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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 Chesapeake, Butts Station, Deep Creek South, Great Bridge East, or even Indian River, 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.

Chesapeake, VA Childhood Trauma Therapists - List Your Practice on Mental Health Match

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We will discuss life transitions and symptoms that impact different aspects of life. Together, we will address the obstacles that are standing in the way of the life you want to create for yourself.


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We will discuss life transitions and symptoms that impact different aspects of life. Together, we will address the obstacles that are standing in the way of the life you want to create for yourself.

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As a bilingual Latina therapist, I’m dedicated to contributing to break the stigma of therapy and mental health that exists in all communities and walks of life.

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  • Acculturation Issues
  • Anxiety
  • BIPOC
  • Depression
  • Divorce and Separation
  • Domestic Violence Survivors
  • Immigrants
  • Latinx
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Trauma
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In our work together, I will assist you in learning the emotional skills necessary to relieve difficult emotions and conditions such as panic, anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem. I will empower you to identify and challenge negative behaviors.

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  • Infidelity
  • Racial Trauma
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Justine Diener O'Leary
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My goal is to help folks gain insight, learn new coping strategies, and increase their self-confidence, self-compassion, and self-advocacy. We will discuss your concerns through the lens of your identities, lived experiences, and unique contexts.


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My goal is to help folks gain insight, learn new coping strategies, and increase their self-confidence, self-compassion, and self-advocacy. We will discuss your concerns through the lens of your identities, lived experiences, and unique contexts.

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We will begin by building a solid foundation of trust and safety. From there, we will collaboratively set therapy goals which will guide the interventions and approaches utilized. I utilize an integrative and flexible approach to therapy.

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  • Anxiety
  • Body Image
  • Complex PTSD (C-PTSD)
  • Complex Trauma
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Perinatal Mood/Anxiety Disorders
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Rape and Sexual Assault
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  • Sexual Abuse
  • Social Anxiety
  • Trauma
  • Women
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Lynn McCormick
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As a LPC, I aim to create a safe understanding environment where we can address your issues together. I'll provide insights, counsel, and effective techniques, with the goal of you applying these coping skills and lifestyle changes.

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I use a mix of techniques tailored to your needs, ensuring you feel heard. I find mindfulness, cognitive behavioral therapy, and dialectical behavioral therapy effective for various issues.

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  • Addictions
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  • Anger Management
  • Anxiety
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Career Counseling
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  • Coping Skills
  • Depression
  • Family Conflict
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Panic Attacks
  • Parenting
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Relationships
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Social Anxiety
  • Spirituality
  • Trauma
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Olivia Kraus
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Identify what you value, what fulfills you, and what gives you a sense of purpose. From there, we will figure out what you can do to build the life (including the kind of relationships) you want.


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Identify what you value, what fulfills you, and what gives you a sense of purpose. From there, we will figure out what you can do to build the life (including the kind of relationships) you want.

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By helping you understand how you came to think, feel, and behave as you do now, we can cultivate self-acceptance, harness your strengths, develop effective coping skills, and help you live in a way that is congruent with your own values and goals.

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  • Boundaries
  • Career Change
  • Communication Skills
  • Confidence
  • Cultural Identity
  • Depression
  • Emotional Intimacy
  • Families
  • Family Dynamics
  • Family of Origin
  • Feeling Stuck
  • High-Functioning Anxiety
  • High-Functioning Depression
  • Identity
  • Interpersonal Difficulties
  • Intimacy
  • Life Transitions
  • Marriage
  • Men
  • Mild Depression
  • Mind-Body Connection
  • Mindfulness
  • Mood Regulation
  • Professional Women
  • Relationships
  • Reparenting Yourself
  • Self-Acceptance
  • Self-Advocacy
  • Self-Awareness
  • Self-Compassion
  • Self-Expression
  • Self-Worth
  • Spirituality
  • Stress
  • Tech Workers
  • Values
  • Women
  • Work-Life Balance
  • Workplace Issues
  • Young Adults
  • Young Professionals
  • Young Women
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