult women survivors of childhood abuse, sexual assault, abuse and violence in intimate relationships.
Counselling is provided from a feminist perspective within an accessible, inclusive, safe and supportive environment that is rooted in respectful relationships.
This service is provided in a non-judgmental and non-labeling manner with the goal of fostering self-empowerment and healing from trauma.
Two Areas of Counselling Service
Acute, short-term interventions AND/OR women in chronic situations with long histories of abuse and trauma.
These services are offered in person, by telephone and in groups.
Other roles:
Intakes
Assessments
Referrals
Individual Counselling
Group Counselling
Third-party reporting
Forest Therapy Walks
Collaboration with Collateral Agencies and Services
Contact
Arrow and Slocan Lakes Community Services
STOPPING THE VIOLENCE
205 – 6th Avenue, NW
PO Box 100, Nakusp, BC V0G 1R0
Debbie Pitaoulis - Counselling
Phone: 250-265-3674 ext 209
Karen Scott - Outreach
Phone: 250-265-3674 ext 205
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Stopping the Violence (STV) Outreach
STV Outreach is a safe, confidential, free program for self-identified adult women and their dependent children. This program gives support to women fleeing or looking to flee domestic abuse.
Women will be served using a feminist, anti-oppression framework recognizing that they are the experts in their lives and have the power to make the right choices for themselves and their children. They will be supported along their journey with compassion, respect, dignity and privacy.
STV Outreach can provide supportive counselling, safety planning, referrals to other services such as Victim Services, STV Counseling, Transition Homes, children’s counseling, legal aid and more. Other services offered include clothing, transportation to appointments, and help with food and other basic needs.
There are many forms of abuse, it is not just physical. If you are being abused and would like help in deciding what your options are, call STV Outreach today.
Some examples of how STV Outreach helps are:
Support Accessing Legal Aid
Assistance with Canada Customs and Immigration
Referrals to a Transition House
Referrals to the Food Bank
Helping with life necessities such as food, clothing and shelter
Supportive Counselling
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LOVE is Consent
Consent is an enthusiastic and freely given “YES” to sexual activity.
It is:
Freely Given - Deciding willingly and given voluntarily without coercion, force, threats, or intimidation. Consent is not valid if a person is made to feel guilty, fearful, is impaired by drugs and alcohol, unconscious or otherwise incapable of giving consent. (under mental or physical distress)
Revocable - Ongoing throughout a sexual encounter and can be revoked at any time. Once it is revoked (taken back), the other person must stop. It is not a contract and you still need to check in with the other person if they still agree.
Specific - Consent to some form of sexual activity does not imply consent to other forms of sexual activity. Consent to sexual activity on one occasion is not consent to engage in sexual activity on another occasion. This applies even in the context of a relationship.
Yes Means Yes - It is not consent if the person is implying “no” by making excuses. (EG: “I’m tired”) or their body language says no (EG: moving away, pretending to be asleep, freezing up or becoming silent.) “Maybe”, “I’m not sure”, and “How about later”, are not YES!
Mutual - Everyone involved deciding together to do the same thing at the same time, in the same way with each other. Everyone understands exactly what and how much are agreed upon.
The responsibility for consent rests on the person initiating each sexual activity.
You are not alone, there are people who can help.
Transgender: kootenaytransgender.com
INTERIOR CRISIS LINE: 1-888-353-CARE (2273)
BC Crisis Centre: 1.800.784.2433
VictimLink: 1.800.563.0808
Trans Lifeline: 1.877.330.6366
Kids Help Phone: 1.800.668.6868
BC Society of Transition Houses: www.bcsth.ca
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