Healing from sexual trauma, at a pace your body can trust
Surviving sexual abuse or assault can leave you feeling unsafe in your own body, disconnected from the people you love, and unsure whether things can ever feel okay again. They can. Kinsey has built her practice around walking survivors gently toward healing.
Sexual trauma lives in the body. It can show up as anxiety, shame, numbness, flashbacks, trouble with intimacy, or a constant sense of bracing, long after the events themselves. None of it means something is wrong with you. It means your nervous system did exactly what it was built to do to survive.
As an EMDRIA-certified LCSW who specializes in sexual-abuse recovery, Kinsey offers care that never asks you to push past what you’re ready for. Using EMDR and trauma-focused approaches, we help your brain and body finally register that the danger is over, so shame loosens its grip and you can begin to feel at home in yourself again.
What happened to you was not your fault. Healing is possible, and you don’t have to do it alone.
This work helps survivors who…
- Experienced childhood sexual abuse or assault as an adult
- Carry shame, self-blame, or a sense of being “damaged”
- Struggle with intimacy, trust, or feeling safe in their body
- Have flashbacks, nightmares, hypervigilance, or numbness
- Want to heal without narrating every detail out loud
- Have tried talk therapy but still feel stuck
A safe, survivor-centered approach
Safety and consent first
Nothing happens before you’re ready. We build trust, stability, and coping resources before any deeper processing, and you stay in control the entire way.
EMDR without re-living it
One of EMDR’s gifts is that you don’t have to give a detailed account of what happened to heal from it. We work with how the memory is stored, not the retelling.
Releasing shame
So much of sexual-trauma suffering is the shame that was never yours to carry. We help your system relocate responsibility where it belongs, and let the shame go.
Reclaiming your life
Healing isn’t only about reducing symptoms. It’s about reconnecting to your body, your relationships, and a future that feels like yours.
The path through trauma recovery
Free, gentle consultation
A no-pressure conversation about what you’re carrying and how Kinsey can help. You set the pace from the very first call.
Stabilize & resource
We build the grounding, safety, and nervous-system regulation that make trauma work tolerable and effective.
Reprocess with EMDR
When you’re ready, we carefully reprocess targeted memories so they lose their charge and stop driving the present.
Reclaim and integrate
As the past settles, we focus on safety, connection, and the life you want to move toward.
Questions about sexual trauma & abuse therapy
Still wondering if this is right for you? A free 15-minute consultation is the best way to find out.
Book a Free ConsultNo. One of the strengths of EMDR is that you don’t have to give a detailed verbal account of your trauma to heal from it. We work with how the memory is stored in your body and brain, which means you stay in control of how much you ever share.
Yes. People process and heal sexual trauma decades after it occurred. The nervous system retains its capacity to move toward resolution, often it has simply been waiting for the right support and conditions of safety.
Shame is one of the most common, and most painful, effects of sexual trauma, and it is never a reflection of your worth or your fault. A central part of this work is helping that shame loosen and lift.
Yes. Your privacy is protected by law and by Kinsey’s deep respect for how vulnerable this work is. Sessions are confidential, whether in the Hyde Park office or online.
You deserve support that meets you gently.
Book a free 15-minute consultation. We'll talk about what's bringing you in, and whether we're the right fit to work together.