Increase in Male Callers to Connect Counselling

Connect is a Freephone counselling and support service for adults who have experienced emotional, physical, or sexual abuse or neglect in childhood.  The service is funded by the Health Service Executive (HSE), is open Wednesday to Sunday from 6.00pm to 10.00pm, and is staffed by fully accredited psychotherapists and counsellors.  The service has noticed a large increase in new male callers to the service in the period between July and September 2013.  Generally, approximately 34% of callers to the service are men.  However, in this period, 46% of callers were men.  Often the men who call speak for the first time about difficult and traumatic experiences during childhood.  All callers remain anonymous, and the service is entirely confidential.  Visit: www.connectcounselling.ie  or Tel: 1800 477 477 (Republic of Ireland)  /  0800 477 477 77 (Northern Ireland).