Sexual Abuse therapists in Dundonald, Northern Ireland
Browse Sexual Abuse therapists in Dundonald, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. Compare credentials, specialties and therapeutic approach. Contact a therapist to learn more.
Sexual Abuse
Emma Poxon
Counsellor/Therapist, MA Person-Centred Experiential Counselling
Sexual abuse is an incredibly painful thing to experience, as your therapist I am here to be with you, reminding you that you are not alone. We can explore what you have experienced without fear of it being "too much". Therapy is a space wherein you can say and do anything, and I am here to be your support throughout this, allowing the pain to have a space to dissipate in. You are not a problem to be fixed, my aim as your therapist is to try to provide the right conditions to allow you to explore whatever you want to bring to therapy to support your growth. This isn't a therapeutic approach wherein I will set a treatment plan or tell you what to do. We will work together as a partnership rather than me taking away your autonomy. I absolutely love the work I do, it is the biggest privilege being let into people’s personal worlds and seeing the immense growth of my clients. I hope to hear from you soon!
7 Years Experience
Online in Dundonald, Northern Ireland (Online Only)
Sexual Abuse
Shareen Birges
Registered Social Worker, BASS, GDYMH, MSW
I have extensive experience working with people who have suffered sexual abusr/assault, & specialise in childhood sexual abuse. My person centered, strengths based & trauma informed practice helps me to create a safe & comfortable therapeutic environment & build a trusting relationship with individuals. This creates a healing environment & supports people to find a way to live with their trauma experiences. I often explain this work through the analogy of wound healing. Before one begins to work on past trauma, the memories are like an open wound. They are painful & have not healed. Through the process of counselling (I've found talking & narrative therapy to be very helpful for clients around these issues) the wound heals & becomes a scar. Whilst you can never remove it, the scar no longer hurts & is just a memory of the incident(s), a memory that no longer has the capacity to hurt.
18 Years Experience
Online in Dundonald, Northern Ireland
Sexual Abuse
Gordon Wax BA HONS MBACP
Counsellor/Therapist, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist
I help people over come and understand their trauma so that they can have a healthier connection with their own body and create lasting meaningful relationships going forward.
13 Years Experience
Online in Dundonald, Northern Ireland
Sexual Abuse
Lisa Sanfilippo
Registered Psychotherapist, MA, MSc, UKCP, MBACP, SEP in progress
We can restore healthy relationships and intimacy- even if we have experienced abuse in the past. Feeling fearful, confused, ashamed, overly-sexualised or afraid of intimacy are important ways our nervous system may be dealing with something really difficult to process. And these protective patterns can shift. Sexual abuse or assault are, sadly, far more common than you'd think. Working with sexual abuse means working gently and delicately at your pace, often not even needing to re-hash the content of past events, but understanding how the after-effects have created your protective responses. We start with restoring a feeling of safety and integrity so that you can move at your own pace. I take a gentle, measured approach, helping you to heal somatically, mentally, emotionally and even spiritually. My approach is informed by somatic experiencing and Polyvagal approaches, which work with our bodies and nervous systems.
14 Years Experience
Online in Dundonald, Northern Ireland
Sexual Abuse
Jimi Katsis
Registered Psychotherapist, MA psych, Dip SW
Sexual abuse breaks something fundamental—your sense of safety in your own body, your ability to trust, your right to say no. The impact doesn't end when the abuse ends. It shows up in relationships, in how you feel about yourself, in anxiety or depression or dissociation that doesn't make sense until you connect it back.
Many survivors spend years not naming it as abuse, minimizing what happened, or believing they should be "over it" by now. There's no timeline for this. Your nervous system is still protecting you from something that felt life-threatening, even if rationally you know you're safe now.
We work carefully and at your pace. This isn't about forcing you to relive everything in graphic detail—that re-traumatizes, it doesn't heal. Instead, we work to help your nervous system understand that the threat is over, while processing what happened in a way that doesn't overwhelm you.
You're not broken. Your responses make complete sense given what you survived. Healing is possible, but it takes time, safety, and someone who understands trauma from the inside. If you're ready to explore this work, reach out. We'll start with a free consultation to see if I'm the right fit.
27 Years Experience
Online in Dundonald, Northern Ireland (Online Only)
Sexual Abuse therapists in Dundonald, Northern Ireland Statistics
Sexual Abuse therapists in Dundonald, Northern Ireland average 16 years of experience and charge around ¤113 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The top treatment approaches are Integrative Therapy (60%), Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) (58%), and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (48%).
Average years in practice
16 Years Experience
Average cost per session
¤113
Accept insurance
45%
Offer sliding scale
48%
Gender ID
| 66% |
Female |
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| 32% |
Male |
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| 2% |
Non-Binary |
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Session Type
| 72% |
In Person and Online |
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| 28% |
Online Only |
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Top Treatment Approaches
| 60% | Integrative Therapy |
| 58% | Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) |
| 48% | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) |
| 43% | Existential / Humanistic Therapy |
| 38% | Psychodynamic Therapy |
| 33% | Internal Family Systems (IFS) |
| 33% | Somatic Therapy |
Ages Served
| 98% | Adult |
| 73% | Young Adult |
| 58% | Senior |
| 55% | Teen |
| 25% | Children |
Client Focus
| 75% | Women |
| 63% | LGBTQ+ |
| 60% | Men |
| 50% | Christian |
| 50% | Persons with Disabilities |