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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 Marcos, the suburbs of San Marcos, other nearby places such as Escondido, Vista, 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.

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

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Paul Boyer
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I help clients build skills for near term relief while also addressing more fundamental issues that facilitate long-term change. We will address difficult experiences and feelings in a way that is sometimes challenging, but never overwhelming.


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I help clients build skills for near term relief while also addressing more fundamental issues that facilitate long-term change. We will address difficult experiences and feelings in a way that is sometimes challenging, but never overwhelming.

Something to know about my approach is:

I believe that therapy should be compassionate and client-centered, but I also feel that it should be focused and finite. My goals as a therapist are to help clients achieve their aims and to have as many warm goodbyes as I can.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment Issues
  • Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • Depression
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Substance Use Disorders
  • Trauma
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Michelle Pow
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navigate the human experience, heal from the past, and create the life you want to live. I support clients in gaining greater insight, more sense of self, increased self-compassion, and more skills for navigating life's challenges.


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navigate the human experience, heal from the past, and create the life you want to live. I support clients in gaining greater insight, more sense of self, increased self-compassion, and more skills for navigating life's challenges.

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I facilitate the healing process using a trauma-informed, strengths based, and culturally responsive lens. I will listen to you, ask for feedback, and adapt the therapeutic environment to meet your needs, all within a nonjudgemental space.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • Cultural Issues
  • Depression
  • Intergenerational Trauma
  • Postpartum
  • Trauma
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Heather Nemeth
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take it one step at a time to help you get comfortable with being uncomfortable. Create a healthier you where you can start trusting you own judgement, feeling secure in who you are, and being able to communicate your needs in a positive way.


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take it one step at a time to help you get comfortable with being uncomfortable. Create a healthier you where you can start trusting you own judgement, feeling secure in who you are, and being able to communicate your needs in a positive way.

Something to know about my approach is:

We all have a comfort zones where some unhealthy patterns exist. The goal is to change those unhealthy patterns in order to optimize your confidence and self worth. To decrease stress and drama in order to bring new joy and simplicity into your life.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Adjustment Issues
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment Disorders
  • Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • Burnout
  • Caregivers
  • Childhood Trauma
  • Codependency
  • Confidence
  • Couples
  • Depression
  • Divorce and Separation
  • Family Conflict
  • Grief
  • Life Changes
  • Parenting Children With ADHD
  • Personal Growth
  • Relationship Conflict
  • Self-Esteem
  • Stress
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Ellen Ottman
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Explore how certain ways of being, habits, and narratives get in the way of you living your best life.


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Explore how certain ways of being, habits, and narratives get in the way of you living your best life.

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I blend somatic therapy, talk therapy, and mindfulness to help my clients connect to themselves more deeply and move toward a place of healing and self-compassion. I am also trained in Brainspotting and Ketamine Assisted Therapy.

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  • Anxiety
  • Burnout
  • Childhood Trauma
  • Chronic Pain
  • Codependency
  • Depression
  • Dissociation
  • Gender Identity
  • LGBTQ+
  • Life Transitions
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Psychosomatic Issues
  • Racial Justice
  • Relationships
  • Sexual Trauma
  • Stress
  • Trauma
  • Work-Life Balance
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Angela M Hernandez
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My approach will be based on what best fits the client/s. The approaches I used are Psychodynamic, Solution Focused, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Person-centered. I want/ like clients to walk away lighter than when they first walked in.


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My approach will be based on what best fits the client/s. The approaches I used are Psychodynamic, Solution Focused, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Person-centered. I want/ like clients to walk away lighter than when they first walked in.

Something to know about my approach is:

I am a licensed marriage and family therapist, born and raised in the Coachella Valley. I provide therapy for individuals, families, couples, adolescents and children. I received my postgraduate at Brandman University in Master’s of Arts/Psychology.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Acute Grief
  • Adolescent Anxiety
  • Adolescent-Parent Separation
  • Adolescent Risk Behaviors
  • Adolescent Trauma
  • Anxiety
  • Anxiety in Relationships
  • Childhood Issues
  • Children of Divorce
  • Children of Parents With Substance Use Disorders
  • COVID-Related Stress and Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Family Conflict
  • Family Dynamics
  • Family Trauma
  • Financial Stress
  • Health Anxiety
  • Loving Someone with Addiction
  • Mild Depression
  • Parent-Child Relationship
  • Relationship Distress
  • Social Anxiety
  • Teenagers
  • Teen Depression
  • Young Adults
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