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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 Kansas City, Beverly Estates, Cherry Hill Estates, Gramercy Park, or even Marlborough East, 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.

Kansas City, MO Childhood Trauma Therapists - List Your Practice on Mental Health Match

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Lauren Robinson
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I want my clients to be able to discuss what they want, when they want, but we will also set goals, structure and actions steps to help us move toward relief and peace. I believe in a collaborative process and am honored to be along for the ride.


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I want my clients to be able to discuss what they want, when they want, but we will also set goals, structure and actions steps to help us move toward relief and peace. I believe in a collaborative process and am honored to be along for the ride.

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A few of my approaches include- Solutions-focused, Strengths-based, trauma informed and emotionally focused therapies. I also am client centered, and want to help YOU- therapy isn't one size fits all.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Acute Grief
  • Adult Child of Emotionally Immature Parents
  • Anticipatory Grief
  • Anxiety
  • Behavioral Issues
  • Career Counseling
  • Children of Divorce
  • Codependency
  • Complicated Grief
  • Confidence
  • Coping Skills
  • Depression
  • Divorce and Separation
  • Domestic Violence
  • Domestic Violence Survivors
  • Emotional Disturbance
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Emotional Regulation
  • Family Conflict
  • Family Dynamics
  • Geriatric
  • Grief
  • Grief from Losing a Pet
  • High School
  • Insomnia and Sleep Problems
  • Life Transitions
  • Parenting
  • Parenting Skills
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Relationship Skills
  • Reparenting Yourself
  • School Issues
  • Self Care
  • Senior Citizens
  • Situational Grief
  • Stress
  • Suicidal Ideation
  • Suicide loss
  • Transgender
  • Trauma
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Havva Yoruk
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help you find healing and relief. We will work on the areas of focus that are most important to you. You are the expert of your life story. I am here to stand by you as you narrate, amend and turn the pages. Vulnerability is powerful!


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help you find healing and relief. We will work on the areas of focus that are most important to you. You are the expert of your life story. I am here to stand by you as you narrate, amend and turn the pages. Vulnerability is powerful!

Something to know about my approach is:

I work collaboratively with my clients. I will challenge the damaging and irrational beliefs/thoughts and further inquire to target your areas of need and growth. I use creative and sensory integrated techniques in sessions. Psychoeducation is used.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Adoption
  • Anxiety
  • Complex Trauma
  • Depression
  • Developmental Trauma
  • Family Dynamics
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Grief
  • Relational Trauma
  • Self-Esteem
  • Social Anxiety
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Figure out what is causing your current difficulties, craft a plan for you to get better, and get you there. Change is possible, with the right guide.


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Figure out what is causing your current difficulties, craft a plan for you to get better, and get you there. Change is possible, with the right guide.

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I run an adherent DBT program with all modes of DBT. We also do CBT, EMDR for Trauma and we are LGBTQIA+ affirming.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Depressive Disorders
  • Gender Dysphoria
  • Gender Identity
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • High-Functioning Anxiety
  • LGBTQ+
  • Major Depressive Disorder
  • Self-Harm
  • Social Anxiety
  • Social Isolation
  • Suicidal Ideation
  • Transgender
  • Trauma
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Laura Richardson remote and phone therapy in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District Of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North C...
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Mary Engelstatter
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Create real goals that address the underlying issues and difficulties that may be making your everyday life harder. My hope is that you begin to feel as though you are a better version of yourself! We can also dive deeper into issues via testing.


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Together, we will:

Create real goals that address the underlying issues and difficulties that may be making your everyday life harder. My hope is that you begin to feel as though you are a better version of yourself! We can also dive deeper into issues via testing.

Something to know about my approach is:

I believe that the therapeutic relationship is the most important factor to change and I strive to give all my clients a safe and judgment-free session. I listen and help you find your voice. It's there-even if you haven't heard it recently.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Abandonment Issues
  • ADHD Testing
  • Anxiety
  • Anxiety-Driven Anger
  • Assessments
  • Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • Bariatric Surgery
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Borderline Personality
  • Caregivers
  • Child or Adolescent Therapy
  • College Students
  • Coping Skills
  • Depression
  • High-Functioning Anxiety
  • High-Functioning Autism
  • Loneliness
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Panic Disorders
  • Perfectionism
  • Personality Disorders
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Prolonged Grief Disorder
  • Psychiatric Assessment and Diagnosis
  • Self-Acceptance
  • Teenagers
  • Trauma
  • Veterans/Military Families
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Mary Engelstatter remote and phone therapy in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District Of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, ...
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Amber Sylvan
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We will explore what’s holding you back from living the life you want and develop new ways of moving through the world to help you feel calmer and more empowered to navigate whatever life throws your way.


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We will explore what’s holding you back from living the life you want and develop new ways of moving through the world to help you feel calmer and more empowered to navigate whatever life throws your way.

Something to know about my approach is:

My approach is integrative and collaborative, meaning that we will pull from approaches that best fit your goals and who you are. I blend teaching practical, evidence-based skills along with deeper exploration to catalyze more enduring change.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • College Students
  • Coping Skills
  • Depression
  • Emotional Regulation
  • Families
  • Gender Identity
  • LGBTQ+
  • Life Transitions
  • Perfectionism
  • Stress
  • Trauma
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Amber Sylvan remote and phone therapy in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District Of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, North...