Family violence and abuse can deeply impact your physical and emotional well-being, disrupting your sense of safety and trust. Whether it involves physical, emotional, or verbal abuse, or controlling behaviors, the effects can be long-lasting. At The Summit Counseling Center, we provide compassionate counseling to help survivors and families heal, rebuild boundaries, and find hope.
Are You Experiencing Family Violence or Abuse?
You may benefit from counseling if you:
- Are living with physical, emotional, or verbal abuse from a family member
- Feel unsafe or fearful in your home environment
- Struggle with feelings of shame, guilt, or isolation related to abuse
- Need support to create safety plans or set healthy boundaries
- Want to heal from trauma and regain control of your life
- Are seeking help for yourself or a loved one affected by family violence
Our Approach
Our therapists provide a safe, confidential, and nonjudgmental space to support your healing journey. We offer individualized, trauma-informed care and may use the methods listed below.
Types of Therapy
- Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP)
- Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Adlerian Therapy
- Art Therapy
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Christian Counseling
- Cognitive Behavior (CBT)
- Compassion Focused
- Couples Counseling
- Creative & Expressive Art
- Culturally Sensitive
- Dance Movement Therapy
- Emotionally Focused
- Existential
- Experiential
- Expressive Arts
- Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Family Systems
- Family Therapy
- Gestalt
- Humanistic Therapy
- Integrative Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Interpersonal Therapy (IPT)
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Multicultural Therapy
- Music Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Person-Centered Therapy
- Play Therapy
- Positive Psychology
- Psychoanalytic Therapy
- Rational Emotive Behavior (REBT)
- Reality Therapy
- Relational Therapy
- Sand Play Therapy
- Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
- Somatic Therapy
- Strength-Based Therapy
- Structural Family Therapy
- Transpersonal Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
You deserve to live free from fear and harm.
You Deserve to Live Free from Harm
With compassionate support, you can rebuild safety, strengthen boundaries, and move toward a future grounded in dignity and hope.
Take the First Step Toward Healing and Safety
Therapists for Family Violence and Abuse
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