Sexual Abuse Therapists in San Diego, CA
Life can present us with many difficult challenges and transitions. I enjoy assisting my clients in improving their relationships, adjusting to life's changes and transitions, and improving stress management abilities. I provide a safe environment in which people can explore options and work towards self-empowerment, growth and resolution of their issues. I use a combination of solution-focused approaches to help people attain their personal goals and resolve trauma.
Life can present us with many difficult challenges and transitions. I enjoy assisting my clients in improving their relationships, adjusting to life's changes and transitions, and improving stress management abilities. I provide a safe environment in which people can explore options and work towards self-empowerment, growth and resolution of their issues. I use a combination of solution-focused approaches to help people attain their personal goals and resolve trauma.
Are you struggling with relationships? Do you need help recovering from a traumatic event? Do you often feel sad and low on energy? Are you searching for ways to be more emotionally stable and less shut down? For over 25 years I have worked with individuals, couples, and families on a range of issues including substance abuse, post traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression, codependency, couples counseling, pre-martial counseling and more. In a highly personalized and collaborative treatment style, I help people understand the deeper reasons for why difficulties keep repeating over and over.
Are you struggling with relationships? Do you need help recovering from a traumatic event? Do you often feel sad and low on energy? Are you searching for ways to be more emotionally stable and less shut down? For over 25 years I have worked with individuals, couples, and families on a range of issues including substance abuse, post traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression, codependency, couples counseling, pre-martial counseling and more. In a highly personalized and collaborative treatment style, I help people understand the deeper reasons for why difficulties keep repeating over and over.
I am a Marriage and Family Therapist focused on enhancing the quality of life for families and individuals through collaborative and compassionate counseling. I love working with children, families, and individuals, guiding them through challenging times. I believe that providing a safe and supportive environment for individuals will help them to gain insight to help promote the positive change in life that they are seeking. I specialize in domestic violence, sexually abused children, children and adults dealing with trauma, parenting challenges, self-esteem issues, life transitions, emotion regulation, anxiety, and depression.
I am a Marriage and Family Therapist focused on enhancing the quality of life for families and individuals through collaborative and compassionate counseling. I love working with children, families, and individuals, guiding them through challenging times. I believe that providing a safe and supportive environment for individuals will help them to gain insight to help promote the positive change in life that they are seeking. I specialize in domestic violence, sexually abused children, children and adults dealing with trauma, parenting challenges, self-esteem issues, life transitions, emotion regulation, anxiety, and depression.
I help individuals and couples move beyond old patterns and create lasting change through narrative, relational, and trauma-informed therapy.
Are you tired of therapy that only offers coping strategies without creating meaningful change? Have you ever felt frustrated with therapy that stops at validating your struggles instead of helping you move beyond them? Are you looking for something deeper—for transformation in your life and relationships, not just temporary relief from symptoms?
If you’re ready for a different kind of therapy—one that invites clarity, change, and a renewed sense of direction—I’d be honored to meet with you.
I help individuals and couples move beyond old patterns and create lasting change through narrative, relational, and trauma-informed therapy.
Are you tired of therapy that only offers coping strategies without creating meaningful change? Have you ever felt frustrated with therapy that stops at validating your struggles instead of helping you move beyond them? Are you looking for something deeper—for transformation in your life and relationships, not just temporary relief from symptoms?
If you’re ready for a different kind of therapy—one that invites clarity, change, and a renewed sense of direction—I’d be honored to meet with you.
Madeline Becker
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, AMFT, APCC
6 Endorsed
San Diego, CA 92117
Maybe you’re seeking to heal from a chaotic childhood, or you’ve survived sexual abuse or assault.
Trauma leaves us feeling broken, hopeless, or disconnected from our true selves. You may find yourself struggling to heal from childhood wounds, or maybe you are still reeling from a recent loss or huge life change. You find yourself overthinking constantly, unable to sleep, or overwhelmed by anxiety and painful memories. Maybe you’ve been to therapy before, but nothing has really worked. You want to find peace and heal, but you don’t know where to start. I work with adults, teens, and children who are seeking meaningful change and long-lasting healing from a painful past.
Maybe you’re seeking to heal from a chaotic childhood, or you’ve survived sexual abuse or assault.
Trauma leaves us feeling broken, hopeless, or disconnected from our true selves. You may find yourself struggling to heal from childhood wounds, or maybe you are still reeling from a recent loss or huge life change. You find yourself overthinking constantly, unable to sleep, or overwhelmed by anxiety and painful memories. Maybe you’ve been to therapy before, but nothing has really worked. You want to find peace and heal, but you don’t know where to start. I work with adults, teens, and children who are seeking meaningful change and long-lasting healing from a painful past.
I provide comprehensive Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) for adults and adolescents with difficulty regulating emotions, maintaining healthy and close relationships, and tolerating distress. I have experience and training working with those who have thoughts or urges for suicide and self harm. I want to help you build the life you have always desired! I am also a trained Gender Therapist and enjoy working with gender-expansive and transgender youth and adults seeking support for their gender identity and/or transition process. In addition, I am a Level 2 Gottman trained Couples Therapist.
I provide comprehensive Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) for adults and adolescents with difficulty regulating emotions, maintaining healthy and close relationships, and tolerating distress. I have experience and training working with those who have thoughts or urges for suicide and self harm. I want to help you build the life you have always desired! I am also a trained Gender Therapist and enjoy working with gender-expansive and transgender youth and adults seeking support for their gender identity and/or transition process. In addition, I am a Level 2 Gottman trained Couples Therapist.
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Do you struggle with negative thoughts affecting your identity, mood or behaviors? Have you been diagnosed with a chronic mental illness? Do you feel stuck in your life due to emotional or physical pain from relationships, traumatic events or marginalization? Do you long for a safe person to process these events or unspoken secrets too unbearable to speak out-loud? Maybe you are having problems in your relationships, communication, or too many non-negotiable areas. Well, you are not alone.
Attention: NEW Time! It starts as soon as we reach capacity.
Do you struggle with negative thoughts affecting your identity, mood or behaviors? Have you been diagnosed with a chronic mental illness? Do you feel stuck in your life due to emotional or physical pain from relationships, traumatic events or marginalization? Do you long for a safe person to process these events or unspoken secrets too unbearable to speak out-loud? Maybe you are having problems in your relationships, communication, or too many non-negotiable areas. Well, you are not alone.
Daniela Calderon
Associate Professional Clinical Counselor, APCC, CRC, MS
San Diego, CA 92106
Waitlist for new clients
Do you need a therapist to help guide you through unresolved trauma? If you're having difficulty engaging in new experiences, maintaining relationships, and calming your mind and body you may benefit from EMDR therapy. Our mind and body respond with protective behaviors and beliefs to help us survive traumatic experiences. However, when the traumatic events have passed, but our survival responses continue in healthy environments, they create dysfunction.
Do you need a therapist to help guide you through unresolved trauma? If you're having difficulty engaging in new experiences, maintaining relationships, and calming your mind and body you may benefit from EMDR therapy. Our mind and body respond with protective behaviors and beliefs to help us survive traumatic experiences. However, when the traumatic events have passed, but our survival responses continue in healthy environments, they create dysfunction.
Matthew H. Koch, Marriage & Family Therapist, Inc.
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
San Diego, CA 92123
Confronting the challenges that accompany our lives can be daunting and result in a deviation from the expectations we have of ourselves and those with whom we interact. I am here to assist you in the process to heighten awareness and gain more meaningful and fulfilling experiences in your life through psychotherapy. I utilize the DAFT (Depth & Freedom Therapy) approach that combines various counseling theories and techniques, philosophical tenets, and spiritual teachings to collaborate with clients in order to strengthen individual identity while considering the impact of past experiences, modern day socio-cultural influences, and current personal issues.
Confronting the challenges that accompany our lives can be daunting and result in a deviation from the expectations we have of ourselves and those with whom we interact. I am here to assist you in the process to heighten awareness and gain more meaningful and fulfilling experiences in your life through psychotherapy. I utilize the DAFT (Depth & Freedom Therapy) approach that combines various counseling theories and techniques, philosophical tenets, and spiritual teachings to collaborate with clients in order to strengthen individual identity while considering the impact of past experiences, modern day socio-cultural influences, and current personal issues.
Hello! I am Christina Chopin, a certified IASIS Microcurrent Neurofeedback practitioner and a self-proclaimed “brain geek”. I have a passion for helping individuals shake their unhelpful thought patterns, find a sense of clarity and help them to see how malleable and flexible their brain really is. Through my own journey suffering from a serious car accident and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), I understood quickly the impact that expertise and connection have when people are struggling with medical and mental health issues. And the impact microcurrent neuro feedback can have.
Hello! I am Christina Chopin, a certified IASIS Microcurrent Neurofeedback practitioner and a self-proclaimed “brain geek”. I have a passion for helping individuals shake their unhelpful thought patterns, find a sense of clarity and help them to see how malleable and flexible their brain really is. Through my own journey suffering from a serious car accident and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), I understood quickly the impact that expertise and connection have when people are struggling with medical and mental health issues. And the impact microcurrent neuro feedback can have.
I am a licensed clinical psychologist in CA and NV working with children, teens, and adults in therapy, helping manage current reactions to childhood and adult traumatic experiences. I also provide comprehensive neuropsychological and psychological evaluations to assess for emotional, cognitive, academic, social, and executive functioning difficulties. Within my practice I utilize a trauma-informed and culturally-informed approach to foster a space that will help us meet your treatment or evaluation goals. Through the use of evidence-based interventions, I support others in living a fulfilling life, whatever that means for them.
I am a licensed clinical psychologist in CA and NV working with children, teens, and adults in therapy, helping manage current reactions to childhood and adult traumatic experiences. I also provide comprehensive neuropsychological and psychological evaluations to assess for emotional, cognitive, academic, social, and executive functioning difficulties. Within my practice I utilize a trauma-informed and culturally-informed approach to foster a space that will help us meet your treatment or evaluation goals. Through the use of evidence-based interventions, I support others in living a fulfilling life, whatever that means for them.
I'm a firm believer humor, hope, and caring are essential components in therapy. My ideal clients are typically adults dealing with everything from anxiety and depression to everyday stressors. I also work in assisting through change of career, divorce, relationship issues, coming out, grief and loss (including pet loss- certified in pet therapy), health related anxiety and anxiety over the aging process; have extensive training/experience working with obesity related issues, including those considering weight loss surgery.
I'm a firm believer humor, hope, and caring are essential components in therapy. My ideal clients are typically adults dealing with everything from anxiety and depression to everyday stressors. I also work in assisting through change of career, divorce, relationship issues, coming out, grief and loss (including pet loss- certified in pet therapy), health related anxiety and anxiety over the aging process; have extensive training/experience working with obesity related issues, including those considering weight loss surgery.
You’re drawn to therapy not because you’re in crisis, but because something in you is shifting. You feel the weight of old patterns, old stories, or inherited wounds you’re finally ready to meet. Maybe you can sense a version of yourself trying to emerge, or you’re longing for a space where you don’t have to fragment who you are. You want a therapist who can sit with depth, intuition, ancestry, identity, and the quiet parts of your inner world without rushing or shrinking it.
You’re drawn to therapy not because you’re in crisis, but because something in you is shifting. You feel the weight of old patterns, old stories, or inherited wounds you’re finally ready to meet. Maybe you can sense a version of yourself trying to emerge, or you’re longing for a space where you don’t have to fragment who you are. You want a therapist who can sit with depth, intuition, ancestry, identity, and the quiet parts of your inner world without rushing or shrinking it.
If you are seeking psychotherapy to improve your self-esteem, process trauma, manage symptoms of anxiety or depression, process divorce or other loss, get a handle on your anger, improve your job performance, learn to be more assertive, or improve your relationships with others, I can help. In a warm and supportive environment we will work together to foster insight and build the skills needed to deal successfully with life's unpredictable stressors.
If you are seeking psychotherapy to improve your self-esteem, process trauma, manage symptoms of anxiety or depression, process divorce or other loss, get a handle on your anger, improve your job performance, learn to be more assertive, or improve your relationships with others, I can help. In a warm and supportive environment we will work together to foster insight and build the skills needed to deal successfully with life's unpredictable stressors.
I am well versed in a variety of treatment approaches and have a diverse clinical background in different areas including treatment of: Depression and Anxiety, Childhood Physical and Sexual Abuse/ Incest, PTSD, Domestic Violence,Infidelity Issues, Eating Disorder, and Adoption.
"In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order.” I truly believe that people are not what happened to them. They are what they choose to become. Therapy is a safe and private space in which you are able to deepen your understanding of your capabilities and choices you can make in life. Through providing positive and feedbacks, I will assist you to acquire a healthy set of coping skills and gain more insight about your psychology. This insight will eventually “unstuck” you from repeating unhealthy behaviors by breaking old patterns and developing new ones.
I am well versed in a variety of treatment approaches and have a diverse clinical background in different areas including treatment of: Depression and Anxiety, Childhood Physical and Sexual Abuse/ Incest, PTSD, Domestic Violence,Infidelity Issues, Eating Disorder, and Adoption.
"In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order.” I truly believe that people are not what happened to them. They are what they choose to become. Therapy is a safe and private space in which you are able to deepen your understanding of your capabilities and choices you can make in life. Through providing positive and feedbacks, I will assist you to acquire a healthy set of coping skills and gain more insight about your psychology. This insight will eventually “unstuck” you from repeating unhealthy behaviors by breaking old patterns and developing new ones.
I'm a Psychologist in CA and MN who believes each person has the potential to grow at any age. My ultimate focus in therapy is to not merely eliminate “symptoms” but to increase your fulfillment in life, as defined by you. This means treatment is customized to meet YOUR needs so you can meet your goals. I'm LGBTQIA+-Affirming & provide therapy for a variety of clinical disorders, including but not limited to anxiety, depression, OCD, PTSD, & interpersonal difficulties. I'm MAP-Informed. I believe in the potential for individual and emotional growth, striving to provide a safe and warm environment in which you can explore and thrive.
I'm a Psychologist in CA and MN who believes each person has the potential to grow at any age. My ultimate focus in therapy is to not merely eliminate “symptoms” but to increase your fulfillment in life, as defined by you. This means treatment is customized to meet YOUR needs so you can meet your goals. I'm LGBTQIA+-Affirming & provide therapy for a variety of clinical disorders, including but not limited to anxiety, depression, OCD, PTSD, & interpersonal difficulties. I'm MAP-Informed. I believe in the potential for individual and emotional growth, striving to provide a safe and warm environment in which you can explore and thrive.
Lack of sleep affects every facet of our lives. Maybe you're tired of tossing and turning for hours every night, feeling tired but wired. Maybe nightmares or chronic pain keep you from sleeping through the night. Maybe you dread watching the morning light fill in after another night of restlessness and frustration. You may have tried all the usual advice to fix your sleep, like cutting caffeine or limiting screen time, but sleep deprivation is still taking a toll on your health, relationships, and productivity. You're ready to get restorative rest, heal from chronic stress and trauma, and find balance in your mind and body again.
Lack of sleep affects every facet of our lives. Maybe you're tired of tossing and turning for hours every night, feeling tired but wired. Maybe nightmares or chronic pain keep you from sleeping through the night. Maybe you dread watching the morning light fill in after another night of restlessness and frustration. You may have tried all the usual advice to fix your sleep, like cutting caffeine or limiting screen time, but sleep deprivation is still taking a toll on your health, relationships, and productivity. You're ready to get restorative rest, heal from chronic stress and trauma, and find balance in your mind and body again.
Hello, I am Kevin Belcastro, LMFT and I look forward to helping you in your journey of mental health recovery. I believe in creating a safe space for individuals to engage in the work of exploring core issues that may be contributing to mental health instability. I function from a trauma-informed lens and believe that the client is the expert in their life. I believe that the root to healing is through positive supportive connections with a therapist that works with the client in identifying strengths and positive solutions to meet current problems.
Hello, I am Kevin Belcastro, LMFT and I look forward to helping you in your journey of mental health recovery. I believe in creating a safe space for individuals to engage in the work of exploring core issues that may be contributing to mental health instability. I function from a trauma-informed lens and believe that the client is the expert in their life. I believe that the root to healing is through positive supportive connections with a therapist that works with the client in identifying strengths and positive solutions to meet current problems.
Do you find yourself feeling sad, overly worried or overwhelmed? Do you find yourself feeling stuck, numb or disconnected from your life? Are you struggling with experiences from your past? Maybe you find yourself struggling with relationships. If so I'd love to help you! My goal is to provide an empathetic and warm place to process the various aspects of your life that affect you and help you live the life you've imagined.
Do you find yourself feeling sad, overly worried or overwhelmed? Do you find yourself feeling stuck, numb or disconnected from your life? Are you struggling with experiences from your past? Maybe you find yourself struggling with relationships. If so I'd love to help you! My goal is to provide an empathetic and warm place to process the various aspects of your life that affect you and help you live the life you've imagined.
Life’s ups and downs can feel overwhelming. Whether you’re facing unresolved pain, menopause transitions, intergenerational identity challenges, or body image concerns- healing is possible. Sometimes, we push through and get by, but over time, the weight of relationship challenges, life transitions, trauma or work, can become too much. Without a true sense of identity or belonging at different life stages, it’s even harder. Pretending everything is fine can be exhausting. Maybe you feel like you don’t fit in, or you are burnt out from carrying on. These experiences can leave you feeling anxious, drained, disconnected, and stuck.
Life’s ups and downs can feel overwhelming. Whether you’re facing unresolved pain, menopause transitions, intergenerational identity challenges, or body image concerns- healing is possible. Sometimes, we push through and get by, but over time, the weight of relationship challenges, life transitions, trauma or work, can become too much. Without a true sense of identity or belonging at different life stages, it’s even harder. Pretending everything is fine can be exhausting. Maybe you feel like you don’t fit in, or you are burnt out from carrying on. These experiences can leave you feeling anxious, drained, disconnected, and stuck.
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