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If you’ve dealt with any type of abuse in the past, you may be aware of the adverse effects it can have on your mental health. On the opposite end of the spectrum, if you’ve been abusive in the past, you may have trouble forgiving yourself.

Regardless, a licensed therapist can help you access your feelings and heal from abuse you’ve experienced. Wherever you are located in District of Columbia, Mental Health Match can help you easily find an experienced therapist or counselor who best meets your needs.

Signs You Need Help with Abuse

Whether you’ve abused someone else in the past or you’ve been a victim of abuse, you may have some scars that make life difficult.

Here are some signs you need help with abuse:

  • You may be easily triggered to feel fear or panic.
  • You may hold a lot of anger toward the person who abused you.
  • You avoid talking about or doing anything that can remind you of your experience.
  • You blame yourself for your experience.

Abuse comes in many forms, including physical abuse, mental abuse, sexual abuse, financial abuse, verbal abuse, and more (this is not an exhaustive list). No matter the type of abuse you are dealing with, Mental Health Match can help you find a therapist to get the healing process started and improve your life.

If you’re struggling with past abuse and not sure how therapy can help, read this article by licensed therapist Kennyetta Watkins: When bad things happen to good people.

Speak With an Abuse Counselor Today!

Abuse can take hold and change the trajectory of your life - in severe cases, it can take your life completely off track. But, with targeted therapy based on your specific abuse situation, there’s hope for recovery and lasting happiness. And with Mental Health Match, finding a great therapist is easy! Start by browsing below or by using our free therapist matching tool.

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Together, we will:

work to understand the complexities of your problems followed by implementation of practical solutions and skills, all couched in a collaborative and nurturing environment. We'll be a team and I'll work hard to help you.

Something to know about my approach is:

I believe it's important to balance empathy with a focus on helping you create meaningful changes using concrete techniques that are shown effective through research. My goal is to teach you how to be your own psychologist (so-to-speak).

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Addictions
  • Anger
  • Anxiety
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Anxiety-Driven Anger
  • Anxiety in Relationships
  • Anxiety Management
  • Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Bipolar II
  • Combat Trauma
  • Complex Anxiety
  • Complex Trauma
  • Cult Abuse
  • Depression
  • Emotional Regulation
  • Fears and Phobias
  • Gay
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Health Anxiety
  • High Anxiety
  • High-Functioning Anxiety
  • High-Functioning Depression
  • Homophobia
  • LGBTQ+
  • Manic Depression
  • Mild Depression
  • Narcissistic Abuse
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (OCSDs)
  • Personality Disorders
  • Political Anxiety
  • Postpartum Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • PTSD from Abuse
  • Relational Trauma
  • Relationships
  • Relationship Trauma
  • Religious Trauma
  • Seasonal Depression
  • Sexual Trauma
  • Social Anxiety
  • Substance Abuse
  • Substance Use
  • Substance Use Disorders
  • Transphobia
  • Trauma
  • Trauma From Abuse
  • Trauma-Related Disorders
  • War Trauma
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Feeling alone? Confused with how you got here, or even where to go from here? Frustrated with not feeling authentic? Or maybe you’re stuck in the same pattern. Together, we will work to make intentional and sustainable changes.


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Feeling alone? Confused with how you got here, or even where to go from here? Frustrated with not feeling authentic? Or maybe you’re stuck in the same pattern. Together, we will work to make intentional and sustainable changes.

Something to know about my approach is:

I pull from a myriad of therapeutic techniques that aim to empower and ground. I have extensive experience with college and graduate students, young adults, LGBTQ+ folx, and those who are navigating their various identities and life transitions.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Adjustment Issues
  • Adult ADHD
  • Anxiety
  • Bisexuality
  • Career
  • Career Burnout
  • Career Counseling
  • Coping Skills
  • Cultural Adjustment
  • Depression
  • Divorce and Separation
  • Domestic Violence
  • Ethical Non-Monogamy
  • Family Conflict
  • Gay
  • Gender Affirmative Surgery Letters
  • Gender Dysphoria
  • Gender Identity
  • Gender Transition
  • Insomnia and Sleep Problems
  • Job Stress
  • Kink
  • Lesbian
  • LGBTQ+
  • Life Transitions
  • Men
  • Nonbinary Gender Identity
  • Open Relationships
  • Queer
  • Racial Justice
  • Sex Workers
  • Transgender
  • Veterans/Military Families
  • Women
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Together, we will identify the things you notice interfering with the life you want to live. The moments from the past that keep you from moving forward, the anxiety or fear that paralyze you now. Together we will create a plan for your best life.


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Together, we will:

Together, we will identify the things you notice interfering with the life you want to live. The moments from the past that keep you from moving forward, the anxiety or fear that paralyze you now. Together we will create a plan for your best life.

Something to know about my approach is:

My approach is rarely the same twice. I always use Evidence Based Practices, however, my approach is completely dependent on the individual working with me. As a clinical social worker, I work to always put the individual at the center of our work.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Aging and Getting Older
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Birth Trauma
  • Caregivers
  • Combat Trauma
  • Coming Out
  • Complicated Grief
  • Depression
  • Dissociation
  • Dissociative Disorders
  • Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)
  • End of Life
  • Fears and Phobias
  • Gender Affirmative Surgery Letters
  • Gender Dysphoria
  • Gender Identity
  • Grief
  • Major Depressive Disorder
  • Medical Trauma
  • Military Life Transition
  • Postpartum Anxiety
  • Postpartum Depression
  • Prolonged Grief Disorder
  • Religious Trauma
  • Secondary Trauma
  • Sexual Trauma
  • Social Anxiety
  • Teen Depression
  • Trauma From Abuse
  • Veterans/Military Families
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we will work to compassionately identify the hurdles you are facing and create a life you value. We will work to help you better understand the impacts of past experiences and to engage in values-aligned action.


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Together, we will:

we will work to compassionately identify the hurdles you are facing and create a life you value. We will work to help you better understand the impacts of past experiences and to engage in values-aligned action.

Something to know about my approach is:

I work with emotionally sensitive individuals struggling with trauma, overwhelming emotions, and anxiety to help them to reach long-term healing. I use a blend of IFS, ACT, and Somatic Therapy to help you reach a life you value.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Addictions
  • Adverse Childhood Experiences
  • Anxiety
  • Body Acceptance
  • Childhood Issues
  • Childhood Trauma
  • Drug Use
  • Grief from Losing a Pet
  • High-Functioning Anxiety
  • Highly Sensitive People (HSPs)
  • Perfectionism
  • Rape and Sexual Assault
  • Sexual Trauma
  • Shame
  • Substance Use
  • Therapist for Other Therapists
  • Trauma
  • Trauma-Related Disorders
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Melissa Jermann
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Start with an intake process followed by value and goal setting, psychoeducation, and skill development. As you develop skills, I will guide you in developing insight to facilitate self-exploration, understanding, and behavioral change.


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Together, we will:

Start with an intake process followed by value and goal setting, psychoeducation, and skill development. As you develop skills, I will guide you in developing insight to facilitate self-exploration, understanding, and behavioral change.

Something to know about my approach is:

If talk therapy isn't working for you, we will be a great fit. I implement evidence-based treatments and provide my clients with skills to navigate their concerns outside of the therapy room. My approach will always be tailed to fit your exact needs!

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Abusive Relationships
  • Anxiety
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Anxiety in Relationships
  • Anxiety Management
  • Binge Eating
  • Childhood Trauma
  • Chronic Pain
  • Chronic Stress
  • Complex Anxiety
  • Complex PTSD (C-PTSD)
  • Couples
  • Disordered Eating
  • Driving Anxiety
  • Family Trauma
  • Food Allergy Anxiety
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Harm OCD
  • Health Anxiety
  • High-Functioning Anxiety
  • Illness Anxiety Disorder
  • Medical Trauma
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Pedophilic Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (POCD)
  • Perfectionism
  • Perinatal Mood/Anxiety Disorders
  • Postpartum Anxiety
  • Postpartum Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Relationship Conflict
  • Relationship Skills
  • Relationship Trauma
  • Social Anxiety
  • Stress
  • Test/Performance Anxiety
  • War Trauma
  • Work Stress
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Melissa Jermann remote and phone therapy in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District Of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Ca...