DECISION-MAKING COUNSELLING
This is professional counselling to help you to arrive at a decision and to be empowered to overcome the obstacles that you see. Your options are explored in a non-judgemental and loving way.

EMOTIONAL AND PRACTICAL SUPPORT
There are two main types of support:

1. Emotional Support - the way in which a woman is listened to (and not talked at), given space and time to express her feelings so that she is able to go into her own heart and not listen to the pressures and voices around her.
2. Practical Support - getting the resources she needs (such as support to continue her studies, financial advice and care) and access to people who will take the time to look at her whole situation and care for her.

ABORTION GRIEF COUNSELLING
This is a grief that the sufferer relates to a connection with a foetus. A personal sense of loss is all that is required for the grief to be real. Many women carry their grief and shame for many years, sometimes decades, believing they are unworthy of good things or even of being loved. Healing and God's forgiveness is available through counselling and Rachel's Vineyard, a special ministry of the Catholic Church.

DISABILITY

The news that an unborn child may have an abnormality or serious illness can be devastating. We all hope that our children will be healthy and grow up to lead fulfilled lives, but a diagnosis of disability or illness can shatter these hopes. Initially, parents may suffer grief and bewilderment. Parents may feel overwhelmed by the implications for the child and for the family.

THEOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF POST ABORTION HEALING
The assumption underlying the Rachel’s Vineyard Retreat is that it is God who is doing the work. Its dominant focus is to prepare the soil for the seed of God’s healing power to bear fruit. The Retreat embodies Dr. Theresa Burke’s words:

‘You have to empty the grief before you can receive the grace.’