THERAPY FOR SEXUAL TRAUMA IN ORANGE COUNTY
Therapy Provides You With A Safe And Supportive Space To Heal
Therapy gives you another lens through which to view yourself and your experience. You can give voice to what happened, which can immediately lessen the power that the experience has held over you.
Our sessions are a place for you to share anything and everything. We'll move at a comfortable pace and can begin by exploring pressing concerns and challenges that may or may not be related to the abuse. I understand that everyone experiences and heals from trauma differently, which is why we develop a trauma therapy strategy that best addresses, supports, and values your unique experience, needs, and therapy goals.
In sessions, we can address and work through feelings of depression, anxiety, and interpersonal relationship issues, which are extremely common following sexual trauma. I can help you identify and mitigate triggers, develop healthy coping skills and challenge and reframe negative thoughts. Using mindfulness techniques, you can also begin to feel safe in the present moment and increase your capacity for self-compassion.
You are not alone, and I believe that you have an inherent capacity for healing. In working as a sexual abuse counselor for almost a decade, I've helped many people work through their pain and have witnessed remarkable healing. With help and support, it is possible to tap into your innate resiliency, heal, grow and thrive. You can use your voice, develop and maintain healthy relationships, and engage in a wonderful process of self-discovery and self-love.
If you have been sexually abused or assaulted in some way, either during childhood or as an adult, you may be harboring persistent feelings of shame, blame, or guilt. Moreover, you may fear that if you're honest about your experience, you might not be believed.
Victims of abuse often feel:
Broken or damaged, wondering if there is something fundamentally wrong with them
That they’re at fault, as if they did something to cause or deserve the abuse
Easily triggered and struggle with anxiety, depression, as well as eating and sleeping issues
As though maintaining and nourishing relationships are particularly challenging
Incapable of connecting to others or engaging in physical and emotional intimacy
A lack of confidence, or a sense of self-loathing, low self-esteem, and self-worth.
Living with the aftereffects of sexual trauma can be a confusing and deeply isolating experience. Feeling as though you are damaged in some way is a common response to an unwanted sexual encounter. You may feel constrained by your history and not know how to be in—or even what constitutes—a healthy relationship. You might feel powerless, used, abused, and objectified although you desperately want to feel confident, loved, and nourished in relationships. You Are Not Alone In Your Experience