Sexual Abuse Therapists in Portland, OR

I provide trauma-informed therapy for individuals who have experienced sexual trauma or boundary violations. Many people carry the impact of these experiences in ways that affect trust, safety, relationships, and their sense of self. In therapy, we move at a pace that feels safe and supportive. Together, we’ll explore the emotional and physiological effects of what you’ve been through, while also attending to the deeper patterns that may continue to show up in your life. The focus is on helping you feel more grounded, supported, and in control of your own process, while rebuilding a sense of safety, self-trust, and connection to yourself.

There’s a gentle light waiting for you, even after the darkest moments. If you’ve experienced sexual abuse as a child, or assault or rape as a teen or adult, you might feel like the weight of those moments is still with you—and that’s okay, you’re not alone. As a trauma-informed sex and relationship therapist with over 20 years of experience, I’ve walked this path myself and guided countless others through it. I know the terrain of healing, and I’m here to create a safe, compassionate space where you feel truly seen and understood. Together, we’ll navigate the impact of your experiences with care, helping you find strength, hope, and that light at the end of the tunnel. It’s there, and you deserve to reach it. When you’re ready, reach out—I’m here to walk with you, step by kind step.

Sexual abuse treatment is extremely vulnerable work and I deeply respect survivors for their courage to address this in therapy. I find that developing a safe and trusting therapeutic relationship is the first essential step in this work. Once that is established, we might use various nervous system regulation techniques (including polyvagal and other mindfulness-based approaches) to make sure you feel sturdy enough to dive into this work. Most often EMDR or Flash Technique (an offshoot of EMDR) are the modalities of choice in processing the abuse. I follow my client's pace and readiness every step along the way.

Healing from sexual abuse involves reconnecting to safety, agency, and trust in one’s own body and experience. I provide a compassionate and slow space to process trauma, integrate emotional and somatic experiences, and rebuild a sense of embodiment and agency in one's selfhood.

I have several years of experience with trauma and assaults, PTSD. I am able to assist in the process, to create a safe place and teach relaxation techniques and move to a place of being a survivor.

Portland has a strong therapy culture deeply intertwined with its progressive values, with high demand for therapists who specialize in LGBTQ+ identity, non-traditional relationship structures, trauma, and social-justice-informed approaches to mental health. The city's visible homelessness crisis and political tensions have contributed to significant community-level anxiety, and therapists here frequently address activist burnout, moral injury, and eco-anxiety alongside more traditional presenting concerns. Oregon Health & Science University provides major institutional mental health resources, complemented by a dense network of independent practitioners across the inner eastside, Hawthorne, and Northwest Portland. Oregon's relatively permissive telehealth laws make it particularly easy to access care from across the state.

Gender ID

	84%	Female
	8%	Male
	8%	Gender Fluid

Session Type

	55%	Online Only
	45%	In Person and Online

Top Treatment Approaches

64%	Somatic Therapy
55%	Internal Family Systems (IFS)
55%	Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
55%	Psychodynamic Therapy
36%	Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian)
36%	Existential / Humanistic Therapy
36%	Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

Ages Served

100%	Adult
82%	Young Adult
64%	Senior
45%	Teen
36%	Children

Client Focus

91%	Women
91%	LGBTQ+
55%	Christian
55%	Hispanic / Latino
45%	Buddhist

Sexual Abuse therapists in Portland, Oregon OR

Lesley Lacny

Tycee Belcastro

Rose Snyder, EdM, PsyD, LLC

Dr. Shelby Kittinger

Molly Terry