Sexual Abuse Therapists in District Heights, MD
One of my greatest strengths as a therapist is knowing that there is no one-size-fits-all approach to healing. I draw from several treatment modalities—including CBT, DBT, mindfulness, and trauma-informed care—so we can find the tools that best fit your unique needs and goals. I value collaboration and adaptability, meeting clients where they are and adjusting the process as we go. Just as importantly, I recognize my own limitations and believe in honesty, transparency, and referral when it serves your best interest. This balance allows me to create a supportive, personalized, and ethical therapeutic space for real growth.
One of my greatest strengths as a therapist is knowing that there is no one-size-fits-all approach to healing. I draw from several treatment modalities—including CBT, DBT, mindfulness, and trauma-informed care—so we can find the tools that best fit your unique needs and goals. I value collaboration and adaptability, meeting clients where they are and adjusting the process as we go. Just as importantly, I recognize my own limitations and believe in honesty, transparency, and referral when it serves your best interest. This balance allows me to create a supportive, personalized, and ethical therapeutic space for real growth.
I am honored to have the opportunity to partner with you on a therapeutic journey to self discovery, healing and emotional wellness. Utilizing a multi-modal approach, we will work together to uncover underlying concerns, identify damaging thought patterns and balance responses to improve your quality of life. I am also board certified to provide clinical supervision in the state of Maryland and in Washington, DC.
I am honored to have the opportunity to partner with you on a therapeutic journey to self discovery, healing and emotional wellness. Utilizing a multi-modal approach, we will work together to uncover underlying concerns, identify damaging thought patterns and balance responses to improve your quality of life. I am also board certified to provide clinical supervision in the state of Maryland and in Washington, DC.
Christa Carlton
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, LCSW-C, LICSW, RYT
2 Endorsed
Online Only
Waitlist for new clients
My specialties include sexual assault, intimate partner violence, neurodivergence, and adoption.
People come to me with the need for a non-judgmental space to explore their own lived experiences and express their thoughts and feelings. I specialize in supporting survivors of trauma and employ a client-centered, strengths-based approach. I help clients develop insight around factors influencing development, understand the mind-body connection, and explore individualized strategies for optimizing mental wellness. I have experience supporting clients around a variety of needs including anxiety, depression, grief and loss, neurodiversity, complex-needs parenting, relationships, maladaptive behaviors, and substance use.
My specialties include sexual assault, intimate partner violence, neurodivergence, and adoption.
People come to me with the need for a non-judgmental space to explore their own lived experiences and express their thoughts and feelings. I specialize in supporting survivors of trauma and employ a client-centered, strengths-based approach. I help clients develop insight around factors influencing development, understand the mind-body connection, and explore individualized strategies for optimizing mental wellness. I have experience supporting clients around a variety of needs including anxiety, depression, grief and loss, neurodiversity, complex-needs parenting, relationships, maladaptive behaviors, and substance use.
Restoring Minds And Hearts, LLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-C, LICSW
1 Endorsed
Online Only
Are you or your child having difficulty managing daily life stressors or emotions?
We can assist you with working towards reaching those goals. I am Marnecia McCoy, LCSW-C, LICSW the Owner of Restoring Minds & Hearts, and I have experience providing clinical behavioral health services to adults, children, and families. Our clinicians provide trauma informed care. We utilize a relational approach to establish a rapport and therapeutic relationship with clients. Once our therapeutic relationship is developed, we will create goals, process thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, identify healthy coping skills, and develop solutions.
Are you or your child having difficulty managing daily life stressors or emotions?
We can assist you with working towards reaching those goals. I am Marnecia McCoy, LCSW-C, LICSW the Owner of Restoring Minds & Hearts, and I have experience providing clinical behavioral health services to adults, children, and families. Our clinicians provide trauma informed care. We utilize a relational approach to establish a rapport and therapeutic relationship with clients. Once our therapeutic relationship is developed, we will create goals, process thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, identify healthy coping skills, and develop solutions.
Marilyn D. Grayned Price, LCSW-C, LICSW, LCSW is the founder and President of Ms. and Mr. Little Ones, Incorporated. Marilyn's dedication to empowering individuals can best be acknowledged by her extensive background domestically and abroad. She has dedicated over 20 years assisting individuals and families of all ages and backgrounds using evidence-based practices that have led to healthy and sustainable positive outcomes. Marilyn is a servant to the community and believes paying it forward is the way to empower individuals and families to obtain their highest potential and change social injustice.
Marilyn D. Grayned Price, LCSW-C, LICSW, LCSW is the founder and President of Ms. and Mr. Little Ones, Incorporated. Marilyn's dedication to empowering individuals can best be acknowledged by her extensive background domestically and abroad. She has dedicated over 20 years assisting individuals and families of all ages and backgrounds using evidence-based practices that have led to healthy and sustainable positive outcomes. Marilyn is a servant to the community and believes paying it forward is the way to empower individuals and families to obtain their highest potential and change social injustice.
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I support young survivors of sexual abuse and assault and other forms of violence.
I offer evidence-based therapies including Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy (TFCBT). I work with adopted kids and those with separation from their families of origin, neurodivergent kids, and kids of all gender and sexual identities, as well as kids with dissociative and somatic symptoms.
I support young survivors of sexual abuse and assault and other forms of violence.
I offer evidence-based therapies including Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy (TFCBT). I work with adopted kids and those with separation from their families of origin, neurodivergent kids, and kids of all gender and sexual identities, as well as kids with dissociative and somatic symptoms.
These include trauma, sexual abuse, domestic violence, and difficult pregnancy & birth-related experiences.
In addition to talk therapy, I use EMDR & somatic experiencing, powerful methods that tap into our mind-body connection for sustained healing. I also support clients with my certification in perinatal mental health. Working together, we discover what best supports you to feel alive & well in your daily life and in what you hope for the future.
These include trauma, sexual abuse, domestic violence, and difficult pregnancy & birth-related experiences.
In addition to talk therapy, I use EMDR & somatic experiencing, powerful methods that tap into our mind-body connection for sustained healing. I also support clients with my certification in perinatal mental health. Working together, we discover what best supports you to feel alive & well in your daily life and in what you hope for the future.
Katie O'Mailey
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-C, LICSW, LCSW, RYT
1 Endorsed
Bethesda, MD 20816
You feel like you’ve lost control of your own life. You’re feeling stuck reliving the past and fearing the future. You tell yourself you should “just get over it,” wondering if you’re overreacting. As much as you try to “move on,” the past has a frustrating way of popping back up. You work HARD to reclaim control of your life, yet you’re getting tired of pretending everything is “fine.” Because on the inside, it feels like you’re on an emotional roller coaster, feeling overwhelmed, strangely numb, and everything in between. You’ve lost touch with your own innate worthiness and power. And you just want your life back.
You feel like you’ve lost control of your own life. You’re feeling stuck reliving the past and fearing the future. You tell yourself you should “just get over it,” wondering if you’re overreacting. As much as you try to “move on,” the past has a frustrating way of popping back up. You work HARD to reclaim control of your life, yet you’re getting tired of pretending everything is “fine.” Because on the inside, it feels like you’re on an emotional roller coaster, feeling overwhelmed, strangely numb, and everything in between. You’ve lost touch with your own innate worthiness and power. And you just want your life back.
Are you suffering from the effects of PTSD, anxiety, depression, sudden loss, and/or chronic pain? If so body-oriented psychotherapy may help facilitate your recovery. By working to address the root causes of nervous system imbalance, a body-psychotherapy approach can empower you with tools and skills to re-negotiate and resolve difficult and traumatic experiences. My approach in therapy is client-centered and my work is just to facilitate and provide the optimal conditions for healing to take place. I also hope to impart knowledge and skills for people to work with themselves effectively outside of therapy.
Are you suffering from the effects of PTSD, anxiety, depression, sudden loss, and/or chronic pain? If so body-oriented psychotherapy may help facilitate your recovery. By working to address the root causes of nervous system imbalance, a body-psychotherapy approach can empower you with tools and skills to re-negotiate and resolve difficult and traumatic experiences. My approach in therapy is client-centered and my work is just to facilitate and provide the optimal conditions for healing to take place. I also hope to impart knowledge and skills for people to work with themselves effectively outside of therapy.
The people I work with want to change the way they are feeling and relating to others. They struggle to cope with triggers, emotions or experiences day to day, and tend to judge themselves for this and its impact on their lives. Whether acute or chronic trauma, relationship issues or emotional challenges, I work with clients to process physical, emotional and mental symptoms that cause them to feel stuck, isolated and unworthy of healthy connections. Building on your strengths, we will work together towards an outcome of added joy, aliveness and connection to self and others.
The people I work with want to change the way they are feeling and relating to others. They struggle to cope with triggers, emotions or experiences day to day, and tend to judge themselves for this and its impact on their lives. Whether acute or chronic trauma, relationship issues or emotional challenges, I work with clients to process physical, emotional and mental symptoms that cause them to feel stuck, isolated and unworthy of healthy connections. Building on your strengths, we will work together towards an outcome of added joy, aliveness and connection to self and others.
Do you feel broken or stuck in a cycle of triggers? Has other therapy not worked for you the way you wanted? As someone navigating trauma, chronic illness, or neurodivergence, you may feel misunderstood and exhausted by the effort of surviving. Here, you will find a supportive and neuro-affirming space where you can feel truly seen and heard. Using the therapy techniques that are right for you and your brain, we will work together at your pace to move you toward healing and thriving.
Do you feel broken or stuck in a cycle of triggers? Has other therapy not worked for you the way you wanted? As someone navigating trauma, chronic illness, or neurodivergence, you may feel misunderstood and exhausted by the effort of surviving. Here, you will find a supportive and neuro-affirming space where you can feel truly seen and heard. Using the therapy techniques that are right for you and your brain, we will work together at your pace to move you toward healing and thriving.
Immediate openings! Dr. O'Grady's team of highly talented therapists are ready to address your (or your child's) mental health concerns and to grow your resilience. I have decades of experience researching. publishing about, and working with trauma populations and training counselors in trauma-informed therapy. As a Ph.D. psychologist, I lead a team of counselors in providing evidence-based and compassionate trauma-focused psychotherapy. By conducting psychological testing and partnering with my network of allied helping professionals, we are able to provide comprehensive treatment leading to long-term healing and growth.
Immediate openings! Dr. O'Grady's team of highly talented therapists are ready to address your (or your child's) mental health concerns and to grow your resilience. I have decades of experience researching. publishing about, and working with trauma populations and training counselors in trauma-informed therapy. As a Ph.D. psychologist, I lead a team of counselors in providing evidence-based and compassionate trauma-focused psychotherapy. By conducting psychological testing and partnering with my network of allied helping professionals, we are able to provide comprehensive treatment leading to long-term healing and growth.
Now accepting virtual therapy clients in MD, DC, VA, and FL (telehealth). I offer EMDR, trauma-informed, relational therapy. I integrate DBT skills to support emotion regulation, mindfulness, and healthy relationships. My approach is compassionate, inclusive, and grounded in social justice.
Areas of Concentration:
-Complex trauma (including childhood abuse, sexual trauma, and intimate partner violence)
-Eating disorders
-Chronic illnesses/medical trauma
-Military mental health and support for veterans/their families
-Young adults navigating life transitions
-Athlete mental health
Now accepting virtual therapy clients in MD, DC, VA, and FL (telehealth). I offer EMDR, trauma-informed, relational therapy. I integrate DBT skills to support emotion regulation, mindfulness, and healthy relationships. My approach is compassionate, inclusive, and grounded in social justice.
Areas of Concentration:
-Complex trauma (including childhood abuse, sexual trauma, and intimate partner violence)
-Eating disorders
-Chronic illnesses/medical trauma
-Military mental health and support for veterans/their families
-Young adults navigating life transitions
-Athlete mental health
I specialize in working with adults who have experienced domestic violence, sexual assault, and trauma; people of color, immigrants, and adult children of immigrants; multicultural and bicultural individuals; and anyone navigating anxiety, depression, PTSD, burnout, or wounds rooted in identity, culture, or painful life experiences.
Hi/Hola, I'm Ana (she/her/ella)
You're showing up for your family, your responsibilities, your community while quietly feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, or like something heavy has been sitting on your chest for a long time. Maybe you have been carrying trauma, abuse, or experiences that were never safe enough to talk about. Maybe you are exhausted from being strong for everyone else while having nowhere to fall apart. This version of you deserves care too.
If any of that sounds familiar you are exactly who I am here for.
I specialize in working with adults who have experienced domestic violence, sexual assault, and trauma; people of color, immigrants, and adult children of immigrants; multicultural and bicultural individuals; and anyone navigating anxiety, depression, PTSD, burnout, or wounds rooted in identity, culture, or painful life experiences.
Hi/Hola, I'm Ana (she/her/ella)
You're showing up for your family, your responsibilities, your community while quietly feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, or like something heavy has been sitting on your chest for a long time. Maybe you have been carrying trauma, abuse, or experiences that were never safe enough to talk about. Maybe you are exhausted from being strong for everyone else while having nowhere to fall apart. This version of you deserves care too.
If any of that sounds familiar you are exactly who I am here for.
I’m Marissa Nelson, an award-winning, Relationship and Sex Therapist, TEDx speaker, and educator dedicated to helping couples and individuals thrive. You can catch me on Fox 5 or Good Day DC sharing insights on dating, or in the NY Times, Wall Street Journal, Glamour, and Women’s Health as a trusted relationship expert. I recently launched The Lovers Society, a community offering resources, courses, and content to help you level up your relationship. My mission is to help you reclaim pleasure and intimacy, and gain the clarity and support to make decisions that work for your future—because you deserve peace, joy, ease, and rest!
I’m Marissa Nelson, an award-winning, Relationship and Sex Therapist, TEDx speaker, and educator dedicated to helping couples and individuals thrive. You can catch me on Fox 5 or Good Day DC sharing insights on dating, or in the NY Times, Wall Street Journal, Glamour, and Women’s Health as a trusted relationship expert. I recently launched The Lovers Society, a community offering resources, courses, and content to help you level up your relationship. My mission is to help you reclaim pleasure and intimacy, and gain the clarity and support to make decisions that work for your future—because you deserve peace, joy, ease, and rest!
Hope and Healing Therapy and Wellness Center
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-C, LCPC, PsyD, PMCNP, PMHNP
2 Endorsed
Prince Frederick, MD 20678
Feeling ashamed, lost, afraid, or alone? Reliving terrifying moments or wondering if you'll ever feel in control and grounded in your life?
Have you tried to find help, but securing compassionate, covered, consistent, trauma-informed care feels frustrating, exhausting, or downright impossible? Are you seeking holistic solutions and coping skills to integrate alongside talk therapy and/or medication?
From children to adults, individuals to families, no matter what obstacles you're facing, there is hope for healing.
Our trauma-informed team of mental health and wellness providers are here to help you get started.
Feeling ashamed, lost, afraid, or alone? Reliving terrifying moments or wondering if you'll ever feel in control and grounded in your life?
Have you tried to find help, but securing compassionate, covered, consistent, trauma-informed care feels frustrating, exhausting, or downright impossible? Are you seeking holistic solutions and coping skills to integrate alongside talk therapy and/or medication?
From children to adults, individuals to families, no matter what obstacles you're facing, there is hope for healing.
Our trauma-informed team of mental health and wellness providers are here to help you get started.
I provide trauma therapy for adults who feel stuck in survival mode and struggle with anxiety, depression, emotional dysregulation, and relationship difficulties. Many clients are high-functioning yet feel overwhelmed, emotionally reactive, or disconnected from themselves and others.
I use a trauma-informed, client-centered approach integrating EMDR therapy, Instinctual Trauma Response (ITR), and trauma-focused CBT to treat trauma, PTSD, anxiety, and attachment-related patterns, helping clients build emotional regulation, nervous system safety, and lasting change.
I provide trauma therapy for adults who feel stuck in survival mode and struggle with anxiety, depression, emotional dysregulation, and relationship difficulties. Many clients are high-functioning yet feel overwhelmed, emotionally reactive, or disconnected from themselves and others.
I use a trauma-informed, client-centered approach integrating EMDR therapy, Instinctual Trauma Response (ITR), and trauma-focused CBT to treat trauma, PTSD, anxiety, and attachment-related patterns, helping clients build emotional regulation, nervous system safety, and lasting change.
I believe in working collaboratively with youth and adults to identify and utilize their inherent skills and strengths in addressing mental health challenges. I am passionate about working at the intersections of masculinity and mental health, using evidence-based treatments to address the problems that are showing up in everyday life.
I believe in working collaboratively with youth and adults to identify and utilize their inherent skills and strengths in addressing mental health challenges. I am passionate about working at the intersections of masculinity and mental health, using evidence-based treatments to address the problems that are showing up in everyday life.
I possess specialized training in areas of trauma, specifically in the assessment and treatment of sex offenders and survivors of sexual assault.
Great to meet you! I am Dr. Shannon Howard, a Licensed Professional Counselor (LCPC, LPC) for the states of DC & MD, a Certified Life Coach, and an Author. I have been helping individuals, children, couples, and families navigate grief and loss, trauma, anxiety, adjustment, depression and more for over 24 years.
My educational background consists of a dual Master's in both Counseling and Clinical Psychology. I received my first master's at Towson University in 2000, a second Masters and Doctorate in 2008 and 2010 from The American School of Professional Psychology at Argosy University.
I possess specialized training in areas of trauma, specifically in the assessment and treatment of sex offenders and survivors of sexual assault.
Great to meet you! I am Dr. Shannon Howard, a Licensed Professional Counselor (LCPC, LPC) for the states of DC & MD, a Certified Life Coach, and an Author. I have been helping individuals, children, couples, and families navigate grief and loss, trauma, anxiety, adjustment, depression and more for over 24 years.
My educational background consists of a dual Master's in both Counseling and Clinical Psychology. I received my first master's at Towson University in 2000, a second Masters and Doctorate in 2008 and 2010 from The American School of Professional Psychology at Argosy University.
My ideal clients have recently experienced a traumatic event(s) and need a safe, supportive, and knowledgeable environment to process and heal. I guide clients through this stage by helping regulate the nervous system and stabilize and adjust life to prioritize functionality through symptoms. I help clients process their trauma deeply, appropriately, and safely using evidence-based trauma treatments, including EMDR. They have experienced complex trauma (childhood trauma, abuse, neglect, relationship trauma, trauma related to ongoing war/natural disasters/mass causality, etc.)
My ideal clients have recently experienced a traumatic event(s) and need a safe, supportive, and knowledgeable environment to process and heal. I guide clients through this stage by helping regulate the nervous system and stabilize and adjust life to prioritize functionality through symptoms. I help clients process their trauma deeply, appropriately, and safely using evidence-based trauma treatments, including EMDR. They have experienced complex trauma (childhood trauma, abuse, neglect, relationship trauma, trauma related to ongoing war/natural disasters/mass causality, etc.)
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Sexual Abuse Therapists
How do therapists treat sexual abuse?
A good therapist will be nonjudgmental and possibly demonstrate active listening, repeating back what the client says to show that they have understood. These skills allow people to feel comfortable discussing their traumatic experiences openly. Some important treatment goals are to restore a sense of safety and to rebuild confidence. In addition to working one-on-one with the patient, a therapist might bring in supportive family members to assist the client.
Do you have to talk extensively about sexual abuse in therapy?
Survivors frequently find it difficult to describe what happened to them out loud. They can even still be in a state of denial if the sexual abuse occurred recently. It is important for survivors to acknowledge that what happened isn’t their fault and to challenge and reappraise any unhealthy feelings or thoughts as they arise. Art therapy and play therapy are useful non-verbal means of communication for some survivors.
How long does treatment for sexual abuse take?
Recovery from sexual abuse can be a long and difficult process. Some survivors are able to move on naturally on their own, given time, while others require the guidance of a trained therapist. Therapy needs vary and can range from a few sessions to months or even years. Healing from sexual abuse takes time, and everyone’s journey will look a little different.
Can trauma symptoms caused by sexual abuse come back after treatment?
As occurs in many cases of trauma, survivors of sexual abuse may experience PTSD-like symptoms long after the abuse has ceased or after an initial round of treatment has occurred. In such a case, there is evidence that prolonged exposure therapy is a useful treatment for survivors, and may be more efficacious than supportive counseling alone. While triggers may continue to cause distress, the idea is that, with time and repeated exposure, their power will fade, allowing survivors to move on with their lives.