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Oakland Therapist Rape, Sexual Assault, Childhood Sexual Abuse, and Stalking Therapy

Matt Lindgren offers therapy to men and women who have experienced rape, sexual assault, childhood sexual abuse, and stalking in Oakland.

You can feel safe and whole again

Rape, sexual assualt, sexual battery, and stalking are serious crimes that cut to the core of a person's sense of physical safety and well being in your body and your home.

I am happy to work with people who have experienced rape, sexual assault, sexual battery, and stalking to empower you to protect and care for yourself.

I offer non-judgemental and accepting therapy to help work through the overwhelming shame and fear that you do not deserve to feel. I am trained in the most effective therapies for trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder, a problem common to many people who have experienced rape, sexual assault, sexual battery, or stalking.

I offer therapies for both teens and adults such as EMDR, Somatic Experiencing, traditional psychotherapy, mindfulness therapy, and CBT.

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Male Rape and Sexual Assualt Victims

Men are victims of rape and sexual assault much more often than people may think. Men are less likely to report or seek help for rape or sexual assault because of the tremendous shame and fear our culture has towards gay men and gay sex.

Just because you were the victim of rape or sexual assault does not mean you are gay, even if aspects of the event were pleasurable to you. Even if you are a gay man, it does not mean others have the right to have non-consentual sex with you. Non-consentual sex is rape or sexual assault, no matter whether the people involved are of the same or opposite sex. It is also rape or sexual assault to have sex with someone who is unable to consent to sex because of intoxication with drugs or alcohol.

It can help tremendously to have someone you can trust to talk about what happened. You need not have to discuss what happened on the phone when we schedule an interview, nor even during the first therapy session, unless you want to do so. Trust is something that I earn from my clients, and it is very important to trust your own instincts and feelings about what feels appropriate and safe to discuss.

Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse and Incest

  • Did you suffer from childhood sexual abuse or incest?
  • Have you tried therapy in the past that didn't work, or have you hoped the problem would go away?
  • Are "new" memories surfacing as you get older?

If you answer "yes" to any of these questions, you owe it to yourself to find help from an experienced sexual abuse therapist like myself. I use research-based and cutting edge techniques such as EMDR and Somatic Experiencing that help people recover from childhood sexual abuse.

You deserve to feel better and whole.

Call 415-820-1487 for a free phone consultation.

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Alameda County Sexual Assault Center

If you or someone you know has recently experienced sexual assault or rape, please contact the Alameda County Medica Center Sexual Assault Center at the Highland Campus. The center offers crisis intervention, emergency medical evaluation and treatment, and rape evidence collection for survivors who wish to report the crime.

24 hour crisis line: 510-534-9290 or 510-534-9291

 

Highland Hospital

1411 East 31st Street, Unit A-0

Oakland, CA 94602

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