Online Emotional Abuse therapists in Salinas, California CA
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Melissa Klass M.A., LMFT
Marriage and Family Therapist, M.A., LMFT #119163
Emotional abuse at the hands of a loved one leaves a scar that no one can see. When you’ve been manipulated, gaslit, and covertly insulted for months or years you can start to lose your sense of self. Even when you have found the strength to end a relationship where you were treated this way, it haunts you. You have difficulty trusting or joyfully engaging with new people. Or maybe this is a relationship that it is not so simple to end. Perhaps it’s a relationship with a parent or sibling. You’re exhausted. You’re tired of walking on eggshells. Whether it’s time to heal from a former relationship, set some boundaries in an existing one, or bring a relationship to an end, therapy can provide you a safe place to process your experiences. Once you get to know yourself again, you can set some much-needed boundaries or say goodbye, whatever is right for you.
10 Years Experience
Online in Salinas, CA (Online Only)
Roderic Burks - Integrative Mental Health
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, MS, MS HSc, MA, LMHC, LPC
Experiencing emotional abuse can leave deep wounds and patterns that affect your sense of self and relationships. I help clients recognize and understand these impacts while connecting with the parts of themselves that have been hurt or silenced. Together, we work to heal, rebuild self-trust, and create healthier ways of relating to yourself and others.
26 Years Experience
Online in Salinas, CA (Online Only)
Dr. Jen Bachtold
Psychologist, Ph.D., Certified Alcohol & Drug Counselor-II (CADC-II), Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, Specialist in Anger Management
By providing compassionate and confidential support, I aim to help you reclaim your life from the effects of emotional abuse. Whether you are currently experiencing abuse or working on recovery, I am here to support you every step of the way with understanding, respect, and professional care.
11 Years Experience
Online in Salinas, CA (Online Only)
Hannah Nyznyk Christian
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT #133278
We help clients identify and heal from the lasting effects of emotional manipulation, control, and invalidation. Therapy focuses on rebuilding trust in self and others.
7 Years Experience
Online in Salinas, CA
Barry Ross
Psychologist, Ph.D.
I am a psychologist, marriage family therapist, bioenergetic analyst, and psychoanalyst with more than 30 years of clinical experience in treating adolescents, adults, and marital couples. I am skilled in helping a person to feel understood and related to in a new and helpful way.
42 Years Experience
Online in Salinas, CA
Lorena Codina
Counselor/Therapist, Terapeuta TRG (Terapia de rreprocesamiento Generativo)
Ayudo a sanar las heridas emocionales, recuperar la autoestima y establecer límites sanos.
1 Years Experience
Online in Salinas, CA (Online Only)
Marina Edelman | TrueMe Counseling
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
We help survivors of emotional abuse rebuild self-trust, boundaries, and confidence. Therapy focuses on recognizing unhealthy patterns and healing relational trauma.
20 Years Experience
Online in Salinas, CA
Dr. Ingrid Solano
Psychologist, PhD
Making sense of trauma, and the impact of trauma, can be accompanied by the fear that you will never be able to overcome the distress you feel when you remember the experience or when those intrusive nightmares, flashbacks, and negative thoughts come crashing into your awareness. Through trauma-focused therapy we reclaim confidence, hopefulness, intimacy, safety, self-esteem, and trust. I have specific expertise in treating trauma symptoms related to sexual assault, intimate partner violence and emotional abuse, military sexual trauma (MST), childhood and complex sexual trauma, violence, and combat trauma experienced by Veterans. These experiences can impact physical health, and daily life.
Many people will experience a form of trauma in their lives. Trauma can come with feelings of shame, anger, and confusion. Posttraumatic stress is a normal human reaction to traumatic events. However, for some individuals this stress persists and interferes with their ability to live the life that they want. I work with complex cases that sometimes include dissociation, numbness, anger, risky behaviors, and years of avoidance. The treatments I provide are the most powerful and effective treatments available for these conditions. I have expertise in individual, as well as relationship (i.e., with a partner) based trauma-focused therapies. I have experienced many times how these treatments help people gain new perspectives about what happened to them, develop a sense of empowerment over their trauma, and improve their lives. These treatments can also be helpful if you feel stuck following experiences of trauma, even if you don’t have PTSD. If you’re unsure whether you want to discuss your trauma, or unsure which approach feels like a good fit for you, we can discuss your concerns. We will explore trauma-focused care that builds upon your current support, coping skills, and personal experience. I primarily employ time-limited, evidence-based Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies (CBT) such as CPT, PE, and CBCT. (See Individual and Couples Therapy based Trauma-Focused Services.)
In psychological literature, stressors are defined as events and conditions (e.g., losing a job, death of an intimate partner) that cause change and require that the individual adapt to the new situation or life circumstance. Stress processes can include the experience of prejudice events, expectations of rejection, hiding and concealing your authentic self, internalized homophobia, intimate partner violence, discrimination, and ameliorative coping processes that have become bad, ineffective habits. These experiences can be particularly painful when there is social pressure to conceal your experiences, or stigma. I address what it’s like to have no one to talk to about these experiences, and any distress that comes from having nowhere to do this work safely. I practice LGBTQIA+ affirming therapy that considers the impact of minority stress and chronic stress responses. Aside from these stress processes, LGBTQIA+ individuals, and heterosexuals who report any same-sex sexual partners over their lifetime, have greater risk of childhood maltreatment, interpersonal violence, trauma to a close friend or relative, and unexpected death of someone close.
15 Years Experience
Online in Salinas, CA
Elizabeth Nims
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
I help clients heal from emotional abuse and learn to develop compassionate and kind self-talk, reshaping how they feel about themselves after experiencing severe emotional abuse.
7 Years Experience
Online in Salinas, CA
Shayda Ewalt
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
Emotional abuse can be subtle yet deeply damaging. Gaslighting, manipulation, and chronic criticism can distort your sense of reality and affect your self-trust. In therapy, we untangle these experiences with care, validated your truth, and help you rebuild a strong internal foundation grounded in clarity and self-worth.
10 Years Experience
Online in Salinas, CA (Online Only)
Patricia Fahmy
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPCC
If you've experienced emotional abuse, you may find yourself constantly second-guessing yourself, questioning your perceptions, walking on eggshells, or feeling like you've lost confidence in who you are.
Even after the relationship ends, the effects often remain.
Many survivors struggle with self-doubt, people-pleasing, anxiety, difficulty trusting others, and feeling disconnected from themselves.
I help you rebuild your sense of self, strengthen boundaries, process painful experiences, and begin to feel safe, confident, and empowered again.
7 Years Experience
Online in Salinas, CA (Online Only)
Susanna La
Psychologist, Ph.D.
When we experience emotional abuse, we come up with creative ways of coping to try to get our needs met or even to disconnect from those needs. The creative coping strategies we develop as children tend to stay with us into adulthood, especially if we haven’t developed new coping skills. Without awareness of the impacts of our pain, we tend to replicate patterns of people pleasing, hyper-independence, perfectionism, lack of boundaries, and seeking emotionally unavailable/painful relationships.
13 Years Experience
Online in Salinas, CA (Online Only)
Michelle Roberts
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW
Whether you are certain this is something you've experienced, or it's hard for you to categorize what has happened, it will help to explore it together and be able to name the pain and then metabolize it through body work, pacing with what feels comfortable to you.
12 Years Experience
Online in Salinas, CA (Online Only)
Integrative Psychotherapy Group
Marriage and Family Therapist
We work with clients who express issues or concerns with Emotional Abuse Therapy.
10 Years Experience
Online in Salinas, CA
Stuart Kaplowitz / Serene Pathways Counseling
Counselor/Therapist, MFT
Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me? Who said that? Here is the truth; Sticks and stones may break my bones but words can do serious damage. We can help
33 Years Experience
Online in Salinas, CA
Sandy Kong
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT 119380
Healing from Narcissistic Abuse can be a hard and painful process. Narcissistic abuse is a severe, strategic form of emotional abuse characterized by gaslighting, manipulation, and control used to diminish a victim's self-worth, often resulting in PTSD. Signs of Emotional Trauma include: Chronic self-doubt and feeling "crazy"; Hypervigilance and anxiety; Isolation and feeling worthless; Difficulty trusting one's own instincts. Therapists specializing in this area help survivors recognize the tactics and untangle the manipulation. Specialized trauma therapy focuses on breaking the trauma bond, validating reality, restoring self-esteem, and establishing boundaries to heal from these toxic power dynamics. This includes learning to say no and establishing strict boundaries to protect emotional safety, reconnecting with one's sense of self-worth separate from the abuser's perception, and developing techniques for managing stress and triggers.
11 Years Experience
Online in Salinas, CA
Rory Valentine Diller
Registered Psychotherapist, M.A., LMFT Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist #139783
Emotional abuse can often feel more challenging to heal from than physical abuse! It can twist your mind, erode your perception, and leave you fighting hard to think clearly, know who you are, and function interpersonally. Recovery from emotional abuse involves developing a safe relationship with your therapist, learning and understanding the nuances and impacts of emotional abuse, and working towards reconnecting with yourself, your feelings and needs, and your sovereign power and autonomy without shame.
10 Years Experience
Online in Salinas, CA (Online Only)
Dr. Rebecca Scott, Psy.D
Psychologist, Clinical Psychologist, Certified in Holistic Health
I can support patients who have history of emotional abuse and verbal abuse. I can provide CBT techniques and help foster self esteem and self confidence.
17 Years Experience
Online in Salinas, CA
Matthew Bishop
Marriage and Family Therapist, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Doctorate in Behavioral Health Leadership
Emotional abuse leaves scars that aren’t visible but are deeply felt. Therapy can help clients rebuild trust in themselves, understand what healthy love looks like, and develop tools to recognize and protect their boundaries in the future.
10 Years Experience
Online in Salinas, CA
MindOverHealing Therapies
Hypnotherapist, CHt
Hypnotherapy can play a valuable role in the treatment of emotional abuse by helping individuals process and heal from traumatic experiences. Through guided relaxation and suggestion, hypnotherapists assist clients in accessing subconscious memories and emotions linked to abuse, allowing them to reframe negative beliefs and regain a sense of self-worth. This approach can reduce anxiety, improve emotional regulation, and foster resilience, making it a supportive complement to traditional therapies for emotional abuse recovery.
3 Years Experience
Online in Salinas, CA (Online Only)
Emotional Abuse therapists in Salinas, California Statistics
Emotional Abuse therapists in Salinas, California average 14 years of experience and charge around $200 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The most commonly treated issues are Emotional Abuse (100%), Anxiety or Fears (88%), and Trauma and PTSD (87%).
Average years in practice
14 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$200
Gender ID
| 64% |
Female |
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| 25% |
Male |
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| 6% |
Non-Binary |
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| 5% |
Gender Fluid |
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Session Type
| 54% |
In Person and Online |
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| 46% |
Online Only |
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Top Specialties
| 100% | Emotional Abuse |
| 88% | Anxiety or Fears |
| 87% | Trauma and PTSD |
| 84% | Depression |
| 72% | Stress |
| 71% | Self Esteem |
| 68% | Codependency |