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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 San Diego, Black Mountain Ranch, Carmel Mountain Ranch, La Jolla, or even Miramar Ranch North, 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.

Uptown of San Diego, CA Childhood Trauma Therapists - List Your Practice on Mental Health Match

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Therapy Intensives may be exactly what you need to heal and Move On. Intensive therapy assists in making lifestyle changes, enhance sports performance, overcome creative, academic, personal or other behavioral challenges.

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Welcome! Are you tired long waiting lists/slow progress of weekly individual therapy? Are you motivated to kickstart a life or personal goal? Are you trying to cope with challenges: professional, athletic, health? Want Heal Now and Move Forward?

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  • Anxiety
  • Codependency
  • Confidence
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Conquer the world! If it was only so easy. Really, we can formulate the plan for your inner self to conquer any obstacle you may be enduring.


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Conquer the world! If it was only so easy. Really, we can formulate the plan for your inner self to conquer any obstacle you may be enduring.

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I'm strength based, compassionate, non-judgmental, honest, and direct. I have extensive experience working within difficult systems- Inpatient hospital, substance use clinics, government, residential, and outpatient correctional therapeutic centers.

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  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Attachment Disorders
  • Men
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
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I provide a comfortable, safe & adaptive environment for you to begin exploring yourself in new ways, while also learning skills to better manage & improve some of life's difficulties. ~ I am the therapist who will always challenge you to grow.


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I provide a comfortable, safe & adaptive environment for you to begin exploring yourself in new ways, while also learning skills to better manage & improve some of life's difficulties. ~ I am the therapist who will always challenge you to grow.

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I have a trauma-focused practice & the majority of my clients suffer from PTSD. ~ However, I am also dedicated to serving clients with a range of daily stressors such as Anxiety, Depression, Low Self-Esteem, and even Couples or Family therapy.

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We will work together on identifying and changing self-defeating patterns, developing healthier ways to manage emotions and challenging situations, resolving past traumas and inner conflicts, and uncovering the underlying meanings of your behaviors.


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We will work together on identifying and changing self-defeating patterns, developing healthier ways to manage emotions and challenging situations, resolving past traumas and inner conflicts, and uncovering the underlying meanings of your behaviors.

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Our childhood experiences shape the way we view and experience ourselves, others, and the world. When we understand why we think, feel, and behave the way we do, we can begin to accept our past and enjoy our present.

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  • Childhood Trauma
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Dr. Christiana Silva
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Work on overcoming challenges and identify patterns that do not serve you. We will process the difficult experiences or trauma you may have had and learn strategies to cope with and overcome the uncomfortable feelings that may still linger.


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Work on overcoming challenges and identify patterns that do not serve you. We will process the difficult experiences or trauma you may have had and learn strategies to cope with and overcome the uncomfortable feelings that may still linger.

Something to know about my approach is:

I use a strengths based approach with the knowledge that each client has the inherent ability to work through challenges with a little support. I see the client-therapist relationship as a collaboration and meet each individual where they are at.

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  • Anxiety
  • Bullying
  • Child Abuse
  • Child Behavior Issues
  • Children of Divorce
  • Chronic Pain
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  • Depression
  • Developmental Trauma
  • Divorce and Separation
  • Grief
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