Sexual Abuse therapists in Pencoed, Wales Wales, 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
Bristol Trauma Therapy
Therapist
My name is Heather Bradley and I am a Trauma Therapist specialising in Sexual Abuse. I also specialise in working with Adults who have experienced Childhood Sexual Abuse. Having worked in this area for over 10 years and I do understand how living with the effects of sexual abuse can create feelings of loneliness, confusion and despair. Together we journey from where you are now into a life that has clarity, meaning and purpose. I have personally overcome my own Childhood and Adult Sexual Abuse and really do understand how daunting starting this process can be. Please do feel free to reach out for a free chat to see whether we are a good fit for one another in therapy. Or to ask me any questions you may have. For more information visit my website or contact me. I very much look forward to hearing from you. With warm wishes, Heather.
13 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
Nicole Rolls
Counsellor/Therapist, PG Dip, MA, BACP Accred, EMDR Accred, 20 years experience as a Therapist
Sexual abuse cannot be tolerated and would have to be reported.
For victims of sexual abuse, we can work with EMDR to overcome flash back, trauma, negative self beliefs, lessen emotional disturbance and re-connect with a sense of Self worth.
19 Years Experience
Sexual Abuse
Lisa Sanfilippo
Therapist, MA, MSc, UKCP, MBACP
We can restore healthy relationships and intimacy- even if we have experienced abuse in the past. Feeling fearful, confused, ashamed, overly-sexualised or afraid of intimacy are important ways our nervous system may be dealing with something really difficult to process. And these protective patterns can shift. Sexual abuse or assault are, sadly, far more common than you'd think. Working with sexual abuse means working gently and delicately at your pace, often even needing to re-hash the content of past events, but understanding how the after-effects have created our protective responses. We start with restoring a feeling of safety and integrity so that you can move at your own pace. I take a gentle, measured approach, helping you to heal somatically, mentally, emotionally and even spiritually. My approach is informed by principles of somatic experiencing and Polyvagal approaches, which work with our bodies and nervous systems.
12 Years Experience