Online Emotional Abuse therapists in Dumfries, Virginia VA
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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 Dumfries, VA
Emotional Abuse
Grace in the Shadows
Licensed Professional Counselor, PhD, MDiv, MA, NCMHC, ALMHC, VALMHC, SCMHC, FLMHC, KYMHC, IDMHC
I address emotional abuse with a compassionate and faith-based approach, recognizing the profound impact it has on an individual's well-being. Grounded in Christian principles, I provide a safe and supportive space for clients to explore the emotional wounds caused by abuse. Incorporating biblical teachings on love, compassion, and the inherent worth of individuals, therapy sessions may involve prayer, scriptural reflection, and discussions on forgiveness. I collaborate with clients to build resilience, establish healthy boundaries, and foster a sense of empowerment through their faith. While addressing the psychological aspects of emotional abuse, the counselor also guides individuals in seeking spiritual strength and relying on God's grace for healing. This integrated approach aims to support clients in breaking free from the cycle of abuse, restoring their self-worth, and promoting emotional well-being within the context of their Christian beliefs.
11 Years Experience
Online in Dumfries, VA (Online Only)
Emotional Abuse
Marie Paddock, LPC
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, NCC, BC-TMH, EMDR
Emotional abuse is a sneaky, often overlooked, form of abuse. EMDR and CPT are two very powerful therapeutic techniques that can help set people free from their trauma responses caused by emotional abuse.
19 Years Experience
Online in Dumfries, VA
Emotional Abuse
XaHara A. MeGod
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LCPC, R-DMT, CPT
Healing from emotional abuse requires reclaiming your voice, reality, and sense of self. I provide a safe, affirming space to name what happened without judgment. Using trauma-informed, culturally centered therapy, we’ll untangle gaslighting, rebuild trust in your perceptions, and restore your ability to set boundaries and feel worthy of respect.
8 Years Experience
Online in Dumfries, VA (Online Only)
Emotional Abuse
Camille Larsen
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, LAC
For many people who have lived with emotional abuse, a therapeutic relationship is the first safe relationship they have. It is understandable to build trust over time at a pace your nervous system dictates, and I feel honored to do this work and walk beside you on this journey.
Emotional abuse sometimes produces symptoms of PTSD. EMDR, which I am extensively trained in, and other therapies can significantly reduce these symptoms.
10 Years Experience
Online in Dumfries, VA
Emotional Abuse
Paws2Heal Mental Health Counseling Services
Licensed Professional Counselor, PhD, LPC
Emotional abuse can leave lasting wounds that affect self-worth, trust, and relationships. Trauma-informed therapy helps you recognize harmful patterns, reclaim your voice, and rebuild a stronger sense of self.
8 Years Experience
Online in Dumfries, VA
Emotional Abuse
Pamela Brewer
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, MSW, Ph.D, LCSW-C,DCSW
When you are in an emotionally abusive relationship it can be difficult to get support from those you care about. When the wounds are internal - it can be difficult for even you to determine if you are in an emotionally abusive relationship. Let's take a look at what you are experiencing and the next best, self- affirming steps you can take.
41 Years Experience
Online in Dumfries, VA (Online Only)
Emotional Abuse
Kaylie Groenhout
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, NCC, EMDRIA Certified Therapist
The invisible scars left by emotional abuse can often be the most difficult to heal, as they target your very sense of reality. I help clients identify toxic patterns and quiet the critical inner voices that have been internalized over time. By fostering a deep sense of self-trust, I can help you move forward with a clearer perspective and a stronger heart.
4 Years Experience
Online in Dumfries, VA
Emotional Abuse
Kristee Barker
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW-S
I am a trauma specialist. Emotional abuse is a form of complex trauma. It leaves deep marks on the nervous system, identity, and sense of safety. Using EMDR, IFS, and other trauma‑focused approaches, we gently untangle the fear, shame, confusion, and self‑blame that often linger long after the abuse ends. My goal is to help you feel grounded, empowered, and supported as you reclaim your voice, your boundaries, and your life. I teach you interpersonal effectiveness skills that can help you identify and avoid emotional abuse in the future.
13 Years Experience
Online in Dumfries, VA (Online Only)
Emotional Abuse
Tricia Mazza
Counselor/Therapist, LPC
Emotional abuse can be difficult to recognize because it often shows up as subtle patterns—being dismissed, blamed, invalidated, or made to question your own reality. You may find yourself constantly explaining your intentions, doubting your memory, or feeling like nothing you do is ever quite right. Over time, this can lead to confusion, anxiety, and a loss of trust in your own instincts. In our work, we focus on clearly identifying these dynamics so you can name what’s happening, rebuild your sense of self, and begin to establish boundaries that protect your emotional well-being.
16 Years Experience
Online in Dumfries, VA (Online Only)
Emotional Abuse
Ilyssa Swartout
Psychologist, Psy.D.
Emotional abuse can leave deep, lasting wounds—often invisible but profoundly painful. You may question your worth, doubt your perceptions, or struggle with trust and boundaries. In therapy, we focus on rebuilding your sense of safety, confidence, and self-respect. Together, we’ll uncover and heal the impact of manipulation, criticism, or neglect. Using evidence-based trauma therapies, you can learn to release shame, rebuild inner strength, and reclaim your authentic voice.
25 Years Experience
Online in Dumfries, VA (Online Only)
Emotional Abuse
Allison Bernardo
Pre-Licensed Professional, Resident in Counseling
Emotional abuse can leave lasting wounds that affect self-esteem, trust, and relationships. Together, we’ll process your experiences, rebuild confidence, establish healthy boundaries, and work toward healing in a safe, supportive, and nonjudgmental environment.
1 Years Experience
Online in Dumfries, VA
Emotional Abuse
LEGACY MENTAL HEALTH CONSULTING SERVICES
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW
Legacy Mental Health Consulting Services provides compassionate, trauma‑informed support for individuals healing from emotional abuse, including patterns of manipulation, gaslighting, control, criticism, and chronic invalidation. We understand how deeply these experiences can impact self‑worth, identity, and the ability to trust oneself and others. In therapy, we offer a safe, steady space to process what happened, rebuild confidence, and learn to recognize healthy versus harmful relational dynamics. Using approaches such as CBT, DBT, mindfulness, and empowerment‑focused therapy, we help clients strengthen boundaries, challenge internalized messages, and reconnect with their authentic voice. Whether emotional abuse occurred in a romantic relationship, family system, or other environment, we provide supportive guidance to help clients reclaim their sense of self, restore emotional stability, and move forward with resilience and clarity.
12 Years Experience
Online in Dumfries, VA
Emotional Abuse
Esra Nihan Bridge
Marriage and Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Long-term narcissistic abuse usually result in greater suffering, and it takes a long period of time for the victim to process. Upon enduring narcissistic abuse, the survivor usually struggles with a variety of lasting problems: depression, anxiety, trauma, self-blame, low self-esteem, a lost sense of self, restlessness, physical issues, trouble with decision making, and difficulty setting boundaries. Together, we will work through processing trauma, develop healthy relationship skills, and explore trauma-focused approaches such as Brainspotting—a therapeutic technique designed to access, process, and release trauma and emotional pain.
19 Years Experience
Online in Dumfries, VA (Online Only)
Emotional Abuse
Elisha S Lee
Counselor/Therapist, NCCA CTCC CPC
Our emotional abuse counseling services offer a supportive and healing environment tailored to the needs of individuals who've endured the invisible wounds of emotional abuse. Whether stemming from intimate partner violence, family dynamics, workplace harassment, or other relationships, emotional abuse can be deeply damaging to one's mental health and self-esteem. Our approach is to validate these experiences and work towards empowerment and emotional well-being.
Nurturing Resilience and Recovery from Emotional Abuse
* Validation and Recognition: We provide a space where the impact of emotional abuse is recognized and validated, helping clients understand that their experiences are significant and deserving of attention.
* Empathetic Support: With sensitivity and compassion, our therapists listen and respond to the unique stories of each client, fostering an environment of trust and safety crucial for healing.
* Identifying and Processing Emotions: Clients are guided through the process of identifying and expressing the complex emotions associated with emotional abuse, including confusion, shame, guilt, and anger, facilitating insight and emotional release.
* Rebuilding Self-Concept: A core component of therapy focuses on dismantling the negative belief systems instilled by abuse and rebuilding a strong, positive self-concept and sense of worth.
* Developing Healthy Boundaries: Clients learn to develop and assert healthy boundaries in all areas of life, an essential skill for preventing future abuse and maintaining emotional well-being.
Goals of Counseling for Emotional Abuse
Our counseling services for emotional abuse aim to help clients:
* Recognize and Understand Abuse: Gain a clear understanding of what constitutes emotional abuse and its impact on their mental and emotional health.
* Strengthen Emotional Resilience: Build emotional resilience to better cope with the effects of past abuse and prevent its recurrence in other relationships.
* Heal from Trauma: Engage in counseling strategies designed to facilitate healing from the trauma of emotional abuse.
* Improve Self-Esteem: Work on boosting self-esteem and self-worth that has been compromised by the abuse.
* Cultivate Healthy Relationships: Learn to identify the red flags of abusive relationships and foster the skills needed to develop and maintain healthy interpersonal relationships.
Overcoming emotional abuse is a powerful journey of reclaiming one's voice, value, and vitality. Reach out today to learn more about how our emotional abuse counseling services can support your path to recovery.
9 Years Experience
Online in Dumfries, VA
Emotional Abuse
The Wellness Sanctuary
Counselor/Therapist, Behavioral Health
Experienced in Anxiety Disorder, Panic Attacks, PTSD, Acceptance and Commitment, and Trauma Informed Therapy
23 Years Experience
Online in Dumfries, VA
Emotional Abuse
Tracey Knows
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
I provide a safe and supportive space for individuals escaping emotionally abusive relationships—whether with a partner or family member. Emotional abuse can leave deep wounds, eroding self-worth and making it difficult to trust yourself or others. My approach focuses on helping you reclaim your identity, set firm boundaries, and heal from the effects of manipulation, gaslighting, and control. Through trauma-informed care, mindfulness, and self-empowerment strategies, I help clients break free from toxic dynamics and rebuild a life rooted in self-trust, confidence, and emotional safety. You deserve peace and respect, and you have nothing to be ashamed of if you're a victim of emotional abuse.
10 Years Experience
Online in Dumfries, VA (Online Only)
Emotional Abuse
Sumer Statler Aeed
Psychologist, Licensed Psychologist
Emotional abuse is an often hidden or hard to pinpoint type of abuse that may occur in our adult relationships, those with our parents growing up, or both. One definition of emotional abuse includes psychological (i.e. non-physical) behaviors such as threats, insults, constant monitoring or “checking in,” controlling, shaming, humiliation, intimidation, isolation or ignoring behaviors.
You may also be dealing with childhood emotional abuse which can be defined as, 'sustained, repetitive, inappropriate emotional response to the child’s experience of emotion and its accompanying expressive behavior’. Healing emotional abuse allows us to create new blueprints for moving forward with new outcomes and to create new relationships with ourselves and others.
Healing involves speaking our truth, learning about connecting to our emotions, boundary setting, connecting to our bodies and beginning to create new ways of building loving safe relationships with ourselves and others. Depending upon your own history we may make use of variety of tools to heal, including somatic work, trauma work, journaling, boundary setting, inner child work, family systems work, art therapy, or many other paths that can lead to reclaiming your truth.
27 Years Experience
Online in Dumfries, VA (Online Only)
Emotional Abuse
Mary Sayre
Licensed Professional Counselor, M.Ed, LPC
Emotional abuse is often hidden and extremely painful. It can make you feel like you are crazy. It is important to understand the dynamics as a first step to freeing yourself from an emotionally abusive situation.
28 Years Experience
Online in Dumfries, VA
Emotional Abuse
Rebecca Castle-Waller
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW
Hey Survivor, are you tired of feeling guilty and overwhelmed all the time? Everyone else seems so together and you're stuck battling your past? I get it. My name is Rebecca Castle-Waller and I help badass women with trauma become present in their lives and in their relationships, so you can actually enjoy this life you've built.
Many of my clients grew up in chaotic and unstable homes where from a young age they started taking care of others. Making meals, waking their parents up for work, getting their siblings off to school. From there, you went on to take care of your partner and your kiddos while also working hard to keep everything running smoothly. Now with work and relationships and family drama and life you feel constantly stressed out and like you should be doing more. Oh, and you're doing all of this while facing nightmares, flashbacks, numbness, random waves of anger, and the like. Who's taking care of you?
Let's give you a space where you can be your messy, imperfect self so you can finally take care of you. It's time to heal your trauma, you've built an amazing life and you deserve to actually live it.
7 Years Experience
Online in Dumfries, VA (Online Only)
Emotional Abuse therapists in Dumfries, Virginia Statistics
Emotional Abuse therapists in Dumfries, Virginia average 18 years of experience and charge around $201 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The most commonly treated issues are Emotional Abuse (100%), Trauma and PTSD (89%), and Anxiety or Fears (84%).
Average years in practice
18 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$201
Gender ID
| 68% |
Female |
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| 25% |
Male |
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| 4% |
Gender Fluid |
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| 3% |
Non-Binary |
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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 |
| 89% | Trauma and PTSD |
| 84% | Anxiety or Fears |
| 77% | Depression |
| 72% | Stress |
| 70% | Self Esteem |
| 66% | Loss or Grief |