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Sexual Abuse Recovery Therapy in Colorado

Access trauma-informed support for emotional healing, trust issues, and recovery from sexual abuse across Colorado.

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Appointments may be available in as little as 48 hours. Many major insurance plans accepted.

How Sexual Abuse Can Affect Emotional Safety & Relationships

Sexual Abuse can affect emotional wellbeing, relationships, communication, confidence, routines, and the ability to feel emotionally present throughout daily life. Many individuals experience stress, emotional overwhelm, anxiety, frustration, exhaustion, avoidance behaviors, difficulty concentrating, or feeling disconnected from others while navigating challenges related to sexual abuse.

Over time, these experiences may affect work, school, parenting, intimacy, emotional regulation, self-esteem, decision-making, and overall quality of life. Some individuals notice ongoing strain connected to burnout, family dynamics, major life transitions, identity concerns, health-related stress, or difficulty balancing personal responsibilities and emotional needs.

Therapists across Colorado provide support for sexual abuse through approaches tailored to each individual’s experiences, goals, relationships, lifestyle, and emotional wellbeing.

How Therapy Can Help

Therapy can provide support, perspective, and practical tools for navigating challenges, improving emotional well-being, and building healthier patterns over time.

Better Understand Patterns & Behaviors

Therapy can help individuals recognize emotional patterns, thought processes, relationship dynamics, and behaviors that may be affecting daily life and overall well-being.

Develop Healthier Coping Strategies

Many people use therapy to build practical tools for managing stress, navigating challenges, improving communication, and responding to difficult situations more effectively.

Improve Emotional Awareness & Regulation

Therapy can support greater self-awareness, emotional balance, boundary-setting, and confidence in managing emotions across work, relationships, and everyday life.

Support Long-Term Personal Growth

In addition to addressing immediate concerns, therapy can help individuals strengthen resilience, improve self-understanding, and build healthier long-term habits and routines.

Evidence-Based Therapy Approaches for Sexual Abuse

Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)

Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) helps individuals examine and reframe unhelpful beliefs connected to trauma, stress, and difficult life experiences. Therapy focuses on building healthier thought patterns, emotional processing skills, and long-term coping strategies.

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Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) helps individuals process distressing experiences, trauma, anxiety, and emotionally overwhelming memories. This evidence-based therapy supports emotional healing while helping reduce the intensity of difficult emotional responses over time.

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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people identify unhelpful thought patterns, emotional responses, and behaviors while developing healthier coping strategies and practical tools for daily life. CBT is commonly used to support anxiety, depression, stress, relationship challenges, trauma-related concerns, and emotional regulation.

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Internal Family Systems (IFS)

Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy helps individuals better understand different emotional “parts” within themselves and how those parts influence thoughts, behaviors, and relationships. Therapy focuses on self-awareness, emotional healing, and developing a more balanced internal system.

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Somatic Experiencing Therapy

Somatic Experiencing Therapy focuses on the connection between emotional experiences and physical sensations within the body. Therapy helps individuals develop greater awareness of nervous system responses while supporting emotional regulation, stress reduction, and recovery from overwhelming experiences.

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Brainspotting

Brainspotting is a focused therapeutic approach that helps individuals process emotional experiences, stress, and trauma by identifying eye positions connected to stored emotional responses. This approach may support emotional regulation, resilience, and improved day-to-day functioning.

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We Work With Your Insurance

Westside Behavioral Care works with many major insurance providers to help make therapy more accessible and affordable. Coverage for counseling may vary depending on your plan, therapist availability, and whether you are seeking virtual or in-person sessions.

You can filter therapists based on your plan to find covered care quickly.

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Sarah Senst
Sarah Senst

Licensed Professional Counselor

5.0· 10 reviews
Soonest: This Thursday (6/18/2026) at 9:00 AM

Saturday appointments will be online.

Sarah offers a holistic, supportive space for adults to heal from trauma and anxiety using CBT, helping them challenge negative beliefs and move toward an inspired future.


  • Anxiety, Depression, and Mindfulness
  • Self Pay, United/Optum, and more
  • In-Person · Greenwood Village, CO 80111
  • Video Call · Throughout Colorado
Nancy A. Gunzner
Nancy A. Gunzner

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

4.7· 15 reviews
Soonest: This Thursday (6/18/2026) at 10:00 AM

Couples Counseling ONLY OFFERED In-Person at Nancy's Office.

Nancy, bilingual in Spanish, provides therapy in Longmont, using EMDR to help adults navigate trauma and addiction through an honest, rapport-centered approach that fosters lasting healing.


  • Substance Use, Trauma, and Anxiety
  • Cigna and Self Pay
  • In-Person · Longmont, CO 80501
  • Video Call · Throughout Colorado
Taya Matoy
Taya Matoy

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

4.0· 1 review
Soonest: This Thursday (6/18/2026) at 12:00 PM

Taya provides culturally competent, somatic therapy for adults and people of color, specializing in trauma, cultural identity, and healing for those in high-stress careers.


  • Divorce & Separation, Trauma, and Workplace Stress
  • Self Pay
  • Video Call · Throughout Colorado
Mark Pennick
Mark Pennick

Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology

4.2· 35 reviews
Soonest: This Friday (6/19/2026) at 9:00 AM

Prefers online sessions, but offers some in-person.

Mark specializes in trauma and neurodiversity, using ACT and CPT to help adults find strength and healing through a compassionate, mindfulness-based approach.


  • Autism Spectrum Disorder, Developmental Disabilities, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
  • Aetna, United/Optum, and more
  • In-Person · Denver, CO 80238
  • Video Call · Throughout Colorado
Janet Borelli
Janet Borelli

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Soonest: This Friday (6/19/2026) at 4:00 PM

Janet prefers to meet with clients in person for the first appointment and follow-up sessions may be online.

Janet provides multilingual trauma and family therapy using EMDR and cognitive approaches to help children and adults overcome anxiety and achieve lasting emotional growth.


  • Trauma, Divorce & Separation, and Major Life Transitions
  • Humana and Self Pay
  • In-Person · Denver, CO 80222
  • Video Call · Throughout Colorado
Amanda Phannadeth
Amanda Phannadeth

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

5.0· 2 reviews
Soonest: This Saturday (6/20/2026) at 11:00 AM

Amanda provides compassionate, trauma-informed care for children and adults, using play therapy and CBT to foster healing, felt safety, and secure relationships.


  • Trauma, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Play Therapy
  • Self Pay
  • In-Person · Broomfield, CO 80020
  • Video Call · Throughout Colorado
Francisca Mix
Francisca Mix

Licensed Professional Counselor

5.0· 1 review
Soonest: 6/22/2026 at 1:00 PM

Francisca helps adults and young adults heal from trauma and addiction using creative, experiential methods to support her clients on their journey toward self-acceptance and growth.


  • Trauma, Substance Use, and Mindfulness
  • Self Pay
  • Video Call · Throughout Colorado
Crystal Huynh
Crystal Huynh

Licensed Professional Counselor

5.0· 3 reviews
Soonest: 6/23/2026 at 10:00 AM

Crystal uses a collaborative, trauma-informed approach with brainspotting and CBT to help adults find healing from addiction, anxiety, and grief in a safe, inviting environment.


  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Anxiety
  • Self Pay
  • In-Person · Broomfield, CO 80020
  • Video Call · Throughout Colorado
Emily Cunningham
Emily Cunningham

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

5.0· 1 review
Soonest: 6/23/2026 at 1:00 PM

Emily offers a relaxed, goal-oriented approach for adults and seniors navigating grief and trauma, using eclectic therapies to help you find balance and lasting emotional wellness.


  • Grief & Loss, Trauma, and Depression
  • Self Pay
  • In-Person · Broomfield, CO 80020
  • Video Call · Throughout Colorado
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