Trauma and PTSD therapists in Murrieta, California CA
Find experienced trauma and PTSD therapists in Murrieta who provide testing, evidence-based treatment for trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder, and related challenges such as anxiety, depression, and stress. Compare detailed therapist profiles and connect with a provider that’s right for you.
PTSD/Trauma
Empowered Path Clinical Counseling, PC
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPCC, MA, CBIF, CAMS-II, CART, LMFT, AMFT, APCC
Trauma can impact every aspect of life, and PTSD can make even daily routines feel overwhelming. We specialize in trauma recovery using approaches like EMDR, mindfulness, and narrative therapy to help you process your experiences, reduce distressing symptoms, and regain a sense of control and peace.
11 Years Experience
In-Person in Murrieta, CA 92562
Online in Murrieta, CA California
PTSD/Trauma
Lisa Abrams-Misbeek
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
Trauma-Focused Therapy helps to focus on the traumatic event and what it means to you. as well as techniques that can help people with PTSD disconnect from trauma. There are several techniques that help, including Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy. These will help you learn to get through reexperiencing the event and focus on the positive things in life.
15 Years Experience
Online in Murrieta, CA California (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Morgan Pemberton
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, EMDR certified
If you’re struggling with complex trauma, attachment wounds, or generational trauma, healing can feel overwhelming, but you don’t have to face it alone. As a certified EMDR therapist, I specialize in helping individuals process deep-rooted trauma using a variety of effective techniques, including EMDR, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and resourcing. By addressing both the emotional and generational aspects of your experiences, we work together to break the cycle and help you build a healthier, more connected future.
11 Years Experience
Online in Murrieta, CA California (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Jeanette Abney
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, SAP
I have over 20 years of experience with working with individual as it relates to trauma and PTSD. I also have experience with working with veterans and active-duty service members and their dependents as I have experience with working within the military culture.
27 Years Experience
In-Person Near Murrieta, CA
Online in Murrieta, CA California
PTSD/Trauma
Erin Kennedy
Therapist, LPCC
Trauma is far more pervasive than many people realize--in fact, trauma is anything that overwhelms our current capacity to cope. I specialize in treating individuals with a history of childhood & relational/attachment trauma, which can have pervasive impacts across all areas of wellbeing.
6 Years Experience
In-Person Near Murrieta, CA
Online in Murrieta, CA California
PTSD/Trauma
Renée Rising Sun Peyton
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW
I’m trained in EMDR- a proven effective treatment for trauma and PTSD. EMDR goes beyond teaching you cope with your trauma and helps you to truly find healing so you can fully live your life.
26 Years Experience
Online in Murrieta, CA California (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Brett Ryan
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT #128956
I am a Certified EMDR Therapist. Often times people who have experienced trauma continue to be plagued by disturbing images, negative beliefs or feelings, and sometimes overwhelming anxiety. I help clients process their past trauma to where it is no longer disturbing and the find freedom from what happened.
5 Years Experience
In-Person Near Murrieta, CA
Online in Murrieta, CA California
PTSD/Trauma
Karen Rippy - Relationship Expert - office and online: Family, couple/marriage, extended family, students).
Marriage and Family Therapist, Ph.D., LMFT
Trauma brings about automatic negative thinking and intense emotions. Let's decide on the right course of treatment for you. I have dealt with many clients throughout the years and have supervised therapists on different forms of managing trauma and moving from it, healing from it getting the lessons and not staying stuck.
41 Years Experience
In-Person Near Murrieta, CA
Online in Murrieta, CA California
PTSD/Trauma
Cindy Lee Collins
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPCC
I specialize in working with adults experiencing trauma and PTSD, including symptoms such as intrusive memories, emotional reactivity, avoidance, hypervigilance, dissociation, and difficulty feeling safe in relationships or in one’s own body. Trauma can result from a single overwhelming event or from repeated or developmental experiences that shape how the nervous system responds to stress over time.
My approach is trauma-informed, paced, and focused on resolving symptoms at their root rather than only managing them. I use EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) and the Comprehensive Resource Model (CRM) to help process traumatic experiences in a way that reduces emotional intensity and supports integration. These modalities work directly with how trauma is stored in the brain and nervous system, allowing for meaningful change without requiring you to repeatedly relive distressing material.
I also integrate nervous system regulation and attachment-based work, with a strong emphasis on establishing internal safety, increasing capacity for emotional tolerance, and rebuilding a sense of stability and trust in self and others. Therapy is carefully paced and collaborative, with attention to maintaining regulation throughout the process.
Many clients come to me feeling stuck in survival responses that persist long after the trauma has ended. Through this work, clients often experience fewer trauma symptoms, improved emotional regulation, and a greater sense of groundedness, safety, and connection in daily life.
5 Years Experience
In-Person Near Murrieta, CA
Online in Murrieta, CA California
PTSD/Trauma
Hilary Stokes
Therapist, PHD, LCSW
We experience trauma when the stress or fear of threat overwhelm our system and we are not able to consciously process everything that is happening. Our instincts take over and our nervous system goes into survival mode to help us deal with the situation. This is a process known as neuroception, where we assess risks and react via our primal instincts. This looks like the part of our nervous system that is capable of survival and takes a primary role and we either fight, flight, freeze, appease or collapse in response to what is happening. Our rational thinking brain takes a back seat to let our instinctual emotional brain take over. Once we experience an event as traumatic, our nervous system makes it difficult to get out. The part of our brain responsible for memory of details, time, space and basic facts becomes far less active and our sensory memory takes over. We can lose track of the details making it challenging to recall what happened after the fact. The traumatic experiences get stored at a sensory, visceral, and often nonverbal level in our implicit memory. We may experience this at more of an unconscious level making it difficult to fully process at a more cognitive or conscious level.
These memories tend to get suspended or stuck in time leaving a residue of unresolved distressing energy. This puts a lot of stress on the mind-body system, is exhausting and inevitably is not sustainable. Healing as a result requires accessing the implicit memories that exist outside of our ability to verbalize and rationally process our thoughts about what happened. Brainspotting, EMDR , somatic therapy and other mind body therapies known to access implicit memory networks are vital to healing. They help move memories from an unconscious and unresolved state to a more conscious and adaptive state.
25 Years Experience
Online in Murrieta, CA California (Online Only)
Trauma and PTSD therapists in Murrieta, California Statistics
Trauma and PTSD therapists in Murrieta, California average 15 years of experience and charge around $207 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The top treatment approaches are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (64%), Psychodynamic Therapy (42%), and Existential / Humanistic Therapy (36%).
Average years in practice
15 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$207
Accept insurance
38%
Offer sliding scale
52%
Gender ID
| 71% |
Female |
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| 24% |
Male |
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| 3% |
Non-Binary |
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| 2% |
Gender Fluid |
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Session Type
| 62% |
In Person and Online |
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| 38% |
Online Only |
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Top Treatment Approaches
| 64% | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) |
| 42% | Psychodynamic Therapy |
| 36% | Existential / Humanistic Therapy |
| 36% | Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) |
| 35% | Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) |
| 35% | Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) |
| 35% | Somatic Therapy |
Ages Served
| 99% | Adult |
| 62% | Young Adult |
| 53% | Teen |
| 49% | Senior |
| 26% | Children |
Client Focus
| 59% | Women |
| 44% | LGBTQ+ |
| 35% | Men |
| 24% | Hispanic / Latino |
| 24% | Black / African American |