Rapists’ lawyers are using their victim-survivors’ counselling notes in court. This needs to stop
- Written by Rachael Burgin, Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice, Swinburne University of Technology
Sexual violence causes profound trauma and many victims seek counselling and support in its wake. Access to counselling is crucial to promote recovery for victim-survivors.
Like anyone seeking health care, victim-survivors have a reasonable expectation that what they say to a counsellor – which might include a psychologist, a rape crisis...





