Toxic and unhealthy relationships can leave you feeling disconnected from yourself. You may feel confused about what happened, ashamed of how long you stayed, or unsure how to talk about your experience without being judged.

You might not feel ready to open up to friends or family yet—and that’s okay. Therapy can be the place where you speak your truth, make sense of what you went through, and begin to feel like you again.

Trauma-Informed Therapy for Toxic Relationship Recovery

Experiences like emotional abuse, manipulation, gaslighting, or controlling behavior can affect every part of your life. Survivors often notice:

• Feeling anxious or on edge most of the time

• Minimizing red flags or hoping things will get better

• Wondering whether what you experienced “counts” as abuse

• Struggling to trust your own judgment

• Feeling stuck in a cycle you don’t know how to break

For many people, these patterns didn’t start with the relationship itself. They can be tied to deeper attachment wounds—growing up feeling responsible for others, staying quiet to keep the peace, or learning early on to ignore your own needs. These experiences can create codependency and make it harder to walk away from unhealthy partners.

Breaking Free From Unhealthy Relationship Patterns

Common concerns clients bring to toxic relationship therapy include:

• Confusion, shame, or self-blame about what happened

• Fear of choosing another toxic or emotionally unavailable partner

• Difficulty trusting others or feeling safe in new relationships

• Feeling tethered to the relationship through trauma bonds

• Pressure from others to “just move on” before you feel ready

If you’re navigating narcissistic abuse recovery, emotional abuse, or the aftermath of a manipulative or controlling partner, you’re not alone. Relationship trauma can deeply impact your self-worth, your nervous system, and your ability to connect.

How Therapy Helps You Heal and Rebuild Trust

Our trauma-informed, client-centered approach draws from EMDR, parts work, and attachment-based therapy to help you process what happened and rebuild a strong, grounded connection to yourself.

Through toxic relationship recovery therapy, you can begin to:

• Rebuild trust in your intuition

• Strengthen boundaries and communication skills

• Understand the roots of your attachment patterns

• Heal nervous system responses shaped by past relationships

• Feel more confident in dating, connection, and intimacy

• Recognize healthy love—and trust that you deserve it

Healing from an emotionally abusive relationship takes time, patience, and support. You don’t have to do it alone.