Treatment Approaches

Sexual abuse is any sexual contact or behavior that occurs without the recipient’s explicit consent. This includes unwanted touching, coercion, incest, rape, threats, and other forms of unwelcome advances.

Sexual abuse can affect your mental as well as physical health. Consequences might include post-traumatic stress disorder, anger, depression, anxiety, trouble sleeping, and fatigue/low energy. Survivors may struggle with low self-esteem, feeling discouraged or hopeless, having trouble concentrating or staying on task for school or work, and relationship difficulties. The impact of sexual abuse can last a lifetime if not addressed. 

Begin Healing from Sexual Abuse

If you’ve been a victim of sexual abuse, the thought of healing may seem impossible. It’s not just the bodily wounds that need time to mend—the mental and emotional trauma can be hard to overcome. We’re here to help you start taking steps toward recovery.

At TICTI, our therapists are trained in trauma-informed care and will help you untangle the complicated emotions that come from surviving sexual abuse so that you can begin to feel safe and confident again and move forward.

Our research-supported treatment model is individualized and may include:

• EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing) – EMDR involves concentrating on aspects of the upsetting memory while following the therapist’s moving finger with your eyes; this is repeated until the memory is no longer distressing. EMDR has been found to be the most efficient of the well-established trauma resolution methods. 
  
  
• PC (Progressive Counting) – PC, developed by our founder, Dr. Ricky Greenwald, involves watching a “movie” of the upsetting memory in your mind, while the therapist counts aloud. In all three comparison studies, PC was found to be as effective, efficient, and well-tolerated as EMDR. 
  
  
• Flash – The Flash technique is a relatively new method that enables clients to resolve traumatic memories while focusing on positive imagery. Preliminary research has found Flash to be non-distressing, safe, rapid, and effective.
  
  

You don’t have to do your healing alone. Our sexual abuse therapy methods and compassionate, understanding therapists can help you get your life back. If you’re ready to take the next step in your journey, inquire today.