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Childhood trauma can cause you mental trouble long after it occurred. It may affect your relationships, self-image, mental health, and even your physical wellbeing.

Mental Health Match connects you with top-notch therapists who can help you manage the feelings, behaviors, and triggers associated with traumatic childhood events. Whether you are located in downtown Downey, the suburbs of Downey, other nearby places such as Bellflower, Bell Gardens, or anywhere else in California, Mental Health Match can help you easily find an experienced therapist or counselor who best meets your needs.

Childhood Trauma Symptoms

Childhood trauma stems from childhood abuse, neglect, accidents, and more. It can affect adolescents, teens, and adults, causing them to experience a wide range of symptoms, some of which include:

  • Chronic sadness or depression
  • Worry
  • Anger and irritability
  • Panic attacks
  • Trouble sleeping
  • Mood swings
  • Poor concentration

If you’re experiencing any of these symptoms, therapy can help to improve the quality of your life. You can learn more about childhood trauma and how it affects you in this article from therapist Lacy Shawn.

Overcome Your Childhood Trauma with Therapy

There’s no better time to seek treatment for childhood trauma than now - therapy can help you heal and let go of the trauma. Mental Health Match can help get you started by connecting you with a licensed therapist fast. Get childhood trauma therapy and counseling online or in-person. Browse below, or use our therapist matching survey to get personalized results.

Downey, CA Childhood Trauma Therapists - List Your Practice on Mental Health Match

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Debra McJimsey
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Broad themes people discuss with me are generally attachment, relationship, parenting or identity focused.


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Broad themes people discuss with me are generally attachment, relationship, parenting or identity focused.

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My approach is primarily through the attachment lens, and is active and engaging

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Adoption
  • Adult Child of Emotionally Immature Parents
  • Adulting
  • Emerging Adults
  • Transracial Adoption
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Amy Green
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I enjoy and am gifted in working with clients who have experienced grief and loss, trauma and abuse, relationship distress, co-dependency, attachment wounds, low self-esteem and life transitions.


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I enjoy and am gifted in working with clients who have experienced grief and loss, trauma and abuse, relationship distress, co-dependency, attachment wounds, low self-esteem and life transitions.

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I am a very active therapist and I like to help clients understand what is getting in their way from living the life they want, learn tools to make changes (internally and externally), and refocus on their future and living their best life.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Abuse
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment Issues
  • Career
  • Coaching
  • Codependency
  • Communication Skills
  • Depression
  • End of Life
  • Grief
  • Life Changes
  • Life Transitions
  • Mood Disorders
  • PTSD from Abuse
  • Relationship Distress
  • Self-Compassion
  • Self-Esteem
  • Stress
  • Trauma
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Amanda King
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Work on unburdening shame-based beliefs and narratives you internalized early in life. I help you to understand the origins of the parts of you that have kept you in self-sabotage and turn towards them with understanding and clarity for change.


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Work on unburdening shame-based beliefs and narratives you internalized early in life. I help you to understand the origins of the parts of you that have kept you in self-sabotage and turn towards them with understanding and clarity for change.

Something to know about my approach is:

I am trained in EMDR and operate from an IFS (Internal Family Systems) lens. I work from a trauma-focused approach and integrate a combination of attachment, mindfulness, and CBT. My approach is compassionate, engaging, and empowering.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Addictive Behaviors
  • Anxiety Management
  • Boundaries
  • Codependency
  • Confidence
  • Depression
  • Existential Issues
  • High-Functioning Anxiety
  • Identity
  • Job Stress
  • Life Transitions
  • Relationship Distress
  • Self-Acceptance
  • Self-Esteem
  • Spirituality
  • Spiritual Trauma
  • Stress
  • Substance Use
  • Trauma
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Rachelle Bloksberg
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reduce stress, ADHD symptoms, depression & anxiety & increase self-esteem & hope, explore ways to manage & cope, & focus on what you want. I'll treat you respectfully without judgment. Find ways to improve your life & be the best version of yourself.


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reduce stress, ADHD symptoms, depression & anxiety & increase self-esteem & hope, explore ways to manage & cope, & focus on what you want. I'll treat you respectfully without judgment. Find ways to improve your life & be the best version of yourself.

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Social justice, compassion, & inclusivity are important to me. I believe therapy can include humor. Things don't have to get worse before they get better. You can gain hope and start to feel better after your first session. Many of my clients do.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Abusive Relationships
  • Acute Grief
  • Addictions
  • ADHD in Womxn or Femme Populations
  • Adjustment to Medical Diagnosis
  • Adolescent Anxiety
  • Adolescents
  • Adoption
  • Adult ADHD
  • Alternative Relationships
  • Anticipatory Grief
  • Anxiety
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Anxiety in Relationships
  • Anxiety Management
  • Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • Autism in Adults
  • Autism in Womxn or Femme Populations
  • BIPOC
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Caregivers
  • Chronic Illness
  • Chronic Pain
  • Communication Skills
  • Complex Anxiety
  • Complicated Grief
  • Co-Parenting
  • Couples
  • COVID-Related Stress and Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Disenfranchised Grief
  • Eco-Anxiety
  • Empty Nest
  • Failure to Launch
  • Families with Autism-related challenges
  • Fear of Failure
  • Food Allergy Anxiety
  • Functional Anxiety
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Grief
  • Grief Due to Addiction
  • Grief from Losing a Pet
  • Health Anxiety
  • High Anxiety
  • High-Functioning Anxiety
  • High-Functioning Depression
  • Illness Anxiety Disorder
  • LGBTQ+
  • Life Transitions
  • Loving Someone with Addiction
  • Medical Trauma
  • Men
  • Mild Depression
  • Mother-Daughter Relationships
  • Neurodivergence
  • Open Relationships
  • Parent-Adult Child Relationship
  • Parent-Child Relationship
  • Parenting
  • Parenting Children With ADHD
  • Parenting Children With Autism
  • Parenting Skills
  • Parenting Special Needs Children
  • Parenting Style Mismatch
  • Polyamory
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Premarital Counseling
  • Prolonged Grief Disorder
  • Relationships
  • Relationship Skills
  • Relationship Trauma
  • Religious Trauma
  • Self-Esteem
  • Self-Harm
  • Sibling Relationships
  • Situational Grief
  • Spiritual Trauma
  • Stress
  • Suicidal Ideation
  • Suicide loss
  • Therapist for Other Therapists
  • Trauma
  • Values
  • Vegan
  • Women
  • Young Adults
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Araceli Pimentel
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We'll explore patterns, behaviors, and past adversities that have influenced your life. Through this collaboration, you'll acquire tools to change behavior and foster healthier coping strategies.


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We'll explore patterns, behaviors, and past adversities that have influenced your life. Through this collaboration, you'll acquire tools to change behavior and foster healthier coping strategies.

Something to know about my approach is:

I actively engage with you and provide feedback. I draw from a variety of therapeutic modalities to customize your sessions. I'm trained in culturally responsive and trauma-informed practices that promote feelings of safety and support.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment Issues
  • Childhood Trauma
  • Coaching
  • College Students
  • Confidence
  • Coping Skills
  • Depression
  • Friendships
  • Marriage
  • Parenting
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Premarital Counseling
  • Relationships
  • Self-Esteem
  • Stress
  • Trauma
  • Women
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