Emotional Abuse
Emotional abuse can be hard to recognise, especially when you’re in the middle of it. It doesn’t leave visible marks, but it can deeply damage the way you see yourself, your relationships, and the world around you. If someone has made you feel small, worthless, or afraid, what happened to you matters, and you deserve support.
What happened to you matters
Recognising emotional abuse
Emotional abuse can include manipulation, control, constant criticism, gaslighting, isolation, intimidation, or withholding love and affection. It can happen in romantic relationships, families, friendships, or workplaces.
Because it’s not physical, it can be easy to doubt your own experience, to wonder if you’re overreacting or if it’s really that bad. If someone consistently makes you feel afraid, confused about reality, or like you’re walking on eggshells, that’s not okay.
How therapy can help
In our sessions, you’ll be believed. You won’t need to justify your experience or prove that it was bad enough. I’ll offer a space where you can talk about what happened, or what’s still happening, at your own pace, with complete confidentiality.
Therapy can help you understand the impact of emotional abuse, rebuild your sense of self, and begin to trust your own feelings again. Healing is possible, and you don’t have to do it alone.
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