Individual Therapy
What are attachment wounds?
Attachment wounds are profound emotional injuries that arise when fundamental attachment needs, such as safety, attunement, validation, or care, are unmet, disregarded, or violated, particularly in early relationships with caregivers or intimate partnerships.
These wounds serve as the underlying cause of numerous relational patterns, triggers, and emotional distress experienced in adulthood.
How I can help.
Healing often involves reconnecting with the parts of ourselves that learned to adapt, protect, or survive during difficult experiences. Through inner child work, we identify and address the unmet emotional needs of wounded parts of the self using visualization, journaling, somatic awareness, and reparenting practices that foster self-compassion and resilience.
Growth also occurs in relationship. Through relational repair, we learn to communicate more openly and authentically with partners and loved ones, while cultivating earned secure attachment through safe, responsive, and emotionally attuned connections.
My approach integrates evidence-based and experiential therapies, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), mindfulness, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), parts work, and Developmental Needs Meeting Strategy (DNMS). These approaches help clients understand the origins of their struggles, process unresolved experiences, and create meaningful, lasting change.
Together, we will address current challenges while strengthening healthier patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving. In our work, I will help you gain insight into your reactions, develop new perspectives, and build practical tools for navigating life's obstacles. The goal is not simply symptom reduction, but helping you create a life and relationships that feel more authentic, connected, and fulfilling.
What attachment wounds look like
Attachment wounds arise when an individual encounters experiences such as, but not limited to:
Rejection when seeking comfort or closeness
Abandonment during times of vulnerability
Violation of trust, particularly by someone upon whom they rely
Neglect or emotional unavailability
Dismissal or shaming of vulnerable emotions
These experiences convey to the nervous system the message: “Love is not a secure environment.” or “My needs render me unlovable.”
Impact on Adults
Individuals with attachment wounds may exhibit the following challenges:
Difficulty in building trust and maintaining intimacy
Fear of abandonment or being overly dependent
Heightened sensitivity to emotional cues (anxiety)
Avoidance of closeness or vulnerability (avoidant behavior)
Disorganized behaviors, such as approach-avoid cycles, emotional flooding, and shutdowns
Intense reactions to perceived rejection
