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Counselling in a remote area? 23 March 2009

Could you perhaps suggest a rape councilor in or near the Bela Bela (warmbaths) area of South Africa? The event happened many years ago but the pain lingers on and needs to be addressed albeit beyond the grave.

Thank you

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Pretoria has the closest rape counselling organisations that we know of, but why don't you or the person you know who is experiencing difficulties call The Stop Women Abuse helpline of Lifeline - I have pasted their number below. If they cannot give you a counselling organisation close to you, then they do very good telephone counselling. You or your partner can choose to speak to a man or a woman, but frankly as someone who has been raped myself, these counsellors are generally so good that I don't feel that their gender matters, but of course, we are all different.

It is good to do a lot of reading about the subject, we have a list of books - but too our website is very comprehensive. The most important thing for a partner of such a person is to listen openly and to understand post traumatic stress which can persist for years.


 

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