Working It Out partners with Engender Equality, to run a specialized LGBTIQA+ Family Violence Service in Tasmania. The service specializes in providing trauma-informed therapeutic services to LGBTIQA+ people in Tasmania who have experienced intimate partner violence. Services are available in Burnie, Launceston, Devonport, Hobart and other outreach locations
Who can access it: LGBTIQA+ people, including people who are questioning or exploring their gender or sexuality, over the age of 15 who have experienced family violence perpetrated by intimate partners.
What they offer
Trauma-informed and evidence-based therapeutic work that supports safety and stabilization, recovery and healing
- Risk assessment and safety planning
- Short to long-term counselling in person, by phone or via Zoom
Important notes
The service is free and confidential
There’s usually no wait time, though you may be placed on a short waitlist depending on demand
They can’t currently support family violence occurring in other kinds of family relationships (such as violence from family of origin)
Contact
Call: (03) 6278 9090 (Engender Equality for therapeutic services) (business hours – leave a confidential message if unavailable)
Call: 6231 1200 for Working it Out
Email: info@workingitout.org.au
Website: https://www.workingitout.org.au/
Online appointment booking form with Working It Out