Sexual Abuse therapists in Welland, Ontario ON, Canada CA
Sexual Abuse
ASR Counselling and Psychotherapy, Attachment and Trauma-informed
Registered Social Worker, HonBA, BSW, MSW, RSW, EMDR Certified
Sexual abuse not only violates the body but can also violate the mind. It impacts relationships and can distort what it means to feel safe. It is a thief of empowerment and self-agency. Our work will aim to take your body and your mind back. My 22 years of experience has allowed me to witness how healing wounded parts and processing stuck emotions and triggers, has allowed people to reclaim control and rediscover their inner strength.
22 Years Experience
Sexual Abuse
Azin Heydari
Registered Psychotherapist, Registered Psychotherapist
Sexual abuse comes in various forms, but they all have one consequence, a disconnection to the self, and a mistrust and disconnection from others. After all, you’ve been invaded by someone else at one point in your life. But it doesn’t mean that your body and personal space is lost. It means that we need to come on full force to protect it and nurture it so it understands that now it’s safe, and to rid it of the energy/energies of those who once preoccupied it by unpacking the trauma.
4 Years Experience
Sexual Abuse
Patricia Berendsen & Associates Trauma Healing Centre of London Counselling and Psychotherapy Services
Marriage and Family Therapist
Whenever our boundaries are violated our sense of self can be diminished. Other side effects of sexual abuse are often shame, isolation and even guilt. Feeling responsible for the abuse is common among survivors. Counselling can support the courage to heal and to learn ways to put the pieces of your life together.
34 Years Experience
Sexual Abuse
New Moon Psychotherapy
Registered Psychotherapist, MA, MACP, MSW, RSW, RP, RP(Q)
One of the greatest challenges in healing from sexual abuse is opening up about it to others. Many survivors feel ashamed of what happened to them and feel that there is something they could have done to stop it. Others start to question if it even happened or if it was just some big misunderstanding. We know that's not how this works. What happened was done to you, the way you responded was the only option. You did exactly what you needed to do.
Sexual trauma can make us feel like we're broken - like there's something wrong with us or like we're permanently damaged. These thoughts are symptoms, not facts. We can help you see things differently - this part of your story does not define you.
Imagine a life in which you don't have to keep trying to please others, to struggle silently while trying to keep it all together on the outside, to feel like you can't trust or that you're out of control and to put others' needs consistently above your own.
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. We 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.
Helping people overcome their traumas is the work that makes us get out of bed in the mornings. We specialize in trauma related to sexual abuse including childhood sexual abuse, incest, rape, sexual assault, human trafficking, and sexual harassment both within and outside the workplace.
Please reach out - even if you don't quite believe things can get better - so that we can talk about how we might be able to help.
We offer 1:1, couples, family and group therapy focused specifically on healing from sexual abuse and will connect you with a therapist who specializes in the therapy that would be the best fit for how your symptoms of sexual abuse are manifesting. Evidence-based therapies for sexual trauma used at New Moon Psychotherapy include Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Prolonged Exposure (PE), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy for PTSD (DBT-PTSD), Sensimotor Psychotherapy, Somatic Psychotherapy.
* * * If you decide not to go with our clinic, please ensure that your therapist is trained in EVIDENCE-BASED Psychotherapies for trauma - this will be the difference between months and years of therapy * * *
14 Years Experience
Sexual Abuse
PACE Counselling
Registered Psychotherapist, Registered Psychotherapist
Sexual abuse is not uncommon and living with the guilt, shame, or anger of this happening to you can be consuming. Therapy can help address and process the trauma to allow it to have less hold over a person.
12 Years Experience