Albury has recorded a more than 30 per cent increase in domestic violence incidents this year, while Wodonga has reported a more than 12 per cent rise.
The Women's Centre for Health and Wellbeing in Albury has experienced an 83 per cent increase in calls for assistance this year.
Chief executive Teresa Law said her staff were struggling to keep up.
"We're having an alarming spike in local cases," she said.
"We're taking about 400 calls a month in requests for assistance and that's a real strain for our service.
"That's not normal, but it's also not decreasing ... that's been the case for the past six months."
'Putting a bandaid on'
Ms Law said she was worried about what would happen if the demand did not drop soon.
"We haven't had an increase in funding over that time, so we're doing much more without more support," she said.
"Our staff will become burnt out and we'll lose staff who are really good staff; we wouldn't be able to meet the demand."
She said bushfires, the pandemic and the lack of men's services in the area all contributed to the dramatic increase.
"We're putting a bandaid on after something's happened; that's what we're doing with these women.
"What we'd really like to do is move into the space of preventing this from happening by offering some services for men."
First men's program in years
The NSW Government announced this week that a men's behaviour change (MBC) course would be set up in Albury early next year.
Louisa Hayes from North East MBC said it was desperately needed.
"There hasn't been a group in Albury for about five years," she said.
"There is a huge need for men's behaviour change, which is an evidence-based program that supports men to be held accountable for family violence and to also make change in their behaviours."
A program in Wodonga cannot accept New South Wales clients, so they have to travel an hour-and-a-half to Wagga Wagga, which is often not possible.
Albury's 20-week course can accept 14 men at a time and has funding for 12 months.
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