Find Abuse Therapists & Counselors in La Mesa, CA.

 

If you’ve dealt with any type of abuse in the past, you may be aware of the adverse effects it can have on your mental health. On the opposite end of the spectrum, if you’ve been abusive in the past, you may have trouble forgiving yourself.

Regardless, a licensed therapist can help you access your feelings and heal from abuse you’ve experienced. Whether you are located in downtown La Mesa, the suburbs of La Mesa, other nearby places such as Chula Vista, National City, or anywhere else in California, Mental Health Match can help you easily find an experienced therapist or counselor who best meets your needs.

Signs You Need Help with Abuse

Whether you’ve abused someone else in the past or you’ve been a victim of abuse, you may have some scars that make life difficult.

Here are some signs you need help with abuse:

  • You may be easily triggered to feel fear or panic.
  • You may hold a lot of anger toward the person who abused you.
  • You avoid talking about or doing anything that can remind you of your experience.
  • You blame yourself for your experience.

Abuse comes in many forms, including physical abuse, mental abuse, sexual abuse, financial abuse, verbal abuse, and more (this is not an exhaustive list). No matter the type of abuse you are dealing with, Mental Health Match can help you find a therapist to get the healing process started and improve your life.

If you’re struggling with past abuse and not sure how therapy can help, read this article by licensed therapist Kennyetta Watkins: When bad things happen to good people.

Speak With an Abuse Counselor Today!

Abuse can take hold and change the trajectory of your life - in severe cases, it can take your life completely off track. But, with targeted therapy based on your specific abuse situation, there’s hope for recovery and lasting happiness. And with Mental Health Match, finding a great therapist is easy! Start by browsing below or by using our free therapist matching tool.

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Sabrina Garrido
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Create insight, awareness, and action to help you achieve a life you don’t need an escape from. Whether it’s managing anxiety & depression, dealing with difficult relationships, or working through trauma, we can move through it together.


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Together, we will:

Create insight, awareness, and action to help you achieve a life you don’t need an escape from. Whether it’s managing anxiety & depression, dealing with difficult relationships, or working through trauma, we can move through it together.

Something to know about my approach is:

I connect with my clients in an authentic way which allows them to feel safe, seen, heard & not judged during their healing process.

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  • Anxiety
  • Complex Trauma
  • Depression
  • Life Transitions
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
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Samantha Houston-Crook
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Explore how to create a safe or calm state around you and becoming in touch with our emotions and feelings. Together we will tackle these challenges and identify ways to cope and work through.


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Explore how to create a safe or calm state around you and becoming in touch with our emotions and feelings. Together we will tackle these challenges and identify ways to cope and work through.

Something to know about my approach is:

I utilize EMDR and have a strong background in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction approach. I think that the first way to heal our minds, is to start with healing our bodies. This is through grounding and healing past hurts.

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  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Gender
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Harm OCD
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Religious Trauma
  • Sexuality
  • Sexual Trauma
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Hannah Kwon
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create space for you to exist and be you with no strings attached; practice giving yourself room to grow, heal, grieve, laugh, celebrate, pause, process, plan etc because many of us weren't taught/modeled what it looks like to value being wholly us.


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Together, we will:

create space for you to exist and be you with no strings attached; practice giving yourself room to grow, heal, grieve, laugh, celebrate, pause, process, plan etc because many of us weren't taught/modeled what it looks like to value being wholly us.

Something to know about my approach is:

I'm always listening to what you need and collaborating with you in order to keep sessions you-centered and focused as that includes: cognitive behavioral therapy, narrative, existential, trauma-informed, self-compassion-informed therapy.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Artists & Creative Personalities
  • Communication Issues
  • Complex Trauma
  • Complicated Grief
  • Depression
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  • Grief counseling
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  • Identity Issues
  • Intergenerational Family Issues
  • Life Transitions
  • Low motivation
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  • Relational difficulties
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Pamela Ward
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I have no specific themes that I am not open to discuss. My goal is to help my client build resilience and to overcome obstacles.


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I have no specific themes that I am not open to discuss. My goal is to help my client build resilience and to overcome obstacles.

Something to know about my approach is:

My approach is to create a professional bond that builds rapport and trust.

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  • Domestic Violence
  • Grief counseling
  • Racial Trauma
  • Rape and Sexual Assault
  • Sexuality
  • Trauma
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Stephanie Antoni
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explore the thoughts and belief systems that impact how you experience life. How has your family of origin or childhood experience impacted your current areas of discomfort? What deeper patterns can we address to help you find joy and satisfaction?


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Together, we will:

explore the thoughts and belief systems that impact how you experience life. How has your family of origin or childhood experience impacted your current areas of discomfort? What deeper patterns can we address to help you find joy and satisfaction?

Something to know about my approach is:

I guide clients through their own emotional and psychological landscape, identifying wounds that lead to patterns of behavior, thought, and feeling. There are many roads to healing, and together, we will find what works best for you.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment Disorders
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  • Communication
  • Complex Trauma
  • Coping Skills
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  • Domestic Violence
  • Executive Functioning
  • Existential Issues
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  • Intimate Partner Violence
  • Parenting
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Self Esteem & Confidence Issues
  • Self-harm
  • Social Anxiety
  • Social media use
  • Suicidality
  • Teen issues
  • Toxic Family Systems
  • Trauma Recovery
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Stephanie Antoni remote and phone therapy in California