Online Emotional Abuse therapists in Brownsville, Texas TX
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Emotional Abuse
Melissa Gaa
Licensed Professional Counselor, PhD, LPC-Supervisor
I work with clients that are or have experienced emotional abuse.
14 Years Experience
Online in Brownsville, TX
Emotional Abuse
Shaina Peng
Counselor/Therapist, LPC Associate, supervised by Frank Cohn (LPC-S)
Help identifying unhealthy dynamics, rebuilding self-trust, and setting safer boundaries. We focus on clarity, protection, and reducing self-blame.
1 Years Experience
Online in Brownsville, TX
Emotional Abuse
Emily Stone
Marriage and Family Therapist, MA, MDiv, PhD, LMFT-S
Emotional Abuse: Reclaiming Your Reality
Healing the Invisible Wounds of the Soul
Emotional abuse is often a "silent" trauma. Because there are no physical scars, survivors frequently find themselves trapped in a cycle of self-doubt, wondering if they are "too sensitive" or if the harm is "all in their head." In my practice, I provide a courageous and affirming space to name the harm, validate your experience, and begin the work of deconstructing the psychological "fog" of abuse.
The Anatomy of Emotional Harm
Emotional abuse is a systematic erosion of a person's sense of self. We work together to identify and heal from patterns of:
Gaslighting & Reality Disturbance: Addressing the profound confusion and overwhelm that occurs when your perception of truth is constantly undermined.
The "Fawn" Response: Understanding why your nervous system may have defaulted to people-pleasing or self-silencing as a survival strategy to avoid conflict.
Chronic Burnout & Shut Down: Healing the exhaustion that comes from living in a state of constant hyper-vigilance, always waiting for the "other shoe to drop."
A Clinical Path to Restoration
With over 20 years of experience, I use a trauma-informed, systemic approach to help you rebuild:
EMDR for Traumatic Memories: We use EMDR to process the specific "stuck" moments of verbal or emotional assault that continue to trigger rejection sensitivity or fear in your current life.
Attachment Repair: We explore how the "system" of the relationship functioned and work to rebuild your attachment to your own intuition and boundaries.
Spiritual & Systemic Deconstruction: For those coming out of high-control religious or social systems, we address the specific ways that power and "divine" authority may have been used as tools of emotional control.
Breaking the Silence
I have an extensive background in working with healers, pastors, and leaders who have experienced emotional abuse within their professional or personal systems. Whether you are currently in the relationship or are years into your "after," you deserve a space that is curious, brave, and entirely yours.
Healing is not just about leaving the situation; it is about returning to yourself.
21 Years Experience
Online in Brownsville, TX (Online Only)
Emotional Abuse
Amy R. Teel
Counselor/Therapist, MS, LPC-Associate, NARM, SE Trained
Creating space to process confusion, self-doubt, and relational pain while reconnecting with your voice and inner trust.
1 Years Experience
Online in Brownsville, TX
Emotional Abuse
Christina Song
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT-S
Emotional abuse can be subtle, confusing, and deeply destabilizing. It often involves patterns of control, manipulation, gaslighting, invalidation, or chronic criticism that erode a person’s sense of self over time. Many survivors question their own perceptions or minimize their experiences, especially when there are no visible injuries or when care and harm coexist.
In therapy, I offer a space to gently explore your experiences without pressure to label them before you’re ready. Our work focuses on restoring trust in your own reality, understanding how abusive dynamics take shape, and supporting your nervous system as it recovers from chronic relational stress. Therapy is paced, consent-centered, and grounded in compassion—helping you reconnect with your voice, rebuild boundaries, and move toward relationships that feel safe, mutual, and affirming.
10 Years Experience
Online in Brownsville, TX
Emotional Abuse
Dr. Carolina Castanos, PhD, LMFT
Marriage and Family Therapist, PHD, LMFT
Victims or perpetrators of emotional abuse are stuck in an abusive dynamic which most likely began before this relationship (in the case of adults) and will determine future relationships (in the case of kids). I work with recognizing this dynamic, uncovering deeper wounds, and providing tools.
28 Years Experience
Online in Brownsville, TX
Emotional Abuse
Underwood Counseling & Consultation, PLLC / Lucy F. Underwood
Licensed Professional Counselor, PhD, LPC-S, NCC, ACS, BC-TMH, EMDRIA Certified, Qualified ART
Dr. Lucy Underwood and Associates work with youth, adults, and elders who are the victims of emotional abuse through the use of CBT, Family Systems Therapy, EMDR, and Accelerated Resolution Therapy.
31 Years Experience
Online in Brownsville, TX
Emotional Abuse
Dawn Nelson
Counselor/Therapist, LCSW-S, ACSW, SAP, CART
Abuse is a complicated issue within a family because it usually involves both love and inappropriate behaviors. Clients feel mixed emotions. I provide a safe, caring, and non-judgmental environment in which you can work through your thoughts and feelings to make the best decisions for you.
36 Years Experience
Online in Brownsville, TX
Emotional Abuse
Kingdom Dwelling Christian Counseling
Licensed Professional Counselor
KDCC strives to be a safe place for individuals with wounds that aren't seen by the physical eye. Our counselors provide strength, hope and the insight to understand the impact of the emotional abuse suffered. Talking through your experiences and receiving the validation for your feelings can help rebuild self-worth, strengthen resilience, and empower individuals to heal and move forward.
7 Years Experience
Online in Brownsville, TX
Emotional Abuse
Alanna Preylo
Therapist, LMSW
It's hard to describe the way someone hurt you. It's not so concrete. It always sounds like it is in your head. Even when you're alone, you worry you may just be overreacting. No one believes you. It's a lonely experience and no one acknowledges how society got here. In sessions together, we will honor you. We will honor your Story, your Pain, and Your Knowing.
4 Years Experience
Online in Brownsville, TX
Emotional Abuse
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 Brownsville, TX (Online Only)
Emotional Abuse
Salutaris Psychotherapy
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW
Emotional abuse can leave you questioning yourself, walking on eggshells, or feeling responsible for someone else’s moods, criticism, silence, or control. It may show up through manipulation, gaslighting, blame-shifting, intimidation, humiliation, unhealthy boundaries, or repeated patterns that slowly wear down your confidence and sense of self. In therapy, I help clients make sense of these confusing dynamics, rebuild trust in their own perceptions, and strengthen boundaries in a supportive, affirming space. My style is warm, practical, sometimes humorous, and grounded in real life, with a focus on helping you regain clarity, self-respect, and emotional safety.
27 Years Experience
Online in Brownsville, TX
Emotional Abuse
Shawna Damiani
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Emotional abuse can be one of the hardest things to name — because it so rarely looks the way people expect abuse to look. There are no visible marks. There are no dramatic moments that are easy to point to. Instead, there is a slow erosion. A relationship that made you question your memory, your perception, your worth. A voice in your head that sounds a lot like someone else's. A version of yourself you barely recognize anymore.
Maybe you've been told you're too sensitive. Maybe you spent years walking on eggshells, managing someone else's moods, shrinking yourself to keep the peace. Maybe you left and still find yourself defending them — or wondering if what happened was really that bad. That confusion isn't weakness. It's one of the most common and painful hallmarks of emotional abuse.
At Love Let Out, we work with survivors who are trying to find their footing after relationships that left them doubting themselves. We understand the complicated grief that comes with loving someone who hurt you. We understand why it's hard to leave, hard to stay gone, and hard to trust yourself again afterward.
Our work is trauma-informed and goes at your pace. We won't push you to label your experience before you're ready or tell you how to feel about the person who hurt you. We will help you reconnect with your own sense of reality, rebuild your confidence from the inside out, and begin to trust yourself again — maybe for the first time in a long time.
What happened to you was real. And you deserve a space where that is never questioned.
8 Years Experience
Online in Brownsville, TX (Online Only)
Emotional Abuse
Crystal Williamson
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW-S
Sometimes abuse that doesn't leave a physical mark hurts us the deepest. Unfortunately, many people minimize abusive behaviors as "not a big deal" or "not really abuse." If a significant person in your life regularly withheld affection, called you names, gaslighted you, made everything your fault, and made you feel terrible about yourself, this is abuse and it does cause significant harm. I can help you find true healing from these experiences so that you don't have to keep carrying this around.
7 Years Experience
Online in Brownsville, TX
Emotional Abuse
Gregg Unterberger
Licensed Professional Counselor, M.Ed., LPC
Emotional abuse is insidious. The more we take it, the more we feel like we deserve it, or worse, brought it on ourselves. There is a huge wound to our sense of who we are and what we deserve. But this can be healed with support, kindest and mindfulness in a deeply supportive environment.
28 Years Experience
Online in Brownsville, TX
Emotional Abuse
Brian McCormack (Connemara Counseling)
Counselor/Therapist, LPC-A/LMHCA
I provide support for individuals recovering from emotional abuse, helping clients recognize harmful patterns, rebuild self-worth, and restore a sense of safety and autonomy. Using evidence-based approaches such as cognitive-behavioral therapy, trauma-informed care, and boundary-setting strategies, I help clients process their experiences, challenge internalized negative beliefs, and develop healthier relationship patterns. My work focuses on empowerment, resilience, and healing, guiding individuals toward greater confidence, emotional stability, and the ability to form safe, respectful connections.
2 Years Experience
Online in Brownsville, TX (Online Only)
Emotional Abuse
Sydney Fowler
Counselor/Therapist, MT-BC, LPC
I work with individuals who have experienced emotional abuse, including patterns of manipulation, control, or invalidation that can impact self-esteem and emotional well-being. Emotional abuse is often less visible but can have lasting effects on how individuals view themselves and relate to others. Treatment focuses on increasing self-awareness, rebuilding a sense of identity, and developing healthier coping strategies. I utilize a trauma-informed approach, incorporating talk therapy and offering EMDR when appropriate to support processing and healing.
5 Years Experience
Online in Brownsville, TX (Online Only)
Emotional Abuse
Aubrey Richardson
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC
Emotional abuse is often subtle, confusing, and difficult to name. Many clients minimize their experiences or question whether what they are going through “counts.” Over time, this can lead to self-doubt, hypervigilance, and a loss of trust in your own perceptions.
Therapy provides a space to clearly identify harmful patterns, rebuild your sense of reality and self-trust, and develop boundaries that protect your emotional well-being.
7 Years Experience
Online in Brownsville, TX (Online Only)
Emotional Abuse
Kristin Wright
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC
Were you criticized heavily as a child? Did you feel worthless growing up? Or have you been in a relationship where you were gas lighted and treated poorly. Emotional abuse is often a silent form of trauma that most don't recognize until they are much older. However, it can lead to low self-esteem, perfectionism, struggles in relationships later in life, and even PTSD. With many years of experiences working with abuse survivors, I strive to create a safe environment for them to process their traumatic past and learn to love the strong and courageous person that they are.
10 Years Experience
Online in Brownsville, TX (Online Only)
Emotional Abuse
Suzanne Kocher
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC-S, EMDR, IFS
I have supported many people overcome the long term effects of emotional abuse. Emotional abuse changes who you are at your core. Through IFS and EMDR therapy, we can heal these wounds together and you will start to feel safe and at peace once again.
18 Years Experience
Online in Brownsville, TX
Brownsville is one of the southernmost cities in the United States and sits directly on the US-Mexico border — sharing the border with Matamoros, Tamaulipas — with a population that is over 90% Hispanic and where Spanish is the dominant language of daily life, making bilingual, bicultural therapy not a specialty but the baseline expectation for meaningful access to care. The city's poverty rate is among the highest in the United States, and therapists here frequently address the compounding effects of economic stress, immigration-related family separation, and the chronic anxiety of border community life. Valley Baptist Medical Center and the UT Health RGV system provide institutional mental health resources for the Rio Grande Valley region. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley's psychology and counseling programs supply clinical training to a region that remains significantly underserved relative to its mental health needs.
Emotional Abuse therapists in Brownsville, Texas Statistics
Emotional Abuse therapists in Brownsville, Texas average 17 years of experience and charge around $181 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The most commonly treated issues are Emotional Abuse (100%), Depression (86%), and Anxiety or Fears (86%).
Average years in practice
17 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$181
Gender ID
| 62% |
Female |
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| 32% |
Male |
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| 3% |
Non-Binary |
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| 3% |
Gender Fluid |
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Session Type
| 56% |
In Person and Online |
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| 44% |
Online Only |
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Top Specialties
| 100% | Emotional Abuse |
| 86% | Depression |
| 86% | Anxiety or Fears |
| 84% | Trauma and PTSD |
| 73% | Self Esteem |
| 71% | Stress |
| 66% | Loss or Grief |