Emotional Abuse Therapy therapists in Toronto, Ontario ON, Canada CA
Emotional Abuse Therapy
Collaborative Care Therapy
Registered Psychotherapist, Registered Social Workers and Psychotherapists
Emotional abuse, with its insidious and often hidden impact, can leave deep and lasting scars. At Collaborative Care Therapy, we approach the healing process from emotional abuse with a compassionate, integrative, relational, and trauma-informed perspective, recognizing the nuanced ways in which this abuse affects individuals.
In our therapy sessions, we create a safe and nurturing environment where you can begin to unpack the effects of emotional abuse. We understand that this form of abuse can undermine self-esteem, distort self-perception, and create a lingering sense of fear or inadequacy. Our goal is to help you recognize and challenge these harmful internalized messages and beliefs.
Our treatment approach is multifaceted, employing evidence-based methods tailored to your individual healing journey. We often use cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) to address negative thought patterns and beliefs instilled by emotional abuse. In addition, techniques like mindfulness can help in developing present-moment awareness and reducing anxiety, while emotion-focused therapy can assist in understanding and regulating complex emotions that arise from such experiences.
Being trauma-informed, we pay special attention to the traumatic aspects of emotional abuse. We work collaboratively with you to rebuild trust, not only in the therapeutic relationship but also within yourself. Our focus is on empowering you to regain a sense of control and self-worth.
Through our phased approach to therapy, we aim to help you move from a place of hurt and confusion to one of clarity and strength. This journey involves learning to set healthy boundaries, improving self-compassion, and fostering positive, respectful relationships in the future.
Our virtual therapy sessions offer the convenience and comfort of accessing support from your environment, ensuring continuous and personalized care. With Collaborative Care Therapy, embark on a path to healing from emotional abuse and rediscover a sense of self-worth and confidence.
9 Years Experience
Emotional Abuse Therapy
Dr. Evelyn McMullen
Psychologist, C. Psych.
Learning how to identify all forms of abuse including gaslighting can be a big step. The impact of early childhood trauma can carry into adult life. You can find ways to heal, strengthen, and mitigate some of these effects without having to actually relive the past.
40 Years Experience
Emotional Abuse Therapy
Stacy Kirkbride - Turnpage Counselling & Psychotherapy
Registered Psychotherapist, MACP, Registered Psychotherapist, Recreation Therapist
Emotional, mental and narcissistic abuse can leave you feeling isolated, uncertain and full of self-doubt, questioning your reality, low in confidence, feeling detached, anxious, having difficulty trusting, as well as feeling an immense amount of guilt and shame. I provide support for those struggling with relational trauma, narcissistic abuse, and complex trauma. Whether you are contemplating ending a relationship, dealing with the aftermath of leaving, or coping with ongoing difficulties with a partner or family member, I offer a supportive empathic space to explore the impact, rebuild self-confidence and self-worth, heal and establish safe effective boundaries.
3 Years Experience
Emotional Abuse Therapy
Nora Taylor, MA, RP
Registered Psychotherapist, Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology 1994
It is important to understand what emotional abuse is and how it impacts our lives. Often this is subtle subjective experience. One of the most important things to remember is having the ability to be aware, notice the injury. That's the first step.
30 Years Experience
Emotional Abuse Therapy
Emma Heutschi
Registered Psychotherapist, M.Ed. Counselling Psychology, Registered Psychotherapist
Emotional abuse is the most hidden but widespread form of abuse, and is just as damaging as physical or sexual abuse. As your therapist, I can help you to recognize and understand the abusers in your life and their impact on your wellbeing. We will work to heal the damage of abuse and prevent future abuse by building skills for self-esteem and self-compassion. If you have experienced any form of abuse, I will encourage you to feel your anger and to release this anger in a constructive way. Anger empowers us and helps us to put the responsibility for the abuse where it belongs, instead of on ourselves.
7 Years Experience
Emotional Abuse Therapy
Emina Hendricks, CareWay.ca
Registered Psychotherapist, M.Ed., R.P.
Have you been involved in a toxic relationship or have you been raised in emotional abuse?
Sometimes the messaging and the experiences stick: you may have been silenced and the abuser's voice may have been internalized - you find yourself with an active internal critic - you take a step forward only to be set back again.
CareWay offers several psychotherapy modalities which could help you overcome the effects of emotional abuse and find your true voice.
7 Years Experience
Emotional Abuse Therapy
Redbird Therapy Centre
Registered Psychotherapist, Registered Psychotherapists
All our therapists are trauma-informed and can support you through the struggles of emotional abuse. Contact our Intake Worker to help determine who will be the best fit for you.
29 Years Experience
Emotional Abuse Therapy
Laura Farberman
Registered Social Worker, RSW, MSW
I work with individuals through a trauma informed approach to understand what has happened to them in abusive relationships and support client's deep healing while holding a safe space for this to occur. Through understanding and going inside to develop this awareness, client's begin to see themselves in a new light with decrease in anxiety, fear and low self esteem.
14 Years Experience
Emotional Abuse Therapy
Jane Wiltsie
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW, CYW
Emotional abuse can cause anger, depression and major self esteem issues. We will deconstruct these messages in a safe and supportive environment.
3 Years Experience
Emotional Abuse Therapy
Kylie Hockley
Registered Psychotherapist, MA, RP
All feelings are welcome in therapy. I use a trauma informed and attachment based approach to emotional abuse. Together we will explore past experiences, challenge negative thoughts and allow all and any emotions to be present.
5 Years Experience
Emotional Abuse Therapy
Clare Karasik
Registered Social Worker, MSW, BSW, RSW
We often minimize experiences of emotional abuse, but research shows that emotion abuse in childhood is associated with the highest rate of trauma responses. Emotional abuse can impact our sense of safety in the world, our self-esteem, and the narratives we have about ourselves and others. Whenever it occurs in our life, emotional abuse can impact the way in which we navigate our relationships. We may feel anxious, unsafe, confused, conflicted, protective, or distant in relationships. Whether you experienced emotional abuse in childhood or adulthood, I support people to deepen awareness of their response to those experiences, develop self-compassion and self-acceptance, challenge their inner critic, establish healthy relationships, and develop self-esteem.
8 Years Experience
Emotional Abuse Therapy
Dr. Nilgun Turkcan Ataoglu, BCT, RDT
Licensed Mental Health Counsellor, Licensed & Registered Creative Arts Therapist
Creative Arts Therapy is a powerful specialty which provides us to express our subconscious, especially our traumas in a safe and easy way. That's the reason why on emotional abuse issues, CAT is very effective and gives great results.
23 Years Experience
Emotional Abuse Therapy
Rachel Brennan
Registered Psychotherapist, B.Sc., M.A., Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)
As a certified trauma treatment professional, I specialize in providing compassionate support for individuals who have experienced emotional abuse. Emotional abuse can have lasting impacts on our self-esteem and mental health, affecting our sense of self-worth, relationships, and overall well-being. I understand the complexities of navigating the aftermath of emotional abuse and offer a safe and non-judgmental space for healing and growth.
Using evidence-based approaches tailored to your unique needs, such as trauma-focused therapy and cognitive-behavioral techniques, I help clients process their experiences, challenge negative beliefs, and develop healthy coping strategies. Together, we'll explore the effects of emotional abuse on your mental health and self-esteem, empowering you to reclaim your inner strength, rebuild self-confidence, and cultivate healthier relationships.
Healing from emotional abuse is a journey, and I am here to provide guidance, validation, and support every step of the way. Together, we can work towards restoring your sense of agency, resilience, and emotional well-being.
2 Years Experience
Emotional Abuse Therapy
North Star Therapy-- Cleo Haber
Registered Social Worker, BSW, MSW, RSW
If you have experienced emotional abuse, you may be living with normal but unwanted emotional and physical effects of trauma. Are you experiencing panic attacks, anxiety, depression or feelings of shame, fear or anger? Perhaps your sleep is disrupted, or you feel disconnected from your body at times. Psychotherapy can be an effective way to heal from trauma. We will work with you – at your own pace - to make new meaning from past experiences, while teaching you strategies to stay grounded and feel safer in your mind and body. We use trauma-informed approaches to help you feel less overwhelmed, and create safety in the present.
23 Years Experience
Emotional Abuse Therapy
Elena Serra
Therapist, Certified Clinical Trauma Specialist (RP-Q)
Emotional abuse is an underrated type of complex trauma and abuse. It often starts in childhood and has long-lasting consequences in adolescence and adulthood. If you feel insecure, unworthy, and unwanted, or if you find yourself in a pattern of toxic relationships, I would like to work with you on developing self-confidence, self-esteem, and more fulfilling relationships.
5 Years Experience
Emotional Abuse Therapy
Nisrine Maktabi
Registered Psychotherapist, Masters in Psychology
Using IFS parts therapy and EMDR
16 Years Experience
Emotional Abuse Therapy
New Moon Psychotherapy
Registered Psychotherapist, MA, MACP, MSW, RSW, RP, RP(Q)
It is time for you to begin to heal from the things that have happened to you. To begin to see that the abuse - whether it happened when you were a child, or later in life - does not define you. To create new ways of thinking about yourself and about others.
You don't have to keep trying to please others, to struggle silently on the inside, to feel like you can't trust others and to put others' needs consistently above your own.
You don't have to do it alone - together we can explore and challenge some of the beliefs that you might hold right now the ones that say: "it was something I did", "there's something wrong with me", "I'm broken or permanently damaged". We can help you re-regulate your nervous system and be more in control of your emotions and behaviour.
Our goal is to help you regain power and control in your life and to release some of the heaviness that you've been carrying. W want you to begin seeing the world as a space in which trust and safety are not foreign concepts. A world in which you don't have to hide from your past or distract yourself to get through the day.
We want therapy to work for you and a huge part of that is fit between you and your therapist. Reach out today for a complimentary 15-minute consultation. We will connect you with a clinician from our team of trained and passionate registered psychotherapists and social workers so that you can discuss your needs and how we might be able to help.
14 Years Experience
Emotional Abuse Therapy
Ps. I Love You Psychotherapy Inc.
Registered Psychotherapist, HBEd, MA (Hons.), Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)
Providing psychoeducation on what Emotional Abuse is, is the first step. Emotional abuse can include:
constant yelling; name calling, demeaning remarks or threats; physically or socially isolating an individual; withholding affection; bullying or public humiliation; exposure to family violence; denying something an individual knows is true (gaslighting); destroying an individual’s belongings, hurting their pets, or threatening to do so amongst other things.
One of the hardest things a person has to do is stop being in denial when someone you love is mistreating you. Through DBT I will teach you assertiveness training, distress tolerance, self-acceptance and cognitive reframing so that you can reclaim your self worth.
2 Years Experience
Emotional Abuse Therapy
Centre for Psychology and Emotional Health
Psychologist
Our trained and skilled therapists help clients process and recover from the impacts of abuse and interpersonal trauma.
21 Years Experience
Emotional Abuse Therapy
Natasia Hypnotherapy
Hypnotherapist, Hypnotherapist, Light Channel, Meditation Teacher, Spiritual Life Coach, Rapid Transformational Therapy Practitioner
By finding out the cause and consequences of your emotional abuse, we can change from the deep subconscious roots and clear any negative self talks and beliefs, and have chance to clear things energetically with the abuser, and help you to set better boundaries, to have high self esteem, and know how to protect yourself better in the future.
3 Years Experience