Les Boréales counselling is for anyone (children, adolescents, adults, the elderly) who has suffered or committed violence and/or sexual abuse within the family. It is therefore aimed at families/couples caught up in violent interactions, as well as families or adolescents under court order for negligence, ill-treatment or sexual abuse.
The centre offers a range of services, including individual, couple and family therapy, guidance and support, home visits and discussion groups.
Consultations are by prior appointment only. At the request of professionals, consultations can be arranged at short notice.
Adresse:
Centre de consultation Les Boréales
Avenue de Recordon 40
1004 Lausanne
The Service for Perpetrators of Domestic Violence (SAVC) is a functional unit of the Centre Neuchâtelois de Psychiatrie (CNP).
The SAVC offers people who have been violent towards their partner individual interviews and therapeutic group work with counsellors trained in this specific field. SAVC helps men and women put an end to domestic violence, whether physical, psychological, sexual, social or economic.
Address:
CNP-SAVC
2074 Marin-Epagnier
Alternative-Violence is a Caritas-Valais service, mandated by the canton of Valais through the Office cantonal de l’égalité et de la famille (Cantonal Office for Equality and the Family), to monitor women and men who use violence within the couple and/or the family, or to help those who are afraid of acting out. This violence can be physical, verbal, psychological, economic or sexual.
Alternative-Violence offers voluntary socio-therapeutic support to perpetrators of domestic violence and their families, with the aim of reducing repeat offences. In addition, in the French-speaking part of Valais, we organise thecompulsory interview with any person evicted from their home by the police because of domestic violence.
Address:
Rue de Loèche 19
Case postale 2056
1950 Sion
VIRES works in the field of domestic violence in Geneva. It helps couples and families by assisting the perpetrators of violence.
Address:
Av. Ernest-Pictet 10
CH – 1203 Genève
Help for people who are overwhelmed by their own emotions and act violently
EX-pression is aimed at adult men and women in the canton of Fribourg. Its services are also available to German and non-German speakers (with the help of interpreters).
The association offers professional listening, support and guidance to perpetrators of violence to help them overcome their excessive behaviour. In this way, they can open up to a new understanding of their experiences.
Address:
Rte de la Vignettaz 48
1700 Freiburg
Do you sometimes behave violently?
The Centre Prévention de l’Ale offers a listening ear, practical help and specialist follow-up to help you find alternatives to violent behaviour, protect your children and prevent it from continuing.
Consultations are held in Lausanne from Monday to Friday, in Yverdon-les-Bains on Thursdays and in Bex on Fridays. An interpreter may be present if necessary.
Address:
Rue de l’Ale 30
1003 Lausanne
Since 2005, the 1, 2, 3… SOLEIL association has been combating child abuse through preventive and informative communication campaigns.
Address:
Association 1,2,3… Soleil
Chemin de la Pépinière 54
1093 La Conversion
The ‘Children & Violence’ foundation contributes to the protection of children and young people throughout Switzerland by providing financial support to individuals and institutions that are involved in projects for the prevention, early detection and combating of child abuse – as well as the counselling, care and treatment of abused children and their families – insofar as these projects and campaigns are not the responsibility of the state.
Address:
Fondation Enfants et Violence
Secrétariat
Eigenstrasse 26
Case postale 58
8193 Eglisau
24/7:
- emergency accommodation for women with or without children only
- outpatient consultation
Address:
Chemin de la Prairie 34
1007 Lausanne
The Conference for the Protection of Children and Adults (KOKES) is an intercantonal specialist and directors’ conference. It coordinates the cooperation between the cantons, with the federal government and with national organisations. It organises specialist conferences, collects statistics for the whole of Switzerland and makes professional recommendations.
The purpose of the KOKES is:
- to address and coordinate issues of civil child and adult protection and related matters;
- to promote cooperation among the cantons and with the federal government in the field of civil child and adult protection;
- to provide information and documentation to its members;
- to provide training and continuing education for people working in civil child and adult protection.
Address:
Werftestrasse 1
Case postale 2945
6002 Lucerne