Emotional Abuse therapists in Bristol, Virginia VA
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Emotional Abuse
Tracey Knows
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
I provide a safe and supportive space for individuals escaping emotionally abusive relationships—whether with a partner or family member. Emotional abuse can leave deep wounds, eroding self-worth and making it difficult to trust yourself or others. My approach focuses on helping you reclaim your identity, set firm boundaries, and heal from the effects of manipulation, gaslighting, and control. Through trauma-informed care, mindfulness, and self-empowerment strategies, I help clients break free from toxic dynamics and rebuild a life rooted in self-trust, confidence, and emotional safety. You deserve peace and respect, and you have nothing to be ashamed of if you're a victim of emotional abuse.
10 Years Experience
Online in Bristol, VA Virginia (Online Only)
Emotional Abuse
Mary Sayre
Licensed Professional Counselor, M.Ed, LPC
Emotional abuse is often hidden and extremely painful. It can make you feel like you are crazy. It is important to understand the dynamics as a first step to freeing yourself from an emotionally abusive situation.
28 Years Experience
Online in Bristol, VA Virginia
Emotional Abuse
Nancy Burns
Counselor/Therapist, JD, LMHC, LPC, MA, EMDR Certified
When we are trapped inside toxic relationship cycles, we often come to a point where we feel like there is no way out—especially if we keep on recreating the same toxic patterns with the people around us. The first step to breaking free is to understand that you have the power to get out and save yourself from destructive patterns so you can live your life in the healthiest, most authentic way possible. It is never too late to ask for help, and my therapy approach involves giving you the guidance and support you need to identify these toxic relationships in your life so you can start building healthy, mindful connections. We will work together to discover how you can break the cycle, rework, and nurture your relationships by identifying the root cause of these unhealthy patterns. This could involve pinpointing traumatic childhood experiences like neglectful or abusive behaviors from emotionally immature or narcissistic parents and other authority figures in your life. Once you’ve recognized where these dysfunctional patterns come from, we will work toward getting rid of harmful belief systems like constant self-blaming or feeling as if you are a bad person, so you can begin to prioritize your well-being. We can then work on rebuilding your self-esteem, setting your emotional and mental boundaries, and learning how to better regulate your emotions. Breaking away from these patterns will eventually give you the peace of mind you need to finally start loving yourself so that you feel worthy of good treatment. That is the first step in creating and nurturing positive relationships while living a life that’s free from emotional pain and trauma-induced vicious cycles. - - - "There is no normal life that is free of pain. The very wrestling with our problems provides the impetus for growth." Fred Rogers
6 Years Experience
Online in Bristol, VA Virginia (Online Only)
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 Bristol, VA Virginia (Online Only)
Emotional Abuse
Marie Paddock, LPC
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, NCC, BC-TMH, EMDR
Emotional abuse is a sneaky, often overlooked, form of abuse. EMDR and CPT are two very powerful therapeutic techniques that can help set people free from their trauma responses caused by emotional abuse.
19 Years Experience
Online in Bristol, VA Virginia
Emotional Abuse therapists in Bristol, Virginia Statistics
Emotional Abuse therapists in Bristol, Virginia average 18 years of experience and charge around $201 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The top treatment approaches are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (63%), Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) (44%), and Psychodynamic Therapy (44%).
Average years in practice
18 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$201
Accept insurance
42%
Offer sliding scale
36%
Gender ID
| 68% |
Female |
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| 25% |
Male |
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| 4% |
Gender Fluid |
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| 3% |
Non-Binary |
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Session Type
| 56% |
In Person and Online |
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| 44% |
Online Only |
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Top Treatment Approaches
| 63% | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) |
| 44% | Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) |
| 44% | Psychodynamic Therapy |
| 39% | Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) |
| 36% | Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) |
| 34% | Family Systems Therapy |
| 33% | Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) |
Ages Served
| 100% | Adult |
| 73% | Young Adult |
| 63% | Senior |
| 45% | Teen |
| 30% | Children |
Client Focus
| 66% | Women |
| 55% | Men |
| 45% | LGBTQ+ |
| 36% | Hispanic / Latino |
| 36% | Black / African American |