Emotional Abuse therapists in Elgin, Scotland
Browse Emotional Abuse therapists in Elgin, Scotland, United Kingdom. Compare credentials, specialties and therapeutic approach. Contact a therapist to learn more.
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Emotional Abuse
Kevin Martin
Counsellor/Therapist, Psychotherapist Psychodynamic Analysis & Transactional Analysis, BACP, ITTA, EA
Emotional abuse is a pattern of behaviour used by one person to gain and maintain power and control over another. Unlike physical abuse, it leaves no visible scars, but its impact on a person's mental health, self-esteem, and sense of reality can be deeply damaging and long-lasting.
Common Signs of Emotional Abuse
Constant Criticism & Belittling: Insults, name-calling, mocking, or undermining your intelligence, appearance, or abilities, often disguised as "jokes."
Gaslighting: Denying your reality, making you doubt your memory, perception, or sanity (e.g., "That never happened," or "You're imagining things").
Isolation: Trying to cut you off from friends, family, or other support networks so you become entirely dependent on the abuser.
Control & Monitoring: Demanding to know where you are at all times, checking your phone or emails, or controlling your finances and decisions.
Blame & Shifting Responsibility: Making you feel responsible for their moods, actions, or abusive behaviour (e.g., "Look what you made me do").
The Silent Treatment or Withholding: Punishing you by ignoring you, withholding affection, or refusing to communicate until you comply.
Understanding the Impact
Being subjected to emotional abuse over time can cause someone to lose confidence in their own judgment, feel constantly anxious or "walk on eggshells," and internalise the abuser's criticisms.
Remember: Emotional abuse is never your fault, and you do not have to navigate it alone. Support is available.
10 Years Experience
Online in Elgin, Scotland (Online Only)
Emotional Abuse
Adima Hawkes
Counsellor/Therapist, Psychotherapist, Spiritual Teacher, Gene Keys Guide, Trainer Tibetan Acupressure & Iridology
Emotional abuse has many faces and forms, and these can be especially subtle. Having experienced abuse in various ways myself has motivated me to understand and learn how to self-regulate and transform the obstruction and the freeze. This makes me a useful support to others. I am specialist with narcissistic and psychopathic patterns and the subtleties involved in the constellation of all kinds of relationships, personal or professional.
30 Years Experience
Online in Elgin, Scotland
Emotional Abuse
Aravinda Nandakumar
Counsellor/Therapist, EMDR, EFT, SCHEMA Therapy, M.Sc. (Counselling & Family Therapy)
Emotional abuse can leave lasting effect on self-esteem, trust and relationships. I integrate EMDR, Schema Therapy, CBT and Compassion Focused Therapy to help clients process painful experiences, heal from the impact of abuse, develop healthier patterns and develop confidence and emotional well-being.
5 Years Experience
Online in Elgin, Scotland
Emotional Abuse
Sumer Statler Aeed
Psychologist, Licensed Psychologist
Emotional abuse is an often hidden or hard to pinpoint type of abuse that may occur in our adult relationships, those with our parents growing up, or both. One definition of emotional abuse includes psychological (i.e. non-physical) behaviors such as threats, insults, constant monitoring or “checking in,” controlling, shaming, humiliation, intimidation, isolation or ignoring behaviors.
You may also be dealing with childhood emotional abuse which can be defined as, 'sustained, repetitive, inappropriate emotional response to the child’s experience of emotion and its accompanying expressive behavior’. Healing emotional abuse allows us to create new blueprints for moving forward with new outcomes and to create new relationships with ourselves and others.
Healing involves speaking our truth, learning about connecting to our emotions, boundary setting, connecting to our bodies and beginning to create new ways of building loving safe relationships with ourselves and others. Depending upon your own history we may make use of variety of tools to heal, including somatic work, trauma work, journaling, boundary setting, inner child work, family systems work, art therapy, or many other paths that can lead to reclaiming your truth.
27 Years Experience
Online in Elgin, Scotland (Online Only)
Emotional Abuse
Liz Frings
Counsellor/Therapist, PG Diploma Person-Centred Psychotherapy. EMDR Accredited
Therapy offers a safe, non-judgmental space to begin healing from emotional abuse. A skilled therapist can help you recognize and name what happened to you, which is often the first crucial step. Many survivors struggle to identify emotional abuse because it's subtle and the abuser may have convinced them they're overreacting.
Through therapy, you can rebuild your sense of self. A therapist helps you reconnect with your own thoughts, feelings, and perceptions, validating your experiences and helping you trust yourself again. This process gradually undoes the damage caused by gaslighting and constant criticism.
Therapy also provides practical tools for recovery. You might learn techniques for managing anxiety and depression, setting healthy boundaries, and recognizing red flags in relationships. Cognitive-behavioral approaches can help you identify and challenge the negative beliefs about yourself that emotional abuse instilled. Trauma-focused therapies can address the deeper wounds and help you process difficult emotions in a safe way.
Perhaps most importantly, therapy offers something that emotional abuse takes away: a relationship built on respect, trust, and genuine care for your wellbeing. The therapeutic relationship itself becomes a model for what healthy connection looks like, helping you understand that you deserve to be treated with kindness and respect.
Recovery from emotional abuse isn't linear, and it takes time, but with support, it's absolutely possible to reclaim your sense of self, rebuild your confidence, and create a life free from the shadow of abuse.
15 Years Experience
Online in Elgin, Scotland
Emotional Abuse therapists in Elgin, Scotland Statistics
Emotional Abuse therapists in Elgin, Scotland average 13 years of experience and charge around ¤146 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The top treatment approaches are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (63%), Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) (63%), and Integrative Therapy (53%).
Average years in practice
13 Years Experience
Average cost per session
¤146
Accept insurance
29%
Offer sliding scale
55%
Gender ID
| 74% |
Female |
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| 19% |
Male |
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| 5% |
Gender Fluid |
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| 2% |
Non-Binary |
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Session Type
| 58% |
In Person and Online |
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| 42% |
Online Only |
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Top Treatment Approaches
| 63% | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) |
| 63% | Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) |
| 53% | Integrative Therapy |
| 53% | Somatic Therapy |
| 45% | Psychodynamic Therapy |
| 39% | Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) |
| 39% | Existential / Humanistic Therapy |
Ages Served
| 100% | Adult |
| 82% | Young Adult |
| 71% | Senior |
| 61% | Teen |
| 32% | Children |
Client Focus
| 74% | Women |
| 58% | LGBTQ+ |
| 58% | Men |
| 42% | Persons with Disabilities |
| 39% | Black / African American |