Adult Counselling Service

How to Access Counselling:

Wexford Rape Crisis provides adult counselling to women and men aged 18 and over.

To speak to one of us about accessing counselling can be done in a variety of ways. You can call us on the freephone number 1800330033 or e-mail us at support@wexfordrapecrisis.com.

We understand that you may be feeling anxious about taking the first step to getting help, but be assured that all our counsellors are fully qualified and have years of experience of supporting people affected by DSGBV.

Once you make contact, we will set up an appointment for the assessment, this is nothing to worry about. It is simply to take some basic information from you and to tell you about what we do and how we do it.

Post Assessment:

After your assessment, if you decide to move on to counselling, you will be placed on the waiting list. We have waiting lists for each town – Wexford, Enniscorthy, New Ross and Gorey – and your waiting time will depend on where you go and how many people are on the waiting list ahead of you.

We aim to have a client on the waiting list for no longer than three months. When an appointment becomes available, WRC will contact you with a date and time.

Counselling Sessions:

Most clients have a counselling session once per week. The number of sessions vary from person to person and this can be discussed with your counsellor.

Cost of Counselling:

We request €20 per counselling session. If finances are a challenge, part of this can be paid. No-one will be denied counselling because of financial challenges.

Eligibility for Counselling with WEXRC:

The eligibility criteria for counselling with WEXRC is as follows:

1. Directly or Indirectly Impacted by Domestic, Sexual or Gender-Based Violence (The cannot work outside of this remit)

2. Aged 12 years or over (Services for 12- to 17-year-olds is only available in Wexford town and Gorey)

3. High Risk: It is important that on engaging with WEXRC that you are not currently a high risk to self or others. If high risk exists another service may be more appropriate to your needs at this time.

4. Substance Misuse: That is not impacting on your ability to engage in counselling

5. Readiness for counselling – it is important that the client is at the stage where they are ready to deal with processing their DSGBV

6. Mental Health: You have the ability to engage in the counselling process without it adversely affecting your mental health*

(*The service will support clients with assessing if this is the best time to engage in counselling with Wexford Rape Crisis. Counselling may cease if the service feels it is in the best interest of the client’s mental health and/or believes a different mental health service would be more appropriate to support the client at the time).