For over 54 years FAMSA has been developing human potential by providing counselling, education, training and social development programmes for South Africans who want help with relationship issues.

Communities have developed skills and gained from services work in FAMSA Focus areas such as Violence and Trauma; HIV/AIDS; Abusive Relationships; Poverty and Relationship Breakdown.

FAMSA's Mission is to preserve the family with preventive and remedial services which build on existing strengths in individuals, couples, groups and communities and enables people to deal with modern day stressors and issues that threaten Family Life. Through its countrywide network of Societies, FAMSA can reach people throughout the nation, also in underserviced areas.

FAMSA attempts to advocate and lobby to ensure social justice prevails for every family and especially the vulnerable.

FAMSA offers a comprehensive range of services.

FAMSA is staffed by qualified social workers specially trained in dealing with family problems and trauma :

Administration staff

Auxilliary workers

Volunteers (both lay and professional).

RANGE OF SERVICES

FAMSA's services are divided into five main categories, each serving the specific needs of different groups in a Social Developmental Approach. These services are:

Community Development

Counselling

Employee Support Services

Training

Education.

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

FAMSA works with communities to address their particular needs through:

Domestic Violence Projects

Youth Development

Women Upliftment Initiatives

Aids Awareness Prevention and Home Based Caregiving Projects

Unemployment and Poverty Alleviation Programmes.

COUNSELLING

FAMSA offers specialized counselling services to individuals, couples, families and groups.

This is inclusive of adolescent groups, marriage preparation and enrichment; marital and divorce counselling; family therapy; divorce mediation, trauma and grief counselling.

EMPLOYEE SUPPORT SERVICES

FAMSA provides services to companies, either directly to employees or as support for corporate counsellors.

Corporate services include counselling, cross cultural programmes, group interaction therapy, change management and trauma debriefing.

TRAINING PROGRAMMES

Training programmes are presented to professionals, lay counsellors, schools and members of the Public. The range of topics includes:

Basic and Advanced Counselling

Marital and Divorce Counselling

Divorce Mediation

Personal Growth Assertivenes and Stress Management

Community Development

Trauma Counselling.

EDUCATION

Education programmes are offered in schools, churches and various other community settings. Programmes include:

Life Skills for Teens

Marriage Preparation

AIDS Awareness and Prevention

Parenting

Talks, Seminars and Workshops

Marriage and Family Enrichment.