Counselling for Trauma & Abuse

Oftentimes the most difficult part of abuse is recognizing it for what it is. The terror of emotional abuse, financial abuse, and sexual abuse is that they can often be understood as normal if they are experienced over a long enough period of time. A question like “what is emotional abuse?” reveals how trauma can cause you to question your own instincts and feelings, particularly if the abuse is coming from a parent, partner or caregiver. The tendency to second guess yourself and question your own sanity can often be a part of the damage that abusers inflict and tend to use to prolong the abuse.

The signs of abuse are numerous but all carry a theme of disconnection from self and others, which may leave you feeling as if you are dependent on your abuser. Feeling anxious, depressed or a diminished sense of self are symptoms that can follow trauma, abuse, and PTSD.

You may not have had a choice in the pain you felt in your abuse, but the suffering that followed can be overcome. This is where the resilience of your human spirit shines brightest as you reframe your experience and remedy the deep suffering from your past. Using a trauma-informed therapy approach and working within a secure counselling setting, we hope that you would allow us to work with you as you create a new way of being.