Perheongelmat

"One finds help and healing only with others and by talking and exchanging opinions. Isolation increases pain."
(Nigerian saying)

With regard to family problems, you can turn to your local social worker (aluesosiaalityöntekijä). Social workers can be contacted if your family needs financial support, day care for children, help in domestic tasks and help in finding activities for children during school holidays, for instance. Social workers also help to solve problems in relationships and within the family and give advice on bringing up children.

Family advice clinics and family counsellors attend to partnership problems, as do psychiatric outpatient clinics, the family advice centres of congregations and the family therapy centre of the Finnish Association for Mental Health.

Domestic Violence

Domestic violence is a crime. Violence can be either physical or psychological. Women are the most common victims of domestic violence, but elderly people, children and men are also targeted. Assault in private premises is a crime and a person can be charged for it. For help in situations of domestic violence, contact e.g. the Police, Social Services, the Finnish Service for Crime Victims (rikosuhripäivystys) or Refuges (turvakoti).

Women and girls who have become victims of violence can telephone the National Women’s Line in Finland (Naisten Linja) helpline, which provides a service in the following languages:

English
Finnish
Swedish

Monika – the Multicultural Women’s Association (Monika–Naiset liitto ry) – provides help for immigrant women and children who have been exposed to violence. Help from Monika comes in Arabic, Dari, English, Estonian, Farsi, Finnish, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Kurdish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish and Vietnamese.

Monika’s national hotline (Mo-Su 24 h), tel. 09-692 2304

Monika service brochures:
English
Estonian
Finnish
French
Kurdish
Persian
Russian
Somali
Spanish
Tagalog
Thai

The websites for refuges contain information on places where the Violent Party can seek for help. Lyömätön linja helps men that want to abandon their violent behaviour.

Violent Situations

Divorce