Online Sexual Abuse therapists in Vero Beach South, Florida FL
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Dr. Elizabeth Coldren
Psychologist, PSYD, PSYPACT
I work with adults who are survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Many of the people I see have built full, functioning lives and are often seen as capable, responsible, and reliable by others. Inside, they may carry a private mix of shame, confusion, anger, or grief about what happened, and a sense that they have never really had space to tend to it.
Early abuse can leave traces in many areas of adult life. You might notice difficulty feeling at home in your body; anxiety, numbness, or shutdown in moments of closeness or vulnerability; a persistent sense that you are “too much” or “not enough”; or a tendency to doubt your own perceptions. There may be complicated feelings toward family members who knew, did not know, or minimized what happened, as well as patterns of over‑accommodating, people‑pleasing, or staying in relationships that feel familiar but not truly safe. Sometimes the impact shows up as depression, anxiety, perfectionism, or a feeling of being fundamentally different from others, without always linking it back to your early experiences.
I have worked with survivors of childhood sexual abuse for many years, and this is one of my primary areas of specialization. I know how varied and complex the impact can be. My approach is careful, attuned, and paced to your nervous system. We do not rush into details or push for disclosure. Instead, we focus on helping you feel safer inside your own body and mind, making sense of what happened at a pace that feels manageable, and loosening the grip of shame and self‑blame. Over time, we explore what it means to have real choice, boundaries, and agency in your adult life, including in relationships, work, and family.
My role is to offer a grounded, non‑intrusive space where you do not have to minimize your experience or protect anyone else’s feelings.
26 Years Experience
Online in Vero Beach South, FL
Dr. Kelsi Clayson
Psychologist, Psy.D.
The effects of sexual abuse can linger long after the experience itself, shaping the way you see yourself, your relationships, and the world around you. You may struggle with trust, feel disconnected from your body, or experience shame that doesn’t belong to you. Maybe certain memories surface when you least expect them, or you find yourself avoiding situations that feel too vulnerable or triggering. However it shows up, know that your response is valid—your mind and body have worked hard to protect you.
Healing from sexual abuse is not about "just moving on" but about reclaiming your sense of safety, autonomy, and self-worth. In our work together, we will move at your pace, creating a space where you feel supported, understood, and in control of your own healing process. You are not defined by what happened to you, and you do not have to carry this alone. With care and intention, we can work toward healing, self-compassion, and the ability to fully step into your life on your terms.
8 Years Experience
Online in Vero Beach South, FL
Rachele Epp
Counselor/Therapist, LMHC, EMDR Certified Therapist™
You don't have to continue to carry the pain of what has happened to you. There is freedom from the distress and negative beliefs that cause the pain of what happened to persist. EMDR therapy helps the brain reprocess the trauma so that it no longer controls you. In our time together, you will find deep, inner-healing and build resilience to leave the past and find hope in your future.
36 Years Experience
Online in Vero Beach South, FL
Authentic Growth Counseling
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, M.S.
We help survivors of sexual abuse process trauma, shame, trust difficulties, emotional triggers, and the lasting impact trauma can have on relationships, intimacy, and self-worth. Therapy focuses on safety, nervous system regulation, empowerment, and healing at the client’s pace.
12 Years Experience
Online in Vero Beach South, FL
Samantha Tomer, LLC
Licensed Professional Counselor, M.Ed., LPC, NCC
For over four years, I have worked closely with survivors of sexual abuse, domestic violence, and other crimes. My experience includes providing both individual and group therapy, as well as facilitating support groups for families impacted by homicide. I understand the deep, layered impact that these experiences can have and approach each client with sensitivity, discretion, and care. Many of my clients have faced multiple forms of trauma, and I work to help them feel safe, supported, and empowered in reclaiming their lives.
12 Years Experience
Online in Vero Beach South, FL
Rebecca Phillips, MS, LPC, CCTP, EMDR Therapist in Frisco Texas
Licensed Professional Counselor, Master of Science, LPC, EMDR Therapist, CCTP: Complex Trauma
I have extensive experience in helping individuals who have experienced sexual abuse, understanding how deeply it can affect their sense of safety, trust, and self-worth. The trauma from such experiences often permeates many areas of life, including relationships, mental health, and personal identity. I work with clients to gently process their trauma, helping them reclaim their sense of self, establish healthy boundaries, and move toward healing and empowerment.
8 Years Experience
Online in Vero Beach South, FL
Higher Sights Counseling
Counselor/Therapist
We have a staff of psychotherapists and med prescribers that work with clients who have sexual abuse symptoms. We offer CBT, DBT, EMDR, IFS (to name a few treatment modalities) and medication in addition to many problem-solving therapies to help you learn new coping skills to improve your life.
16 Years Experience
Online in Vero Beach South, FL
Hillary Call
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC - Trauma & EMDR Therapist
Working with adult survivors of sexual assault, child abuse, domestic violence and other crimes, I’ve helped people overcome unspeakable atrocities.
I'm a board-certified psychotherapist specializing in trauma and PTSD. Using EMDR, among other trauma-informed psychotherapies, I help clients just like you leave the past behind them, and live a happy, fulfilling life.
10 Years Experience
Online in Vero Beach South, FL
Center for Authentic Life & Relationship, LLC
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LPC, LMFT, CPCS, CSAT-S, CAADC, EMDR, CSTOP-Candidate
I specialize in helping survivors of sexual abuse heal from the emotional, relational, and psychological impact of what they have endured. My training in sexual addiction and sexual offender treatment gives me a deeper understanding of abusive patterns, grooming behaviors, secrecy, manipulation, and the dynamics that often leave survivors feeling confused, ashamed, or responsible for what happened. This knowledge informs my work with survivors by helping me provide trauma-informed, compassionate, and effective care that supports safety, clarity, empowerment, and healing.
30 Years Experience
Online in Vero Beach South, FL
Sara Deese
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, MA, MCAP, LMHC-QS
The impact of sexual abuse runs deep—affecting trust, safety, self-worth, and the ability to feel fully present in your own body. Whether the abuse happened recently or years ago, healing is possible. I offer a safe, compassionate space where you can begin to process what happened at your own pace—without judgment or pressure. Together, we’ll work to reduce shame, rebuild a sense of safety, and help you reconnect with your strength, voice, and sense of self. You are not alone, and your healing matters.
15 Years Experience
Online in Vero Beach South, FL
Amanda Cummings Brandenburg
Psychologist, PhD
I have many years of individual and group experience helping survivors of sexual trauma overcome the traumatic effects of this type of abuse. I use a polyvagal, trauma-informed and empowerment approach to helping people heal.
11 Years Experience
Online in Vero Beach South, FL
Yaffa Dyckman
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW
Sexual abuse can rob us of our dignity, barricade us with shame and guilt, and can take the joy out of our relationships. As a trauma trained therapist, I utilize EMDR resourcing and processing techniques to help people move beyond their traumatic experiences and memories and feel more at peace with the past. I incorporate psychodynamic therapy and STAIR/NST interventions as well. STAIR/NST is a therapy approach that combines both cognitive behavioral therapy and attachment theory.
16 Years Experience
Online in Vero Beach South, FL
Kirk Shelton
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Sexual abuse is traumatic, and healing from it can feel overwhelming. I specialize in using EMDR to reprocess trauma, helping you release the grip it holds on your life. In a safe, nonjudgmental space, we’ll work toward healing and empowerment, focusing on your growth and reclaiming your sense of self.
10 Years Experience
Online in Vero Beach South, FL (Online Only)
Dr. Daniele Levy, Bay Area Cognitive Therapy
Psychologist, PhD, MBA
When working with clients who have experienced sexual abuse, I use Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) to help them process and reframe the trauma. CPT helps individuals identify and challenge unhelpful beliefs related to safety, trust, power, control, intimacy, and self-esteem that often arise after abuse. We work together to explore and challenge these thoughts, facilitating healing and fostering a healthier, more empowered sense of self, while also addressing emotional and cognitive responses tied to the trauma. This approach is designed to promote lasting recovery and improved mental well-being.
17 Years Experience
Online in Vero Beach South, FL
Katherine Coder
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, PhD, LPC, LMHC
Sexual abuse is highly traumatizing and can leave a person feeling broken. It can have life feeling empty or that there are parts of oneself that are offline. It can also lead us to have blindspots where we keep choosing abusive people in our lives as we miss the "red flags." To work with sexual abuse in therapy, we will build a foundation of trust together. When we have a good foundation of trust, we invite the body and nervous system to move through the places where trauma exists. Oftentimes, this comes in the form of dissociation, or not being able to recall or be present with what was overwhelming, terrifying, scary and so on. We will use trauma therapy approaches. It is also possible to work with Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy if that is a possibility medically.
15 Years Experience
Online in Vero Beach South, FL
Amanda Kohl
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, MA, LMHC, CTP
Healing from sexual abuse requires a sense of safety, choice, and respect for your pace. You may still feel disconnected from your body, anxious in relationships, or overwhelmed by memories that surface unexpectedly. I use a trauma-informed, body-based approach including Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) to help you process these experiences so you can feel more grounded, safe, and in control of your life.
4 Years Experience
Online in Vero Beach South, FL
Dr. Le’ Isaac Gardner Msc.D. CTHT ORDM
Hypnotherapist, Doctorate in Metaphysical Science, MSc.D. Clinical and Transpersonal Hypnotherapist CTHT
Sexual trauma can impact our lives and hurt us and the people around us in hard to recognize ways. Let me help you , not to forget, but to heal so that it will never effect you the same way again.
14 Years Experience
Online in Vero Beach South, FL
Brianna Gomez
Pre-Licensed Professional, MS - Bilingual Trauma Informed Therapist
Sexual abuse survivors' journey in how they choose to response to such types of traumatic experiences can be very different. There is no right or wrong way to heal from such types of experiences and clients will be validated based on their personal choices rather than pressured to make different choices in their situation. Such types of experiences may leave individuals experiencing difficulties feeling safe within relationships and with that in mind - clients are encouraged to choose their own therapy goals. Frequently the goals in therapy are to establish effective ways to emotionally regulate and to have healthy/satisfying relationships with others.
1 Years Experience
Online in Vero Beach South, FL
Michaela Decker
Counselor/Therapist, LMFT
Frequently, people who have experienced trauma develop extraordinary survival skills. Often the strategies that were critical for survival, are not sustainable long term and thwart the ability to develop satisfying work, family and/or romantic relationships. Therapy provides an opportunity to become "unstuck" and transcend thinking and behavior patterns that are holding you back from realizing your potential. I specialize in the treatment of PTSD, anxiety and depression, and am trained in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing). When distress from a disturbing event remains, the upsetting images, thoughts, and emotions may create an overwhelming feeling of being back in that moment. EMDR therapy helps the brain process these memories, and allows normal healing to resume. EMDR therapy is not complete until attention has been brought to the past memories that are contributing to the problem, the present situations that are disturbing, and what skills the needed for the future.
16 Years Experience
Online in Vero Beach South, FL
Stephanie Miodus
Psychologist, PhD, NCSP
I specialize in providing therapy and psychological assessments for children, adolescents, and adults impacted by trauma, with a particular focus on survivors of childhood sexual abuse. I am trained in trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT) and as part of a federally funded clinical treatment study, have delivered CBT for PTSD to trauma-impacted college students. I have a strong commitment to addressing the unique needs of those who have experienced trauma, including autistic individuals, and have presented on adapting trauma therapy for this population at the Philadelphia Trauma Training Conference. Additionally, I have presented at The American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children Colloquiums. My experience includes peer-reviewed research examining trauma, PTSD, and their connections to ADHD, further reinforcing my expertise in understanding and addressing the complex effects of abuse and trauma.
2 Years Experience
Online in Vero Beach South, FL
Sexual Abuse therapists in Vero Beach South, Florida Statistics
Sexual Abuse therapists in Vero Beach South, Florida average 16 years of experience and charge around $193 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The most commonly treated issues are Sexual Abuse (100%), Anxiety or Fears (87%), and Trauma and PTSD (86%).
Average years in practice
16 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$193
Gender ID
| 67% |
Female |
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| 28% |
Male |
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| 3% |
Gender Fluid |
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| 2% |
Non-Binary |
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Session Type
| 67% |
In Person and Online |
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| 33% |
Online Only |
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Top Specialties
| 100% | Sexual Abuse |
| 87% | Anxiety or Fears |
| 86% | Trauma and PTSD |
| 82% | Depression |
| 74% | Stress |
| 70% | Self Esteem |
| 68% | Loss or Grief |