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Sexual / Physical / Emotional Abuse Survivors

Abuse issues can threaten one's sense of safety in the world.

It doesn't matter if it's childhood abuse or if the abuse is suffered as an adult, or as is often the case, both. Finding a way through abuse to a place of comfort and security can be very challenging.

The most important thing is learning how to identify safe people and situations. But this is not as easy as it sounds. Though abuse survivors often set out to become involved in relationships and situations that appear safe and supportive, like most people they tend to gravitate toward what is familiar. So they are often surprised and disappointed to find themselves in abusive situations repeatedly.

By exploring these issues in counseling, I help my clients understand how to break the cycle. In therapy we work together to identify the personal issues and behavior patterns involved in abuse. It then becomes possible for the abuse survivor to break the cycle and begin to develop healthier patterns and connections to the world.