Women Partners of Men who have Sex with Men
Women Partners of Men who have Sex with Men (also known as Women Partners), is an NSW based service that offers individual counselling, support groups and Sexual Health information for all women whose partners are Men who have Sex with Men. Counselling focus often includes infidelity and betrayal trauma, regaining of self-identity, ensuring sexual health wellbeing, and helping women plan for their future including remaining in the relationship or separation.
Other Services:
Counselling is funded for NSW based women only, however sexual health information and referral pathways are available on the Women Partners website for women both Australia wide and globally. The Women Partners service also provides professional development for counsellors, social workers, GPs, and other health professionals via the Webinars hosted on the Women Partners website.
Benefits:
Contacting Women Partners increases psychological and emotional support for women who may be isolated, lonely and feeling stigmatised in their lived experience as Women Partners of Men who have Sex with Men. The website also hosts information on Sexual Health, where to get tested and why it is important, other women’s health resources and professional capacity raising for those working with Women Partners.
Fees: All counselling services for Women Partners are free.
Counselling is ongoing and has no time limitations.
Free Support Groups run online for a period of 6 weeks.
Sexual health testing via the GPs may have some costs involved. Please refer to the Fees page.
Contact details:
Call us on 02 9560 3011 or toll free on 1800 787 887
Visit our website: https://www.womenpartners.org.au/
Email us: womenpartners@lwchc.org.au
Follow us on social media: https://www.facebook.com/womenpartners
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Leichhardt Women’s Community Health Centre provides client centred and trauma informed wrap-around health services, support and education to marginalised and financially disadvantaged women.
LWCHC is committed to embracing diversity and eliminating all forms of discrimination in the provision of health services. LWCHC welcomes all women irrespective of ethnicity, mental health, history of suicidality, drug use, faith, sexual orientation, or gender identity.
We are not a crisis counselling or drop-in centre. Our practitioners see women by appointment. Phone us to find out more or to book an appointment: 9560 3011. If you have an urgent medical condition, please go straight to the hospital or dial 000.
Funded by NSW Health
Leichhardt Women’s Community Health Centre (LWCHC) acknowledges and pays respect to the Gadigal and Wangal people of the Eora Nation as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work. We acknowledge the continuation of cultural and spiritual practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. LWCHC supports The Uluru Statement From the Heart.
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