Therapy for Survivors of Violence & Abuse

Virtual Therapy in California​

You Survived What Happened to You

What happened to you was not your fault, and you do not have to rush your healing. Abuse and violence includes sexual abuse, harrasment, physical abuse, emotional abuse, stalking, human trafficking, or domestic violence. When someone abuses or abused you in childhood or adulthood, when the danger has passed, your mind and body may continue to carry the memories of what happened.

Your Mind and Body Have Been Protecting You

Post-traumatic response can look like flashbacks, nightmares, panic, hypervigilance, anger, depression, dissociation, difficulty concentrating, or feeling disconnected from yourself. Do they feel familiar to you? These responses are often ways your nervous system learned to protect you and help you survive. Rather than seeing these responses as something wrong with you, we can approach them with curiosity, compassion, and respect for the wisdom of your body.

Healing at YOUR pace

When you feel ready, we can work together in a grounded, collaborative space to process what happened. This may mean we move at your pace, and at speed you are ready for. You may experience reclaiming power that was taken from you. Together, we can support your mind and body to honoring the reactions that had to happen, and the normal responses that helped you survive. Liberation-centered healing is about reclaiming your voice, your body, your choices, and your sense of self, so you can experience liberation, reconnect with your authentic self, and self empowerment.

“Your connectedness to other people is so key to buffering any current stressor—and to healing from past trauma. Being with people who are present, supportive, and nurturing. Belonging.”
Dr. Bruce D. Perry
Psychiatrist, Writer

How I can help you...

My approach integrates Brainspotting and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), along with Liberation Psychology, Critical Race Theory, identity and belonging work, and exploration of the intersections of culture, race, gender, and sexuality. I incorporate somatic awareness, mindfulness, and self-compassion to help you notice how stress and trauma can be held in the body, while creating space to process difficult experiences and develop greater awareness of the patterns you may have learned or inherited.

Together, we explore how trauma, racism, oppression, family patterns, cultural experiences, and identities may shape the way you see yourself, relate to others, and experience your body and emotions. 

Our sessions together help to put language to your experiences, process and heal trauma, understand intergenerational and learned patterns, challenge internalized oppressive beliefs, and reconnect with your identity and sense of belonging. I support you in developing greater self-compassion, resilience, agency, and liberating yourself to live more authentically—while reclaiming the parts of yourself, your culture, and your story that may have been silenced.

Brainspotting Trauma Therapy
Schedule a free 15 minutes phone consultation
619-719-5567
angel@crescentshorespsychotherapy.com
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