Counselling Therapy
If you need help, Alice House provides access to trauma-informed counselling, support groups, and child & youth services - even if you aren't a resident with us. .
Under this program, Alice House provides therapeutic individual and group counselling, prevention and education programs, and advocacy services to women and children who have escaped IPV. Our trauma-informed counsellors guide women and children through their recovery journey, with three-tier levels that represent safety, courage, and growth. These tiers cater to the specific needs of clients at different stages of their healing process.
If you are the victim of a crime, Nova Scotia Victims Services can refer you to Alice House to access our counselling through the Criminal Injuries Counselling Program.
Trauma Counselling
Supports survivors through a three-tiered framework focused on safety, courage, and growth.
Our trauma-informed counsellors guide women through their recovery journey focusing on trauma recovery and addressing mental health symptoms arising from experiencing IPV.
We use a three-tiered framework to provide that represent safety, courage, and growth catering to the specific needs of clients at different stages of their healing process.
Criminal Injuries Counselling
Alice House counsellors are approved criminal injuries counsellors and provide time-limited mental health counselling to women and children survivors of a violent crime. Referrals required for external clients.
Peer Support Groups
Includes fitness, meditation, and art therapies, as well as education on resisting societal victim-blaming narratives.
Group programs, including fitness classes, meditation, and art therapies. The program also educates women about societal attitudes surrounding gender-based violence, empowering them to develop self-esteem and resist victim-blaming narratives.