Can we help you?
What we offer
Break the Silence offers free, specialist counselling and support in a safe, confidential space where you can work towards post-traumatic healing and growth after childhood sexual abuse. We support adults and young people aged 13 and over in North and East Ayrshire, along with partners and family members, with a dedicated team who are led in part by survivors themselves.
Our professional counsellors provide confidential, trauma-informed support and EMDR therapy for survivors of sexual abuse, with up to 24 sessions available and the possibility of returning for further support if needed. We work with people aged 13 and over across North and East Ayrshire, offering a choice of therapeutic approaches, flexible ways to attend (including in-person, online, and by email), at a pace that is led by each individual so you never feel pushed to share more than you want to.
Break the Silence is accredited by the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP), and we follow their Ethical Framework in how we support you. Alongside direct support for survivors, we invest in training, supervision and ongoing CPD for our clinical team, so that survivors and referrers can trust that they are accessing a highly qualified, continuously developing service. We also work in partnership with other organisations through training, networks and advisory groups to improve awareness of sexual trauma and help make local services more trauma-informed and accessible.
