Study results include: (1) more than 40 percent of the women had been in contact with at least two of the recruitment agencies (police, shelter, or family counseling); (2) three of seven sociodemographic variables showed statistically significant differences among the recruitment groups; and (3) no significant differences in characteristics of intimate partner violence (IPV) were found among the recruitment groups; however, there were significant differences between the main categories (physical, psychological, and sexual) of IPV and interactional IPV factors concerning help-seeking. The findings indicate that the help-seeking of survivors was differentiated and interaction-specific, and that they responded adequately to the different interactional consequences of IPV. By using different levels of analyses, the following questions were addressed in this study: (1) do different sociodemographic groups of IPV survivors use different professional support and treatment agencies; (2) do different professional support and treatment agencies predominantly come in contact with women having been subjected to different IPV severity, injury, duration, frequency, and mortal danger; and (3) do different interactional IPV variables predict whether IPV victims contact the police, a family doctor, or a psychologist, or psychiatrist? A sample of 157 women recruited from family counseling, the police, and shelters in Norway were interviewed. Tables and references