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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 Washington DC, Anacostia, Ballston, Bluemont, or even Brentwood, 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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Carolyn Hoffmann
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utilize a strengths-based, trauma-informed, and person-centered style to support you through difficult times. I value modeling what trust and support can look like in your daily life.


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utilize a strengths-based, trauma-informed, and person-centered style to support you through difficult times. I value modeling what trust and support can look like in your daily life.

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I use a balance of listening and open-ended questions to really understand your life experiences. In my approach, I prioritize connection and reasonable expectations as we identify together what sustainable change means for you.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Adolescents
  • Adults
  • Anxiety
  • Career Change
  • Child or Adolescent Therapy
  • Children
  • Depression
  • Domestic Violence
  • Emotional Regulation
  • Feeling Stuck
  • Life Transitions
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Stress
  • Trauma
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Get to know your presenting issues, where they come from, how they serve (and don't really serve) you, and find a path forward. We will also understand your feelings and how you can cope with them in the moment.


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Get to know your presenting issues, where they come from, how they serve (and don't really serve) you, and find a path forward. We will also understand your feelings and how you can cope with them in the moment.

Something to know about my approach is:

I am actively committed to helping clients learn more about themselves. I don’t just sit and listen. I talk and ask thought-provoking questions. I offer new perspectives while also offering time to reflect together.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Abuse
  • Adulting
  • Anger Management
  • Anxiety
  • Grief
  • Identity
  • Perfectionism
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Relationship Distress
  • Stress
  • Trauma
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Melissa Jermann
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Start with goal setting, psychoeducation, and skill development, followed by further insight to facilitate self-exploration, understanding, and growth.


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Start with goal setting, psychoeducation, and skill development, followed by further insight to facilitate self-exploration, understanding, and growth.

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If talk therapy isn't working for you, we will be a great fit. I implement evidence-based treatments and provide my clients with skills to navigate their concerns outside of the therapy room. My approach will always be tailed to fit your exact needs.

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  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Complex PTSD (C-PTSD)
  • Harm OCD
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Pedophilic Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (POCD)
  • Perfectionism
  • Social Anxiety
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work through tough life changes and anxieties to help you find strength, peace, and the energy you need to continue caring for the people who need you.


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work through tough life changes and anxieties to help you find strength, peace, and the energy you need to continue caring for the people who need you.

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I am a person-centered therapist who utilizes a strengths based approach to help my clients overcome challenges and gain confidence and find peace. I incorporate CBT and ACT to help my clients build skills to use for the rest of their lives

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Adjustment to Medical Diagnosis
  • Anxiety
  • Child Abuse
  • Childhood Trauma
  • Children With Chronic Illness
  • Depressive Disorders
  • Functional Anxiety
  • Grief
  • Health Anxiety
  • Medical Trauma
  • New Parent
  • NICU Trauma
  • Parent-Child Relationship
  • Parenting
  • Parenting Special Needs Children
  • Sexual Trauma
  • Social Anxiety
  • Trauma
  • Traumatic Loss
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Allison Kacmar
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Together, we will identify the things you notice interfering with the life you want to live. The moments from the past that keep you from moving forward, the anxiety or fear that paralyze you now. Together we will create a plan for your best life.


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Together, we will identify the things you notice interfering with the life you want to live. The moments from the past that keep you from moving forward, the anxiety or fear that paralyze you now. Together we will create a plan for your best life.

Something to know about my approach is:

My approach is rarely the same twice. I always use Evidence Based Practices, however, my approach is completely dependent on the individual working with me. As a clinical social worker, I work to always put the individual at the center of our work.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Aging and Getting Older
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Birth Trauma
  • Caregivers
  • Combat Trauma
  • Coming Out
  • Complicated Grief
  • Depression
  • Dissociation
  • Dissociative Disorders
  • Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)
  • End of Life
  • Fears and Phobias
  • Gender Affirmative Surgery Letters
  • Gender Dysphoria
  • Gender Identity
  • Grief
  • Major Depressive Disorder
  • Medical Trauma
  • Military Life Transition
  • Postpartum Anxiety
  • Postpartum Depression
  • Prolonged Grief Disorder
  • Religious Trauma
  • Secondary Trauma
  • Sexual Trauma
  • Social Anxiety
  • Teen Depression
  • Trauma From Abuse
  • Veterans/Military Families
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