Harvey Hyman, LPCC

I specialize in helping adults safely process and heal from serious childhood trauma so they can be happier and reach their potential.

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SERVICING SACRAMENTO & SURROUNDING COUNTIES
Individual Counseling and Group Retreats for Adults to Heal Childhood Trauma
About Harvey >
I am the therapist for you if your parents/caregivers ignored, emotionally invalidated, manipulated, exploited, gaslighted, scapegoated, bullied or beat you when you were a child. I am the therapist for you if you grew up in a chaotic home where you saw or heard your parents/caregivers drink, use drugs, cheat on, scream, threaten violence or carry it out against each other. Somehow you survived, at a cost. You are now an adult and although you may be functioning reasonably well or even very well at work, you must conceal your ongoing struggle with psychological and stress-induced somatic problems. Examples are: harsh self-criticism, imposter syndrome, depression, emotional numbness, dissociation, anxiety, OCD, nightmares, insomnia, fatigue, stress headaches, abdominal distress, and fibromyalgia. You have lost count of the number of self-improvement books and videos you have consumed in order to reduce these symptoms of childhood trauma but nothing ever changes. There are moments when you just want to scream or call out to God explain why you have been singled out for so much pain. What would it be worth to you to work with me in therapy and accomplish permanent positive change? What would it be worth to you to break the chain of intergenerational trauma, actualize your full potential, and make a fresh start for yourself and your descendants? When you see me in therapy you get a calm, reassuring presence and a deep listener who wants to see and feel the world through your eyes. I am responsive to your experiences, your story, and your needs. You don't get a bunch of formulaic, one-size-fits-all therapy techniques. My approach involves emotional attunement, empathy, emotional support, safety, and the creative use of therapeutic tools customized for what is happening in the moment inside you and between us. I am very fond of humor to decrease tension, fear, and overblown worries, and to provide a more realistic, objective perspective. I find that humor is a wonderful medium for our connection and collaboration in your healing journey. I do therapy for individuals online and in-person. I am also developing therapy group retreats in nature that should be ready by the end of 2022. These retreats are intended to be a brief, focused, and intensive immersion into proven healing modalities away from the obligations and distractions of home. If you need a call to action let it be this: Isn't it time to stop coping with emotional pain and start flourishing? Isn't it time to learn to harvest the good and blossom as a person instead of narrowing your focus to what is wrong or bad in your life? Isn't it time to discover or create meaning and joy in your everyday life?