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Child sexual abuse is associated with a range of often detrimental and interrelated outcomes. Bravehearts’ multidisciplinary counselling service has been providing specialist therapeutic support to victims/survivors of child sexual abuse, children and young people at risk of sexual harm, and non-offending family members, for over two decades.

The aim of this evaluation is specifically to:

• Understand levels of client symptomology and functioning at commencement of counselling for two distinct client groups (child/adolescent clients, and adult clients).
• Examine changes in client symptomology and functioning from commencement to completion of counselling for these client groups.
• Understand perceptions of Bravehearts’ therapeutic services and related outcomes for child/adolescent and adult clients.