Trauma Therapy for Emotional Abuse and Neglect
You feel confused, stuck, or uncertain about your own perceptions, even when something feels wrong.
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This often develops in relationships where your feelings, needs, or reality were questioned, minimized, or overridden.​
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Therapy here focuses on rebuilding self-trust and emotional safety at a pace that respects what you have lived through.
A brief, low-pressure conversation to ask questions and consider next steps.
Many people reach out during or after a relationship where they felt chronically misunderstood, blamed, or psychologically worn down. Even once the relationship ends, the nervous system often stays on high alert. Thinking can feel harder, trust less available, and emotions slower to settle.
About
My name is Inbal Gurari
I am a trauma therapist who works carefully and intentionally. I’m attentive to how easily people can feel pressured or misunderstood in therapeutic spaces, and I practice in ways that minimize that risk.​
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I take seriously the parts of experience that feel uncertain, conflicted, or difficult to articulate. I do not rush to interpret or correct, and I am thoughtful about when intervention helps and when it gets in the way.
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My role is not to direct or persuade, but to help create conditions where understanding can emerge without force.
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When something feels off, but you can’t quite explain why
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What it feels like
You may doubt your perceptions in relationships, hesitate to set boundaries, or feel tense and on edge even when things appear fine from the outside. You might function well, yet carry a persistent sense of uncertainty or self doubt.
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Why it makes sense
These patterns often develop in emotionally unsafe or unpredictable environments. They were ways of staying connected, avoiding conflict, or protecting yourself when your needs could not be expressed freely. What once helped you adapt can continue long after the original situation has passed.​
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What changes in therapy
Therapy focuses on restoring internal safety. Over time, self trust strengthens, boundaries feel clearer, and your nervous system becomes less reactive and more settled. Change happens gradually, without forcing or reliving what you are not ready to revisit.
How therapy works here
Therapy with me is not about fixing you, pushing insight faster than your system can tolerate, or forcing forgiveness or confrontation.
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We work carefully and collaboratively to understand how your nervous system learned to adapt, and how to create change that holds in real relationships rather than only in insight.
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The focus is on rebuilding internal safety, strengthening self trust, and developing boundaries that feel protective rather than frightening.
This work may be a good fit if you
– Have been impacted by emotional abuse, emotional neglect, or a controlling relationship
– Doubt your perceptions, minimize what happened, or feel chronically on edge in relationships
– Want therapy that moves carefully and does not push emotional exposure
Working Together
I work with individual adults only.
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Sessions are offered in person in Scottsdale and via secure telehealth for clients located in Arizona, California, and Massachusetts.
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Limited evening and weekend appointments are available.
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Session fees are set and listed on the Fees page.
You don’t need to decide anything yet. If you’d like, you can schedule a free 15-minute consultation.
After scheduling, you’ll receive a confirmation and a brief intake form.
We’ll use the consultation to clarify what you’re dealing with and whether working together makes sense.
If it’s not a fit, I’ll help you think through next steps.