Our 24-Hour Hotline: 973-875-1211 is available for survivors of domestic and sexual violence and abuse in crisis. Collect calls are accepted.

When possible, staff will respond quickly to a crisis call for an immediate individual appointment during business hours at the DASI Community Outreach Center, or may be available to meet with a victim at a police station or hospital. Please call: 973-579-2386 for more information.

Although DASI does not provide clinical therapy, we can provide supportive, educational counseling that may help in making the difficult life choices caused by experiencing domestic and/or sexual violence. Our services are often helpful as an adjunct to therapy.

In addition, our supportive counseling services are available to friends and family members who want to be helpful to the victim/survivor.

Short-term and long-term counseling are free of charge, and available during business hours, and some evenings, at the DASI Community Outreach Center in Newton or in the DASI Emergency Shelter.

Often a survivor of domestic and/or sexual violence feels isolated and alone, as if no one else could possibly understand the fear and the confusion she feels. Support groups bring individuals together to share and learn from each other, frequently to find out that they are not so alone after all. Participants can find safety, support and valuable information in the group, as well as a better understanding of the impact the abuse has had on their lives. Support groups can be extremely beneficial to the healing process.

DASI offers support groups, free of charge, for survivors of domestic violence, a group for survivors of sexual assault and abuse, and a group for survivors of both who are also in recovery from substance abuse.

For more information about DASI Support Groups, please call: 973-579-2386.