Domestic and Sexual Violence 24-Hour Hotline 703-360-7273; TTY 711
SAFETY ALERT – If you are in danger, call or text 911.
Department of Family Services Alert:
SAFETY ALERT – If you are in danger, call or text 911.
Free, short-term individual and family counseling services are now available via teletherapy. Call us at 703-324-5730 and choose the option for Counseling Services. The DSVS 24-hour hotline is still available 703-360-7273.
National Resources
State Resources
Local Resources
Domestic Violence Action Center (DVAC)
Historic Courthouse
4000 Chain Bridge Road, Suite 2702
Fairfax, VA 22030
703-246-4573, Email
Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-7 p.m. (By appointment only from 4:30-7 p.m.)
Fairfax County Community Services Room
Tysons Corner Center
1961 Chain Bridge Road (2nd Level outside of Nordstrom)
McLean, VA 22102
703-246-5995, Email
Wednesdays and Fridays 10:30 a.m.-7 p.m.
(If you arrive before 10 a.m., please use Parking Deck A, located across from the Michael Kors store. Enter the mall through the entrance situated between Michael Kors and Maman Joon.)
Herndon Neighborhood Resource Center
1086 Elden Street
Herndon, VA 20170
Email
Wednesdays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Herndon Connections for Hope
1141 Elden Street, Suite 200
Herndon, VA 20170
Email
Tuesdays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
InovaCares Clinic for Women and Children
6400 Arlington Boulevard
Falls Church, VA 22042
Email
Mondays and Wednesday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Pennino Building
12011 Government Center Parkway, Suite 740
Fairfax County, VA 22035
703-324-5730, Email
Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
To support families throughout the holidays, Domestic and Sexual Violence Services Advocacy Services seeks gift card donations (in $25 increments) for big-box and grocery stores. Gift cards can be dropped off or mailed to the Domestic Violence Action Center. To ensure families have enough time to do their holiday shopping, gift cards will be collected until Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. Learn more information about donation needs.
Survivors of interpersonal violence, reclaim your story through art, movement, and stitching! From Monday, Oct. 14, 2024-Monday, Jan. 13, 2025, Story Cloths group members will use art making, movement, and hand-stitching to begin telling their stories of violence, survival, and healing. Get more information about story cloths.
Did you know: There’s a strong connection between sexual assault and suicide. This probably isn’t surprising given that a sexual assault can leave more than physical scars; there are often psychological and emotional effects, too, including panic attacks, sleep disorders, and self-harm. To cope with the trauma of an assault, survivors can dissociate or find other more damaging and permanent ways to escape the pain. Find out more about the intersection of sexual assault and suicide, Suicide Prevention Month, and ways you can help.
Is someone gaslighting (a form of psychological abuse where a partner uses manipulation, deception, and control to make you question your memories, your perception of reality, and your sanity) you? Find out how to recognize this form of emotional abuse and what to do if it’s happening to you.
Unscripted: Conversations about Sexual and Domestic Violence is a podcast featuring employees and subject matter experts from Domestic and Sexual Violence Services and partner organizations discussing all aspects of interpersonal violence, while providing prevention strategies, solutions, and resources for support for residents of Fairfax County.
Social media can be a powerful and helpful way for folks to build a sense of connection and community and to share important information. But sometimes that information is misunderstood or used in ways that isn’t quite accurate and could even be harmful. On this episode of Unscripted, host Kendra Lee sits down with domestic and sexual violence counselor Kathryn Harlow and Youth Education and Outreach specialist Debra Miller, both of Domestic and Sexual Violence Services, to reframe common misconceptions, particularly the information we are seeing a lot in the domestic and sexual violence realm.
Domestic and Sexual Violence Services works with communities to transform society’s response to domestic violence, sexual violence, human trafficking, and stalking by challenging oppression, collaborating to inform policy, and providing everybody impacted by violence with equitable access to trauma-informed support, advocacy, education, and a space for healing. Check out this article about the value of working with Fairfax County Domestic and Sexual Violence Division.
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