COUNSELLING
People with a disability have the right to explore, express and enjoy their sexuality and to receive counselling that is accessible and appropriate to their relationships, sexual needs, communication and way of learning.
Provides counselling for people with a disability, particularly regarding:
Helping a person to understand themselves and their disability
Sexuality
Sexual health
Assessing risk of sexual offense and vulnerability and mitigating risk.
Developing self-esteem, self-worth and self-advocacy
Understanding emotions and feelings
Relationship and social skills
Counselling sessions aim to develop knowledge and skills, enabling people to be independent and to make informed choices regarding their sexuality, sexual health and practices.
Sessions may be designed to be educational and help people to fill in the gaps of their sexuality education, or support people with more complex and intimate sexuality needs, including gender, sexuality orientation and sexual practices.
Counselling might support people who are vulnerable or people who have sexualised behaviours of concern and who need support with sexuality and the law. Counselling sessions, may also be for couples, who are looking for information and support to make choices together.