In addition to the groups, individual counselling sessions are also offered. For many women, this is the only setting in which they can speak about their painful experiences. For women who are acutely threatened by violence, the initial focus is on crisis intervention and psychological first aid, which is then followed during the counselling with the recreation of security and with stabilisation.
Depending on the crisis context, the training level of the counsellor and the specific life situation of the affected woman, it can be possible to deal with traumatic experiences therapeutically – this can take months and years. The therapeutic process can lead to a healing result if the client is able to accept her traumatic experiences as part of her life experience and to develop a new perspective for her life. In this context, the official acknowledgement and prosecution of sexualised violence as a serious human rights violation is an important factor to re-establish justice for the survivors.