Healing from Childhood Sexual Abuse

The past shaped you, but it doesn’t get to define you.

This wasn’t your fault.

Childhood sexual abuse is one of the most disorienting and isolating kinds of trauma. It doesn’t just impact your sense of safety; it can distort your understanding of trust, touch, care, and even your body.

Whether the abuse happened once or many times, was explicit or cloaked in manipulation, or you talked about it before or never said a word, what matters now is that you’re here.

Most important, you don’t have to navigate this alone.

The impact runs deep, but so does your resilience.

You may struggle with relationships, trust, or feeling fully at home in your body. You may feel disconnected from your needs, boundaries, or sense of self. These aren’t personal flaws. They’re survival strategies – adaptations your system made in the face of harm.

Healing isn’t about erasing the past. It’s about creating a new relationship to it – one where you have choice, agency, and the support you need to come back into connection with yourself.

How can therapy help?

We create a space that prioritizes safety and consent in our work together. We don’t rush or push. You decide what we explore and when.

Some clients want to name what happened in words, while others want to begin with what they feel or don’t feel in their bodies. Both are valid.

Whether we work with EMDR, narrative practices, body-based regulation, or simple conversation, the goal is always to help you feel less alone in your experience and more fully yourself.

If you’ve carried this silently, you’re not alone.

You may have told no one. Or maybe you’ve said parts of it, but still carry shame, confusion, or self-blame. That’s normal.

It’s common to believe it wasn’t “bad enough” or to minimize the harm. But any experience that crossed your boundaries matters, and your healing matters.

This work takes courage and care. If you’re ready or even wondering what healing might look like, I’m here to help. For more information on how I can help, call me at (310) 737-8025 or email joshuabeckettmft@gmail.com.

This may be hard to name, but it’s not too late to heal. You don’t have to carry it alone.