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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 Bridgeport, the suburbs of Bridgeport, other nearby places such as West Haven, Norwalk, or anywhere else in Connecticut, 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.

Bridgeport, CT Childhood Trauma Therapists - List Your Practice on Mental Health Match

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Heather Spada
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Discover the thoughts and beliefs that undermine your freedom, success, and living the life you were meant to live. We will replace barriers and faulty thinking with truth, which will lead to greater clarity, freedom, confidence, and inner peace.


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Discover the thoughts and beliefs that undermine your freedom, success, and living the life you were meant to live. We will replace barriers and faulty thinking with truth, which will lead to greater clarity, freedom, confidence, and inner peace.

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I truly listen to and partner with my clients through a team approach as I provide the navigation. The foundation of my approach focuses on thoughts and beliefs and how these affect my clients emotions, relationships, and decisions.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • Christian Women
  • Depression
  • Grief
  • Postpartum Anxiety
  • Premarital Counseling
  • Relationship Conflict
  • Religious Trauma
  • Retirement
  • Senior Citizens
  • Stress
  • Trauma
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Dr. Kelly McAleer
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Cut through all the noise in your head and find your inner empathy and self-compassion. I know they exist because you give that caring voice to everyone else in your life. You deserve to experience kindness from within. Let’s start your journey…


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Cut through all the noise in your head and find your inner empathy and self-compassion. I know they exist because you give that caring voice to everyone else in your life. You deserve to experience kindness from within. Let’s start your journey…

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I am open-minded and progressive, intent on helping all clients feel comfortable and get the most out of the therapy process. Therapy should be a safe, non-judgmental space for all and I strive to make that a priority in our therapeutic relationship.

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  • Adult Child of Emotionally Immature Parents
  • Childhood Trauma
  • Communication Skills
  • Coping Skills
  • Emotional Regulation
  • Ethical Non-Monogamy
  • Feelings of Not Being Good Enough
  • Finding Meaning or Purpose
  • Gender Transition
  • High-Functioning Anxiety
  • High-Functioning Depression
  • Kink
  • Life Transitions
  • Negative Self-Talk
  • Perfectionism
  • Psychedelic Integration
  • Relational Trauma
  • Relationship Skills
  • Self-Acceptance
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Alice Zic
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Tackle what makes you feel shame, unworthy, and like the perpetual emotional caregiver in your relationships. We will transform your story, building skills to give you the confidence, self-love, and compassion you have been longing for.


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Tackle what makes you feel shame, unworthy, and like the perpetual emotional caregiver in your relationships. We will transform your story, building skills to give you the confidence, self-love, and compassion you have been longing for.

Something to know about my approach is:

I welcome every part of you, exactly as you are. Therapy with me isn't another place where you have to be "on." I care about how your past impacts your present, and make space for the messy, scary parts that have felt hard to unravel before.

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  • Adult Children of Narcissistic Parents
  • Anxiety
  • Childhood Trauma
  • Complex PTSD (C-PTSD)
  • Cultural Trauma
  • Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)
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Risha Nathan
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Grow, change, feel more comfortable and confident. Thrive in the life you have.


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Grow, change, feel more comfortable and confident. Thrive in the life you have.

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Holistic and wellness-based. This means we think outside of the box and look at a person's whole life and whole body when thinking about mental health.

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  • Anger Management
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Anxious Attachment
  • Attachment Issues
  • Chronic Stress
  • Communication Skills
  • Couples
  • Functional Anxiety
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Healing From Relationships
  • Health Anxiety
  • Holistic Wellness
  • Relational Trauma
  • Relationship Conflict
  • Relationship Distress
  • Relationships
  • Relationship Trauma
  • Substance Use
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Dr. Humama Khan
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Finding meaning and impact of the past along with your purpose in the present, can inspire positive changes. We'll discuss how to face and embrace fears and anxiety, while moving towards living a life of purpose.


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Finding meaning and impact of the past along with your purpose in the present, can inspire positive changes. We'll discuss how to face and embrace fears and anxiety, while moving towards living a life of purpose.

Something to know about my approach is:

I focus on a holistic approach where we consider multiple aspects of the mind, body, and environment. Additionally, my therapy is conducted through a multicultural lens which advocates for an understanding and respect for the nuance in each person.

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  • Adult ADHD
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  • Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
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  • Child or Adolescent Therapy
  • Children of Immigrants
  • Depression
  • Families
  • Finding Meaning or Purpose
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Grief
  • High-Functioning Anxiety
  • Identity
  • Immigrants
  • Intergenerational Trauma
  • Multicultural Identity
  • Parent-Child Relationship
  • Postpartum
  • Psychological/Neurocognitive Evaluations
  • Racial or Ethnic Identity
  • Religious Identity
  • Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)
  • Trauma
  • Women
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