Sexual-abuse therapy for survivors.

Most of this work in my practice is with adult survivors, often years after the experience, sometimes for the first time naming it out loud with anyone. Childhood sexual abuse and adult sexual assault have different shapes; what they share is that the body keeps a record the words have not caught up to yet.

This page is for therapy work. It is not a crisis service. If something has happened recently and you are in crisis, the RAINN National Sexual Assault Hotline is 1-800-656-4673. In Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault can connect you to local services.

How we work on it

Trauma-focused and person-centered work, paced to what your body is willing to revisit at one time. We do not start with the worst of the story. We start with whether the room feels safe enough to do any of this work at all.

Pacing is the part most people get wrong on their own. The instinct is often to push through and tell the whole story fast. That usually re-traumatizes more than it helps. We will go slower than that, and we will check in throughout.

Your body learned a lesson it has not been able to unlearn yet. The work is not blame and it is not erasure. It is making space for both the lesson and a different way forward.

What this is not

I am not a forensic evaluator. I am not trained in EMDR. If you specifically want EMDR for sexual-abuse work, I can refer you to a clinician who specializes in it. If you are in active crisis or having thoughts of suicide, please call 988 first.

What to do next

If this is the kind of work that brought you here, the next step is to schedule the consultation or intake session. You decide how much to say.

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