Self-therapy via http://www.fhu.com
observation meditation/"Be Still and Know" is preferred to any painful dredging up of the past. Those elements of abuse which are programming negative beliefs and behaviors will naturally surface and dissolve in the light of your observation. The audio download is free at the Foundation of Human Understanding website. Roy Masters has worked extensively with abuse victims for decades via his radio show. This is a powerful de-hypnosis, de-programming, and self-directed.
Supplements may prove useful. Feeding the Hippocampus shrunken with stress is important: choline in lecithin is good, or the fraction phosphatidly choline/serine that is more expensive but aids in sleep. This is vital as the Hippocampus will become damaged without this support and insomnia may become chronic. Use DHEA, an over-the-counter adrenal hormone, to relieve symptoms of adrenal collapse, like anxiety and cold hands and feet. Women respond to low doses, like 5-10 mg. Take the KETO-7 form of DHEA to avoid hormone transformation into other hormones. Take a DHEA dose when anxious and if the symptoms go away in 20 minutes, you have self-diagnosed adrenal collapse.