Attachment Theory

I have found that exploring the theory of attachment with some of my clients can help us understand the relational dynamics in our ongoing relationships, such as family, life-long friends, and romantic relationships, among others. Attachment theory can be very insightful as it helps us see how we relate to the world and how we perceive other people in our lives.

I integrate attachment theory to help clients understand how early relationships impact their current emotional and relational patterns. By exploring attachment styles, we uncover the roots of trust, intimacy, and dependency issues. My approach aims to heal attachment wounds, foster secure relationships, and enhance emotional regulation. Through this understanding, clients can develop healthier connections and build more fulfilling, stable relationships in their personal and professional lives.

Strong attachment = good mental health. My goal is to model a healthy relationship that can then be applied in the outside world including exploring and discovering emotions. I want my clients to have a genuine experience of their self and believe they are unique and lovable. Being heard = feeling validated.

In my work with families experiencing relational conflict, my clients find that employing an approach rooted in attachment theory allows me to help them learn about the communication patterns within the family unit. Through this work, members of the family typically report that they understand where their own communication patterns come from, how their family system operates as a whole, and their role in improving communication within that system.

Attachment-Based Therapy is a wonderful, life-changing approach to healing and psychological restoration. It helps adults and children build strong and meaningful relationships with their family members, friends, significant others, and communities. A lot of times, childhood trauma leads to unsatisfying relationships. This type of therapy allows clients to identify and heal from their trauma in order to live a fulfilling life.

This theory focuses on exploring our early childhood attachment style, which has been created throughout our childhood with our caregivers. This attachment style lays a foundation for how we see the world and develop trust and is carried out into our future relationships with partners and close friends. I support clients by guiding them through a better understanding of their attachment style, as well as supporting clients to work through their past to a healthier attachment with others.

Through early attachments, we create a template that governs how we interact with others for the rest of our lives. This template can change, if we're lucky enough to find a loving relationship or if we work to change it in therapy. Too often, we're attracted to people who end up reinforcing old attachment wounds, which means that therapy is likely the pathway to healing for most people. I use a psychobiological approach to healing attachment woundings, to help you create a new template.

I have worked extensively with families where attachment trauma has impacted relationships and connectedness. I work with families to identify where attachment styles may be harming the relationship and addressing alternative approaches.

Our early development contributes significantly to our ability to form healthy, safe, and productive relationships with family, partners, children, friends, and co-workers. Neurodiverse folx often develop hyper-independence in order to cope with attachment rifts. Understanding your attachment style can contribute to greater understanding of yourself and others. Becoming aware of our patterns enables us to change and adapt to create healthier, happier, and more fulfilling relationships.

Healing attachment and relational trauma from childhood is a process. A critical part of that process is grieving the fact that you didn’t have a parent who was able to meet your needs in the healthy way you deserved. While this can be painful to acknowledge, it’s also empowering to realize that you are now the best person to reparent yourself.

We’ll explore where you learned to protect yourself emotionally and how those early experiences shape current relationships. By understanding these protective strategies, we can begin to shift old patterns and create healthier, more secure connections. This process builds emotional resilience, deepens trust, and opens the door to richer, more fulfilling relationships. You’ll learn to navigate relationships with more clarity, safety, and confidence, leading to deeper and more meaningful bonds.

My background is focused in attachment based therapy. I approach client trauma from an attachment lens and help clients work through childhood traumas, family of origin trauma and discord, and relationship dynamic concerns.

I have extensive experience in working with parents and families through an attachment lens. I understand that a strong, safe relationship, rooted in connection, is the key to lasting change, and emboldens you to build the life you want.

I practice primarily from an attachment lens. I believe attachment is often at the heart of wounds we carry and believe that relationships are central to our pain and our healing.

I work collaboratively with partners, families and individuals who want to foster connection and form deeper, more loving relationships. I also work with parents to identify their struggles with parenting (be it a one time issue or an on going parenting struggle) and develop a plan to support the entire family system.

Attachment theory, first developed by John Bowlby, is a psychology concept focused on the importance of attachment in relation to personal development. Fundamental to attachment theory is the belief that a child's relationship with the primary caregiver (usually the mother), affects their attachment style for the rest of their life. Unresolved or insecure attachment issues experienced in early childhood can have a negative impact on relationships into adulthood.

Attachment-based therapy is a relational, process-oriented form of counseling. The client-therapist relationship is based on developing or rebuilding trust and centers on expressing emotions. Attachment-based therapy aims to build or rebuild a trusting, supportive relationship that will help prevent or treat mental health conditions such as anxiety and depression. Strong early attachment leads to safety, security, and support, which then led children to develop healthy connections with others.

Attachment theory is based on looking looking at how past relationships with your primary caregiver(s) impacted you and how they are effecting current relationship issues by helping you to gain awareness into these patterns.