West Dunbartonshire
Strategic Skills & Support Pipeline
The Cara Service (Challenging and Responding to Abuse)
Karen Laing
Katrina Johnson
0141 562 8800
Women and young people 12 and over
Please call the contact number above, and one of the counsellor’s will call you to arrange a phone or video call appointment when a space becomes available.
Online at present. Appointments available for young people in schools by arrangement.
Monday - Friday: 9am-5pm
Cara works with women and young people
The Cara Service offers a free and confidential counselling appointments for women and young people who have experienced Domestic abuse, rape, childhood sexual abuse and/or sexual assault. The Cara Service can help with safety planning and provide information.
Counselling can help you to make sense of your story, and encourage you to process and identify thoughts and feelings about what happened to you. This aims to improve your coping skills and support you to find your inner strengths and resources.
The Cara Service can offer 12 appointments to allow you to talk to someone in confidence.