Sexual Trauma Therapy in Portland, OR

Are you curious about sexual trauma therapy? If you’re ready for relief and peace, you're in the right place.

Maybe you’re here because…
• Some part of you feels damaged or broken as a result of what happened to you
• You want to reclaim your bodily autonomy and feel empowered again
• What happened was a long time ago and you’re not sure if it’s still affecting you
• You’re not sure if what happened to you was severe enough be considered sexual trauma
• You’re finally in a healthy relationship and it still doesn’t feel right
• You’re engaging in sexual behaviors that don’t align with your values but are unsure how to stop
We’re here to help you process how sexual trauma has impacted your life, find ways to soften the impact your trauma has on you, and find a sense of empowerment.

Through this process, you can:
• Better understand yourself and/or your partner
• Connect with your sexuality in positive way
• Improve your relationship
• Process the trauma you’ve experienced.
• Find relief from the shame, anxiety, numbness, dissociation, overwhelm, lack of trust in others, relationship issues, sexual challenges, and the ways trauma is impacting you.

What is sexual trauma therapy like?

The first step to working through sexual trauma is building a relationship with your therapist that feels supportive and as safe as possible. Your therapist will get to know you (or you and your partner), your story, and your wants & hopes for therapy. They also begin to assess for how trauma is impacting your life.

Next, your therapist will help you build tools for coping with trauma triggers. This is important because processing trauma can be triggering and can be re-traumatizing if you don’t know how to identify when you’re triggered and don’t have ways to cope & soothe.

Then, if you feel ready, you may begin to process the trauma you’ve experienced. Your therapist will do this with intentionality and with the goal of helping you find new ways to relate to your trauma experience(s), better understand yourself, build up more self-compassion, and find pathways toward healing.

Finally, your therapist will help you reclaim pleasure, connect with your body and sexuality that feel good for you, and strengthen your relationship(s). This is when you’ll be integrating all you’ve discovered about yourself (and maybe you’re relationship) & working towards your individual, sexual, and/or relational goals.

Kinds of trauma we support clients with:

Sexual trauma
Complex trauma (C-PTSD)
Relationship or attachment trauma
Birth trauma
Traumatic invalidation
Trauma related to oppression