Sexual Abuse therapists in Plymstock, England ENG, United Kingdom GB
Sexual Abuse
Emily Harrison
Registered Psychotherapist, BSc(hons) Counselling and Psychotherapy, Trauma Center Trauma-Sensitive Yoga Facilitator, MBACP (accredited)
People who have experienced sexual abuse, and abuse of other kinds, have often found ways to survive their experiences. However, survival often means sacrifices lots of other things, like your relationships with other people, your sense of self, or perhaps your connection with your own body. I have experience of working with people who have dissociative experiences of various kinds. I am also trained to offer body-based work where appropriate, which is a yoga-inspired, trauma-sensitive way of healing from trauma.
6 Years Experience
Sexual Abuse
Dr David Tilbrook
Psychologist, Chartered Clinical Psychologist Specialising in Psychotherapy with Senior Practitioner Status
Overcoming the toxic, confusing and painful effects of unwanted or age inappropriate sexual experiences is courageous work. Undoing shame is central to this process and we will work together to reclaim your power and self love.
24 Years Experience
Sexual Abuse
Dr. Birte Nachtwey
Registered Psychotherapist, MD, CORST
If you have or are experiencing sexual abuse, it is very important to get help. You need to get out of this situation and/ or heal from the damage done. People that were sexually abused may be traumatized and suffer from dissociation (part of you goes away), flashbacks (images and/or physical and emotional reactions are triggered involuntarily) and other symptoms that can make your life difficult and hinder you to experience positive sexual encounters. This affects you and your relationships and can be helped. Don’t hesitate, especially if this is ongoing. Get help quickly and start your better life.
If you are a person who abuses a child or any other person, part of you may justify this with different excuses and even claim it wasn’t abuse. If there is a part, maybe the best in you, that knows what you are doing is not ok, then get help as soon as possible. Change is possible, also for you.
17 Years Experience
Sexual Abuse
Shareen Birges
Registered Social Worker, BASS, GDYMH, MSW
I have extensive experience working with people who have suffered sexual abusr/assault, & specialise in childhood sexual abuse. My person centered, strengths based & trauma informed practice helps me to create a safe & comfortable therapeutic environment & build a trusting relationship with individuals. This creates a healing environment & supports people to find a way to live with their trauma experiences. I often explain this work through the analogy of wound healing. Before one begins to work on past trauma, the memories are like an open wound. They are painful & have not healed. Through the process of counselling (I've found talking & narrative therapy to be very helpful for clients around these issues) the wound heals & becomes a scar. Whilst you can never remove it, the scar no longer hurts & is just a memory of the incident(s), a memory that no longer has the capacity to hurt.
16 Years Experience
Sexual Abuse
Dr Ian Anderson
Psychologist, Consultant Clinical Psychologist (HCPC registered), PhD, MSc, MSc, MSc, MA (Econ), BA (Econ) Hons
Sexual abuse is a specific form of trauma. It often threatens not only our ability to maintain control over our lives, but our sense of self. The result of this is that the trauma radiates into every aspect of our lives. The goal of therapy is to understand the damage and to regain control. Reflexively, regaining control over our lives is a way of rebuilding our sense of self.
44 Years Experience