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.

  1. Inner Child Work: Identifying and meeting the unmet needs of the wounded parts of the self through visualization, journaling, somatic care, and reparenting.

  2. Relational Repair: Learning to communicate vulnerably with partners or loved ones and practicing earned secure attachment through safe, responsive connections.

In my experience, I have found that change happens with Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), mindfulness, parts work, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Eye-movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR), and Developmental Needs Meeting Strategy (DNMS).

We’ll work to solve current problems and increase desired thinking processes and behavior. In our mindful sessions, I will help you “re-frame” your reactions and support in cultivating valuable tools to cope with life’s obstacles so that you can go on and enjoy your life and your relationships whole-heartedly.

What attachment wounds look like

Attachment wounds arise when an individual encounters experiences such as, but not limited to:

  1. Rejection when seeking comfort or closeness

  2. Abandonment during times of vulnerability

  3. Violation of trust, particularly by someone upon whom they rely

  4. Neglect or emotional unavailability

  5. Dismissal or shaming of vulnerable emotions

  6. 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:

  1. Difficulty in building trust and maintaining intimacy

  2. Fear of abandonment or being overly dependent

  3. Heightened sensitivity to emotional cues (anxiety)

  4. Avoidance of closeness or vulnerability (avoidant behavior)

  5. Disorganized behaviors, such as approach-avoid cycles, emotional flooding, and shutdowns

  6. Intense reactions to perceived rejection