Emotional Abuse therapists in Walnut Creek, California CA
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Emotional Abuse
Sara Denman
Psychologist, Psy.D
Someone who has suffered emotional abuse often feel shame and isolation. Processing the abuse with a trained therapist helps the pain loose its potency. Emotional abuse comes in many forms and sometimes it is even difficult to understand what was abuse. Therapy can bring insight and coping skills to work through the abuse.
27 Years Experience
In-Person in Walnut Creek, CA 94597
Online in Walnut Creek, CA California
Emotional Abuse
Dr. Rebecca Scott, Psy.D
Psychologist, Clinical Psychologist, Certified in Holistic Health
I can support patients who have history of emotional abuse and verbal abuse. I can provide CBT techniques and help foster self esteem and self confidence.
17 Years Experience
In-Person in Walnut Creek, CA
Online in Walnut Creek, CA California
Emotional Abuse
San Francisco Counseling Collective
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPCC, LMFT, LCSW
At San Francisco Counseling Collective ("SFCC"), we provide a safe place to understand and recover from emotional abuse, including patterns of manipulation and control. Treatment emphasizes reestablishing boundaries, self-worth, and a sense of safety in relationships.
9 Years Experience
In-Person in Walnut Creek, CA 945965569
Online in Walnut Creek, CA California
Emotional Abuse
Samantha Schaefer
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, PMH-C
Emotional abuse can be difficult to name, especially when it’s woven into long-term relationships or family patterns. In therapy, we’ll work to untangle manipulation, rebuild trust in your own perceptions, and help you regain confidence, boundaries, and peace of mind.
10 Years Experience
In-Person Near Walnut Creek, CA
Online in Walnut Creek, CA California
Emotional Abuse
Rubino Counseling Services
Therapist, PhD, MA
While I work with adults and couples, I specialize in treating children and teenagers. I treat children and teenagers who are dealing with depression, who are suicidal, anxiety disorders, eating disorders, cutting, bipolar to name a few issues. I also work with high conflict divorces.
29 Years Experience
In-Person Near Walnut Creek, CA
Emotional Abuse
Nes Pinar Psychotherapy
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
I help people who have experienced emotional abuse reconnect with their own voice, needs, and sense of worth after long periods of being dismissed, controlled, or minimized. Together, we gently untangle the impact of those dynamics—shame, self‑doubt, confusion, and the lingering pull of old patterns—so you can understand what happened with clarity and compassion. My approach is steady, relational, and deeply affirming, supporting you as you rebuild trust in yourself and create relationships that feel safe, mutual, and respectful.
15 Years Experience
In-Person Near Walnut Creek, CA
Online in Walnut Creek, CA California
Emotional Abuse
ScienceWorks Behavioral Healthcare
Psychologist, PhD, HSP, PSYPACT+California
Care focused on recognizing, processing, and recovering from emotional abuse, including rebuilding self-trust, boundaries, and healthy relationship patterns.
20 Years Experience
Online in Walnut Creek, CA California (Online Only)
Emotional Abuse
The Connection Clinic
Marriage and Family Therapist
At The Connection Clinic, we create a safe space to heal from the effects of emotional abuse. Our goal is to empower you to reclaim your voice and cultivate a strong sense of self-worth.
9 Years Experience
Online in Walnut Creek, CA California (Online Only)
Emotional Abuse
Mia Turner
Therapist, MA, RYT, ASDCS, LMFT, NPT-C, CMNCS, CMIP
Healing support for survivors of emotionally abusive, manipulative, coercive, controlling, narcissistic, psychologically harmful, or chronically invalidating relationships. These experiences often leave impacts that extend far beyond the relationship itself, shaping self-trust, identity, nervous system functioning, boundaries, self-worth, and one's relationship with reality.
Emotional abuse can gradually erode confidence in your own thoughts, feelings, perceptions, memories, instincts, and lived experiences. It may show up as chronic self-doubt, people-pleasing, hypervigilance, walking on eggshells, perfectionism, difficulty trusting yourself, over-explaining, self-silencing, emotional overwhelm, dissociation, chronic guilt, difficulty identifying your needs, or feeling disconnected from your own voice and inner knowing. Many of these responses reflect the intelligence of a nervous system that learned to adapt to unpredictability, criticism, manipulation, invalidation, coercion, or emotional unsafety.
This work explores not only what happened within the relationship, but also the ways those experiences may continue to live within the body, nervous system, beliefs, relationships, and sense of self. Attention is given to the influence of attachment experiences, family systems, culture, gender, spirituality, trauma, internalized narratives, and the survival strategies that may have helped you navigate difficult relational environments. Particular care is given to understanding how emotional abuse intersects with neurodivergence, disability, chronic illness, race, culture, sexuality, and other identities that may have shaped vulnerability, coping, and meaning-making.
My approach integrates EMDR, somatic therapy, mindfulness, polyvagal-informed practices, attachment-focused therapy, parts work and Internal Family Systems (IFS), neuropsychotherapy, expressive arts, narrative therapy, and liberation-oriented healing. Therapy may include exploring patterns of protection, reconnecting with bodily wisdom and intuition, strengthening boundaries, processing traumatic experiences, understanding attachment wounds, reclaiming agency, and developing a more compassionate relationship with yourself.
Healing is not approached as becoming less sensitive, more agreeable, or simply "moving on." It is often about reclaiming trust in your own experiences, reconnecting with your body's signals, honoring your needs and emotions, unlearning harmful messages you may have internalized, and creating enough safety for your voice, boundaries, values, and authentic self to take up space again. The goal is not simply to recover from what happened, but to cultivate relationships with yourself and others that are grounded in mutual respect, authenticity, consent, reciprocity, and care.
10 Years Experience
Online in Walnut Creek, CA California (Online Only)
Emotional Abuse
Russell Wilkie
Marriage and Family Therapist, MFT
The subtlety of emotional abuse is sometimes hard to see. Having studied it thoroughly, I know it very well and see it clearly and I coach others how to see it sooner. Getting out of a negative relationship, or the cycle of not seeing it, takes a good deal of understanding the nuances of what it is and how it happens. I can help you learn to see it earlier and get yourself out of bad situations sooner and set better boundaries so you don't get abused in the future.
34 Years Experience
Online in Walnut Creek, CA California (Online Only)
Emotional Abuse therapists in Walnut Creek, California Statistics
Emotional Abuse therapists in Walnut Creek, California average 15 years of experience and charge around $197 per session. 99% offer online sessions. The top treatment approaches are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (70%), Existential / Humanistic Therapy (49%), and Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) (46%).
Average years in practice
15 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$197
Accept insurance
43%
Offer sliding scale
57%
Gender ID
| 61% |
Female |
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| 28% |
Male |
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| 6% |
Non-Binary |
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| 5% |
Gender Fluid |
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Session Type
| 54% |
In Person and Online |
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| 45% |
Online Only |
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| 1% |
In Person Only |
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Top Treatment Approaches
| 70% | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) |
| 49% | Existential / Humanistic Therapy |
| 46% | Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) |
| 46% | Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) |
| 43% | Psychodynamic Therapy |
| 43% | Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) |
| 42% | Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) |
Ages Served
| 99% | Adult |
| 70% | Young Adult |
| 64% | Senior |
| 58% | Teen |
| 33% | Children |
Client Focus
| 70% | Women |
| 58% | LGBTQ+ |
| 55% | Men |
| 41% | Hispanic / Latino |
| 37% | Military / Veterans |