Online Emotional Abuse therapists in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania PA
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Emotional Abuse
Jason Herr
Psychologist, Psy.D.
I support individuals who have experienced emotional or psychological abuse in relationships, families, or other environments. Drawing on extensive clinical experience working with trauma, personality dynamics, and complex relational patterns in both community mental health and private practice, I help clients rebuild self-worth, strengthen boundaries, and process the lasting impact of manipulation and control. My approach is compassionate, empowering, and trauma-informed, providing a clear path toward healing, confidence, and healthier relationships.
16 Years Experience
Online in Philadelphia, PA (Online Only)
Emotional Abuse
Richard Scott, Ph.D.
Psychologist, Ph.D.
Emotional abuse can leave deep, lasting wounds — even if there are no visible scars. You might question your worth, struggle with trust, or feel stuck in patterns that undermine your confidence. Therapy can help you untangle the effects of emotional abuse, rebuild your sense of self, and learn to set healthy boundaries. You deserve to feel safe, respected, and empowered in your relationships. If you're ready to start healing, I’m here to walk with you every step of the way.
20 Years Experience
Online in Philadelphia, PA
Emotional Abuse
Amanda Cummings Brandenburg
Psychologist, PhD
I commonly work with survivors of emotional and narcissistic abuse, often stemming from early childhood and following them into adulthood. I have advanced training in these areas and work to help clients heal from abusive histories.
11 Years Experience
Online in Philadelphia, PA
Emotional Abuse
Dr. Christopher Lowery, DHSc, CLCP
Clinical Health Practitioner, Board-Certified Life Care Planner
This component assist with helping individuals build self-esteem, establish healthy boundaries, and develop coping strategies to reclaim emotional well-being.
24 Years Experience
Online in Philadelphia, PA
Emotional Abuse
Confluence Mind and Motion
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
We help clients understand how manipulation, control, and relational trauma have shaped their sense of self. Through gentle, secure therapeutic work, clients reclaim boundaries, trust, and inner safety. Healing focuses on reconnecting with their own voice and worth.
9 Years Experience
Online in Philadelphia, PA
Emotional Abuse
Dr. Elizabeth Coldren
Psychologist, PSYD, PSYPACT
I work with adults who have been in relationships where their feelings, needs, or perceptions were dismissed, minimized, or used against them. Emotional abuse can be subtle and hard to name, especially when the relationship also included care, love, or periods of calm. You might relate to feeling confused about what was “real,” wondering if you were too sensitive or overreacting, replaying conversations in your head, or changing your behavior to avoid criticism, withdrawal, or the silent treatment. For many people, these patterns started young, in families where you had to stay tuned in to other people’s moods, keep the peace, or be “easy” so things didn’t get worse. Experiences like this can leave a long imprint: second‑guessing yourself, feeling responsible for other people’s emotions, bracing for criticism even when nothing is wrong, or working hard to stay acceptable so conflict doesn’t escalate. You may find yourself feeling small in relationships, even when you are competent and grounded in other areas of your life. Over time, these patterns can shape your sense of self, your nervous system, and what you believe you are allowed to expect from others. In our work together, we make space for what you went through and how it lives in your body and relationships now, and we explore what it means to move forward with more clarity, self‑trust, and choice.
26 Years Experience
Online in Philadelphia, PA
Emotional Abuse
HUGH R STEWART III
Hypnotherapist, Ph.D., ACHt.
Emotional abuse can be overt or covert. Hypnotherapy, Heart Centered Breathwork, and Emotional Release work can get to the source of emotional abuse. Usually in a family dynamic where abuse and trauma are present, the obvious abuse from one of the caregivers is the first to do emotional release work on. The caregiver dishing out covert emotional abuse flies under the radar. They may be the one that does nothing to help the child for fear of what the other caregiver will do. That is just as damaging to the person but in a more subtle way. Emotional abuse also happens when one gets involved with a narcissist, sociopath, or psychopath with gas lighting, ghosting, etc. Another specialty of mine is working with clients that are in relationship with a narcissist & sociopaths as the abuse is so unsettling and covert that the client thinks its their fault for being emotionally abused. My job is to help you pull back the curtain to the Wizard of Oz just to find the real person behind the curtain and realize you don't deserve such manipulative treatment.
26 Years Experience
Online in Philadelphia, PA
Emotional Abuse
Dr. Susan E. Schumacher
Licensed Professional Counselor, DA, LPC, LCPC, CCTP, EMDR Clinician
Recognizing and recovering from emotional abuse involves a gentle, kind approach where curiosity and awareness increase over time. The Power & Control Wheel and Equality Wheel can be helpful to identify behaviors that have crossed healthy boundaries and intimidated or limited you. We will work at your pace to build on your strengths and abilities and support you as you work through challenges.
17 Years Experience
Online in Philadelphia, PA
Emotional Abuse
Libby Shaw
Counselor/Therapist, LPC, ATR-BC, LPAT, ACS
Emotional abuse, from the past or your present day, can feel confusing and often times minimized. And yet, emotional abuse is extremely detrimental to a person's development, self-esteem, and feelings of safety. We can work on how to heal from emotional abuse, or how to establish safer and healthier boundaries with the people in your life causing you this harm.
13 Years Experience
Online in Philadelphia, PA (Online Only)
Emotional Abuse
Peter D. Ruffini
Licensed Professional Counselor, EdS, MA, LPC, LPCMH, ACS, EMDRPT-II
I help individuals who have experienced emotional abuse, manipulation, or chronic invalidation—whether in childhood, relationships, or authority structures. These experiences often shape self-doubt, hypervigilance, and difficulty trusting one’s own perceptions. Therapy focuses on rebuilding internal stability, correcting distorted self-beliefs, and restoring a grounded sense of agency and self-respect.
15 Years Experience
Online in Philadelphia, PA
Emotional Abuse
Dr. Berkeley Antonioli
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, PhD, LCSW, LCSW-C, MEd
The majority of my training and clinical work has been focused on helping adults recover from early traumatic experiences. Often, the traumas my clients are working through is rooted in early relational and/or sexual experiences that leave a lasting impact on their formative developmental years and beyond. I have found that these early experiences often impact how clients have learned to operate and survive in relationships. Many have learned to defer to others, feeling like a burden if they consider and try to communicate their needs or limits. These folks have learned to betray themselves in order to preserve their attachments, often leading to tolerating emotionally abusive behavior. These clients often feel resentment, burnout, anxiety and depression, and are working on stepping into their power and agency to detach from abusive relationships.
11 Years Experience
Online in Philadelphia, PA (Online Only)
Emotional Abuse
Alisia Ives at Status Therapy
Counselor/Therapist, MS, LPC
If you are presenting to counseling for this issue, I recommend you do not tell the person you see as targeting you that you are seeking help. Emotional abuse may be a type of domestic violence. Or it may be a way a family member, partner, work colleague, boss, or friend interacts. There are different forms of emotional abuse and there may be things you can do. However, if this is persistent focused emotional abuse from someone -- and it is domestic violence -- it is not an anger problem, but a belief system that everything exists for their use. I will have a better idea when we talk. There may be things you can do, there may be plans you can make for changes. How much it affects you is key to planning.
20 Years Experience
Online in Philadelphia, PA (Online Only)
Emotional Abuse
Phoenix Center for Experiential Trauma Therapy
Treatment Center, DSW, LCSW, BCD, CGP, FAAETS, TEP
Our center is composed of multiple trauma specialists, all of whom have experience working with emotional abuse. Emotional abuse comes in many forms and can be difficult to address as it is easy to minimize or internalize. Our approaches to trauma therapy can help you heal from past emotional abuse.
11 Years Experience
Online in Philadelphia, PA
Emotional Abuse
Elements Counseling and Wellness Spa
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, PhD, LPC, LCSW, LSW, LAPC,
As certified trauma experts our team is trained in advanced models of psychotherapy that can help address the root causes of serious mental health disorders. Our compassionate and empathetic therapists meet the client where they are at on their healing journeys.
12 Years Experience
Online in Philadelphia, PA
Emotional Abuse
Kreins Psychological Services
Psychologist, PhD, PsyD
As a psychologist specializing in the treatment of emotional abuse, my approach prioritizes creating a safe and validating therapeutic environment where individuals can explore their experiences and heal from the effects of abuse. Through trauma-informed therapy modalities such as cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and trauma-focused approaches, I help clients process their emotions, challenge distorted beliefs, and develop coping skills to rebuild their sense of self-worth and autonomy. Additionally, I provide psychoeducation about the dynamics of emotional abuse and support clients in setting boundaries, enhancing self-care practices, and accessing resources for safety and support. Collaboration with other professionals, such as legal advocates or social workers, may also be integrated into the treatment plan to address practical needs and ensure holistic healing. My goal is to empower individuals to reclaim their agency, cultivate resilience, and thrive in relationships characterized by respect and empathy.
26 Years Experience
Online in Philadelphia, PA
Emotional Abuse
Sarah Sternlieb
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC
Growing up in an environment where your feelings weren’t seen or were dismissed can stay with you. You might second-guess yourself, feel on edge in relationships, or struggle to trust your own reactions. We work to understand where those patterns started and help you feel less on edge and more able to trust yourself over time.
14 Years Experience
Online in Philadelphia, PA (Online Only)
Emotional Abuse
CHRISTIE BAUR PSYCHOTHERAPY
Counselor/Therapist, MS, LPC
Emotional abuse can leave deep, lingering wounds—confusion, self-doubt, anxiety, and a feeling of never being “enough.” Whether it came from a partner, family member, or past relationship, the impact often shows up long after the abuse has ended. You may find yourself questioning your reality, struggling with your self-worth, or feeling stuck in patterns you didn’t choose.
In therapy, we’ll work together to rebuild your sense of safety, autonomy, and trust in yourself. I help clients understand the dynamics of emotional abuse, recognize the subtle ways it affects thoughts and behavior, and develop boundaries that protect their peace. Our work is focused on healing, empowerment, and reconnecting you with the strengths that may have been overshadowed. You deserve relationships—and a life—where you feel respected, supported, and emotionally secure. I’m here to help you move toward that.
20 Years Experience
Online in Philadelphia, PA
Emotional Abuse
Kaitlin Joyce Therapy & Consulting, LLC
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, LICSW, NATC, TCTSY-F
My clients have experienced severe emotional abuse and neglect since childhood and often find that they are now in relationships that continue this pattern or that their trauma is causing issues in interpersonal relationships.
16 Years Experience
Online in Philadelphia, PA (Online Only)
Emotional Abuse
Donna M Torbico - HEAL & GROW for ACoAs
Counselor/Therapist, Recovery Therapist in Private Practice 40 years
Emotional abuse if often much harder to identify than physical, although most ACoAs experience both. It includes all the cruel ways we were talked to, and all the loving ways that were NOT provided. (Blog : 2012)
40 Years Experience
Online in Philadelphia, PA (Online Only)
Emotional Abuse
Dr. Sonia Ovuehor Ovy
Counselor/Therapist, Doctor of science in Counselling Psychology, Msc Conflict Resolution, Advanced Diploma in Psychotherapy, Counselling and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Certificate in Mental Health Studies, Suicide Prevention and Intervention, Diploma in Relationship and Family Counselling, CPD in Neuro Linguistic Programming.
I provide compassionate and non-judgmental therapy that have helped clients identify, recover and heal from emotionally abusive situations.
My interactive sessions cover:
- Emotional manipulation and gaslighting
- Trauma and anxiety management
- Boundary setting and self-care
- Rebuilding self-esteem and confidence
9 Years Experience
Online in Philadelphia, PA (Online Only)
Philadelphia's identity as a historically working-class city with deep neighborhood roots shapes its therapy culture, with demand for therapists who understand economic stress, community violence, and the psychological weight of living in a city marked by stark racial and economic disparities. The city is home to world-class institutions including the University of Pennsylvania Health System, Jefferson Health, and Temple University Hospital, with a strong academic psychiatry and psychology community feeding into its private practice ecosystem. Philadelphia's large Black and Latino populations drive demand for culturally affirming therapists, and the city has a growing network of therapists of color across its diverse neighborhoods. Many practices are accessible via SEPTA, making therapy more reachable for clients across the city without cars.
Emotional Abuse therapists in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Statistics
Emotional Abuse therapists in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania average 18 years of experience and charge around $206 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The most commonly treated issues are Emotional Abuse (100%), Trauma and PTSD (88%), and Anxiety or Fears (86%).
Average years in practice
18 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$206
Gender ID
| 63% |
Female |
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| 29% |
Male |
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| 4% |
Non-Binary |
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| 4% |
Gender Fluid |
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Session Type
| 53% |
In Person and Online |
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| 47% |
Online Only |
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Top Specialties
| 100% | Emotional Abuse |
| 88% | Trauma and PTSD |
| 86% | Anxiety or Fears |
| 81% | Depression |
| 78% | Self Esteem |
| 74% | Stress |
| 72% | Loss or Grief |