Sexual Abuse Therapy in Hidden Hills
Sexual Abuse Therapy in Hidden Hills with Julie Klamon, LMFT
What happened to you was not your fault, and you do not owe anyone an explanation for how long it has taken to talk about it. Some survivors carry this for decades before they say a word. Living behind a gate in Hidden Hills can add a quiet pressure to look fine, stay composed, and keep private matters out of view. That pressure is real, and it can make reaching out feel harder than it should. You are welcome here exactly as you are, with as much or as little as you are ready to put into words.
My name is Julie Klamon. I am a licensed marriage and family therapist, and for more than 20 years I have sat with children, teenagers, and adults working to recover from sexual abuse. Early in my career I spent over ten years on staff at a major Los Angeles agency devoted to this work, where survivors of abuse and assault were the people I saw every day.
It was during those years that I earned my certification as a UCLA Rape Treatment Center / Sexual Assault Counselor and gained hands-on experience caring for survivors at the UCLA Rape Treatment Center itself. What I learned there shapes how I work now: gently, without judgment, and only ever at the speed that feels safe to you.
*I am certified: UCLA Rape Treatment Center / Sexual Assault Counselor
Sexual Abuse Therapy for the Hidden Hills Community
Residents move to Hidden Hills in part because the gates keep ordinary life out of public view, and for a survivor that instinct toward privacy runs even deeper. In a place this small and this connected, the fear that a name might travel, or that a familiar face might appear in a waiting room, can keep someone silent far longer than they need to be. I hold that concern with care.
My practice sits in Agoura Hills, roughly ten minutes from the community by way of Las Virgenes Road, far enough from the immediate neighborhood that you are unlikely to encounter anyone you know. What you bring to a session stays between us, within the narrow exceptions the law requires of me. And when even a short drive feels like too much exposure, secure video lets you do this work from a room in your own home.
How Abuse Can Show Up in Daily Life
Sexual abuse rarely stays contained to the past. It leaks into sleep, into the body, into the way a person relates to the people closest to them. If any of the following sound familiar, you are not imagining things and you are not overreacting:
- Disturbed sleep, restless nights, or dreams you wake up dreading
- Memories or images that push their way in without warning
- Eating noticeably more or less than you used to
- A baseline of fear, tearfulness, or feeling on edge
- Trouble trusting people, even ones who have earned it
- Shifts in how you feel about intimacy or your own body
- Difficulty focusing at work, at school, or at home
- Strain on close relationships, or a heaviness that reads as depression
These are common responses to an uncommon harm, and they tend to ease as the experience gets processed in a safe setting rather than buried.
How I Approach This Work
I do not believe healing comes from being pushed to recount the worst of it before you are ready. We begin with steadiness, with a sense that the room is yours, and we move toward the harder material only when you decide we should. Some survivors want to put words to what happened early on. Others need months of trust first. Both paths are right, because they are yours.
Much of the work is about loosening the grip the abuse still has on the present: easing the shame that was never yours to carry, rebuilding a sense of safety in your own body, and repairing the trust that abuse tends to corrode. For survivors who want it, I also offer family sessions, so that partners or parents who were shaken by what happened can find their footing too. The aim is not to erase the past but to keep it from running your life.
If You Were Recently Assaulted
If you or someone you love was assaulted within the last five days and you are in the Los Angeles area, please reach out for medical care first:
The UCLA Rape Treatment Center provides medical services and advocacy.
424-259-7208 (24-hour emergency care)
If you are outside the greater Los Angeles area, RAINN.org can connect you to a nearby facility for an exam and support. You can also reach the national 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at any hour by calling or texting 988 if you are in distress.
If more than five days have passed and you want to report what happened, your local law enforcement agency can help you take that step.
In-Person and Virtual Sexual Abuse Therapy Near Hidden Hills
My Agoura Hills office, in the 91301 area, is an easy in-person option for survivors in Hidden Hills, with neighboring Calabasas, Westlake Village, and Agoura Hills all close by. I also welcome clients from Woodland Hills and Thousand Oaks. For anyone elsewhere in California, secure video sessions make this support available wherever you are.
Reaching out is its own kind of courage. When you are ready, schedule a free phone consultation and we can talk through what would feel safe for you.
Ages I Work With
Children age 8-10
Tween/Teens 11-19
Parents/Adults
Frequently Asked Questions About Sexual Abuse Therapy in Hidden Hills
What kind of training do you have to work with survivors?
I am a licensed marriage and family therapist with more than two decades behind me, including over ten years on staff at a Los Angeles agency built around survivors of abuse. I also hold certification as a UCLA Rape Treatment Center / Sexual Assault Counselor and worked directly with survivors at that center. That background is the foundation for how carefully I pace this work.
I have never told anyone. Can therapy still help after all this time?
Yes. Many of the people I see waited years, sometimes most of their lives, before speaking about what happened, and that delay is ordinary rather than a failing. Shame and fear keep abuse hidden, but there is no deadline on healing. We can work with the effects whether the harm was recent or long ago.
How do you protect my privacy in a community as small as Hidden Hills?
Privacy matters to everyone, and it matters more when the subject is this personal and the community is this close-knit. My Agoura Hills office sits outside the immediate neighborhood, so you are unlikely to cross paths with anyone you know, and what you share stays confidential within the narrow limits the law sets. When discretion is the priority, secure video from home keeps you out of any waiting room entirely.
Do you see children and teens, or only adult survivors?
Both. A large part of my career has been spent helping children and adolescents recover from sexual trauma using age-appropriate methods, and I work with adult survivors as well. I also offer family sessions so that parents or partners affected by the abuse can find support alongside the survivor.
I was just assaulted. What should I do right now?
If it happened in the last five days and you are in the Los Angeles area, call the UCLA Rape Treatment Center at 424-259-7208 for 24-hour emergency medical care and advocacy. Outside greater Los Angeles, RAINN.org can point you to a nearby facility for an exam and support, and you can reach the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline anytime by calling or texting 988. Once you are safe, therapy is here for whenever you feel ready.
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