Marisha Mauch M.MFT, LMFT
Adolescent, Young Adult, and Family Therapy
Pain Kept Silent:
Self Harm, Abuse, and Trauma
Did you discover your child has been emotionally, physically, or sexually abused? Have you been abused or experienced something traumatic in life? Do you have a haunting memory that after years and years you just cannot seem to get rid of it? Have you or a close family member or even friend cut or harmed yourself/themselves? Please know, there is hope. Call me. We can make a plan to do whatever it takes to make things better. I offer individual and family therapy sessions to help you and those you love overcome this type of pain.
Cutting/Self Harm
Have you cut or burned yourself? Did you discover your child, teen, or young adult has been cutting? Sometimes it is difficult to give words to pain that runs so deep that cuts give a voice to the experience. I have often been told that cuts release a raging pain held deep within the soul. Cutting does not have to be the only way to release this pain. There are other ways to manage the pain that is felt inside. There are ways to heal, where cutting is not even considered an option. Please contact me, and let me help you or your loved one find healthier coping strategies.
Abuse: Emotional, Physical, Sexual
Sometimes we do not like to call it abuse for various reasons. Maybe a better word to use is hurtful. Has someone physically hurt you? Are you afraid someone may physically harm you or someone you love? Have you or your child been molested or touched inappropriately? Does it cause you to question your worth? These are all signs of an abusive relationship. Whether it is emotional, physical, or sexual, abuse hurts.
There are two lies I have heard over the last few years of doing therapy:
1. "It happened a long time ago, therefore it should not matter." This is a lie. If it matters to you, even after a long time, your feelings are justified. I want to help you come to a place of healing though, where it does not bother you day after day.
2. "Only women are abused." This is a lie. I have met men, several, who have been survivors of abuse, particularly sexual abuse. If you are a man that has been touched inappropriately know that you are not the only one and there is help to overcome the way you feel about your experience and yourself.
Trauma
We often associate trauma with coming back from war, but trauma includes so much more. For you it may be a haunting memory. Or perhaps someone you loved committed suicide. Have you experienced a natural disaster? Or school shooting? Perhaps your traumatic experience was being abused as a child or teen.
Far too often traumatic experiences come with flooding feelings of anxiety or anger. Anxiety can freeze our minds, cause us to cry in corners, lose sleep, not want to leave our house, or not speak up for ourselves. I want to help you process your traumatic, painful experiences where you can overcome this anxiety or anger and live in freedom. This takes significant work on your part, but healing is possible.