Sexual Abuse therapists in Saint Cloud, MN
Browse Sexual Abuse therapists in Saint Cloud, Minnesota. Compare credentials, specialties and therapeutic approach. Contact a therapist to learn more.
Sexual Abuse
Kimberlee Zetocha Halverson
Psychologist, Ph.D, LP
I have 15+ years of PTSD treatment experience. I'm trained in Prolonged exposure therapy, Cognitive Processing therapy, In-vivo exposure therapy, and Virtual Reality Exposure therapy. I have worked with ALL types of trauma across the age span. I have extensive experience with combat/Military trauma and Military sexual trauma. I treat people with more than one type of trauma or multiple traumas. I worked in a VA PTSD treatment program for 7 yrs. I worked on a congressional research PTSD study at an Army base. I treat sexual trauma, childhood trauma, first responder traumas, and front line traumas.
17 Years Experience
Online in Saint Cloud, MN (Online Only)
Sexual Abuse
Chad T. Allen
Licensed Psychoanalyst, MA, LPCC
I am a psychoanalyst in private practice in the Minneapolis–St. Paul area, working with adults who have experienced sexual abuse or boundary violations. These experiences can affect emotional life, relationships, and one’s sense of safety or trust in ways that may not always be immediately clear.
My work is grounded in the belief that healing involves developing understanding at a pace that feels safe and respectful. Psychoanalytic psychotherapy provides a space where difficult experiences can be approached gradually, with attention to how past experiences continue to shape present feelings, relationships, and self-experience. The aim is not to force disclosure, but to support the development of understanding and a renewed sense of agency over time.
I also work with couples when past experiences affect intimacy or emotional closeness within relationships.
12 Years Experience
Online in Saint Cloud, MN
Sexual Abuse
Dayna Nelson, PsyD, LP
Psychologist, PsyD, Licensed Psychologist
Many people will experience some form of childhood sexual abuse, sexual harassment, sexual assault, or exploitation. Sexual abuse victims often experience lasting trauma, which can cause a person to live with deep emotional pain, fear, confusion, or posttraumatic stress far after the event has passed. Dr. Nelson is trained in trauma informed care and EMDR to help clients heal and process past sexual abuse and regain their emotional freedom.
In these circumstances, the support, guidance, and assistance of a therapist is fundamental to healing from trauma.
24 Years Experience
Online in Saint Cloud, MN
Sexual Abuse
Dr. Brittany Jacobson
Psychologist, PhD, CST
It is exhausting to live with the impact of someone else’s choices that were violating, confusing, and terrifying. Even if the trauma happened years ago, it can continue to affect your sense of safety, your relationships, your sexuality, and the way you relate to yourself. You may find yourself constantly on guard, disconnected from your body, overwhelmed by shame or blaming yourself, struggling with trust, unable to sleep well, or wondering why certain situations still trigger such intense emotional or physical reactions. These reactions are your mind and body's attempts to protect you after something that someone never should have chosen to do to you.
Finding lasting healing from sexual trauma is about much more than talking through the past. It also involves helping your nervous system recognize that the danger is over. Together we will process your experiences at a pace that feels safe and rebuild a relationship with yourself grounded in compassion, confidence, and self-trust. We will explore your emotions about what happened and how it has affected your thoughts/beliefs, while always respecting your readiness, your boundaries, and your sense of control in the therapy process.
Drawing from evidence-based trauma therapies along with mindfulness and mind-body approaches, we'll work to reduce the emotional and physical grip of trauma so it no longer defines your daily life. Whether you're struggling with PTSD symptoms, intimacy, body image, self-worth, anxiety, or feeling disconnected from yourself, therapy can help you move toward greater freedom and healing. As a certified sex therapist, I also help clients recover from the common effects of trauma on sex– including anxiety, avoidance, numbness, pain during sex, or feeling like your body is working against you. Sometimes survivors of sexual trauma find themselves engaging in sexual behaviors that don't align with what they truly want and prioritizing partners’ needs over their own. Therapy can help you learn how to be more present during sex, let go of unhelpful thoughts that get in the way of enjoying it, and experience intimacy in ways that feel safe and fun again.
No matter how long it’s been since the trauma happened, recovery is still possible! My goal is to help you feel safe in your own body again and reconnect with the parts of yourself that trauma forced you to leave behind. I will help you create a life that is no longer organized around just surviving. You will rediscover what it’s like to fully live again with greater peace, empowerment, and connection.
10 Years Experience
Online in Saint Cloud, MN
Sexual Abuse
Shelly Melroe
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
Experiences of sexual abuse and other sexuality traumata are a visceral violation of you as a person. They can leave you not only feeling ashamed and guilty but also physically stuck in a state of feeling trapped. Used polyvagal-based neural interventions, Shelly will work with you to restore a felt sense of safety. She can guide you through healing from additional wounding caused by people saying you should have done something to get away. Shelly will help you understand that, biologically, your body has an automatic instinct to collapse and cooperate in a last resort attempt of survival. Unfortunately, it can lead your system to stay stuck in a state of disconnection, going through motions. Mind-body therapies can help you restore your sense of self and a felt sense of safety so you can fully engage in life.
9 Years Experience
Online in Saint Cloud, MN
Sexual Abuse therapists in Saint Cloud, MN Statistics
Sexual Abuse therapists in Saint Cloud, MN average 17 years of experience and charge around $202 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The top treatment approaches are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (66%), Family Systems Therapy (39%), and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) (38%).
Average years in practice
17 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$202
Accept insurance
41%
Offer sliding scale
43%
Gender ID
| 68% |
Female |
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| 30% |
Male |
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| 2% |
Non-Binary |
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Session Type
| 61% |
In Person and Online |
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| 39% |
Online Only |
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Top Treatment Approaches
| 66% | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) |
| 39% | Family Systems Therapy |
| 38% | Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) |
| 38% | Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) |
| 38% | Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) |
| 34% | Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) |
| 34% | Psychodynamic Therapy |
Ages Served
| 98% | Adult |
| 68% | Young Adult |
| 57% | Senior |
| 45% | Teen |
| 21% | Children |
Client Focus
| 59% | Women |
| 50% | LGBTQ+ |
| 48% | Men |
| 32% | Black / African American |
| 32% | Hispanic / Latino |