Attachment

Attachment wounds are at the core of many of our struggles, and this lens comes into all the work I do. I also have specific training in modalities such as EFT, and Attachment Focused EMDR.

I believe our early attachments create the framework for how we give and receive love and connection. Exploring these intricacies helps us to understand how we show up in relation to others, and ultimately helps us get what we need in our relationships.

Attachment theory offers a research-based framework to understand how we experience and respond to closeness, distance, emotional connection, emotional disconnection, and conflict in our relationships. By examining relationships through both trauma-informed and attachment-informed lenses, we can gain deeper insights into our emotional reactions and behaviors. In therapy, we can explore new ways to manage relational triggers, cope with intense emotions, and communicate more effectively.

I have specialty training in how trauma suffered during childhood impacts ongoing attachment styles.

Attachment can affect how we show up in our relationships and how relationships effect our wellbeing. We will redefine some shattered roles so that you can reimagine your relationships as whole.

Attachment theory offers a research-based framework to understand how we experience and respond to closeness, distance, emotional connection, emotional disconnection, and conflict in our relationships. By examining relationships through both trauma-informed and attachment-informed lenses, we can gain deeper insights into our emotional reactions and behaviors. In therapy, we can explore new ways to manage relational triggers, cope with intense emotions, and communicate more effectively.

I offer Experiential Attachment Psychotherapy which is a dynamic, present-moment mindfulness process that supports you in understanding the way you orient toward yourself, others, and the world and offers us the opportunity to heal developmental or transitional attachment wounds and trauma in present-moment processing in our relationship. The goals of this process is you feeling a sense of I AM, I WANT, and I CAN rooted securely within yourself and a solid and strong sense internal goodness.

Are you struggling with communication blocks, grieving, or dealing with loss or betrayal? Trusting again can be difficult if you have been hurt. However, healing comes from finding relationships that show you that you are lovable, worthy, and resilient. Let’s begin to repair this deeply painful relational wound. You matter, and you are worth it!

I have taught college level courses covering the subject of attachment theory. Furthermore, I co-led a year long attachment based group for adults involved with Department of Child Services in the state of Indiana, where the goal was to repair the attachment system of the parent in question, and teach them how to cultivate healthy attachment with children. I also ran a group that targets the symptoms of insecure attachment, such as emotional regulation skills, boundary setting, and assertiveness

Through my work and training as a couples therapist I have come to understand that we are social creatures and we need to feel safe. The way we were nurtured as children impact the way we form attachments now and they affect every aspect of our identity especially our relationships with others. One of the main approaches I use comes from an attachment lens. As a couples counselor I work with couples to strengthen their connection with their partner to heal attachment wounds.

An individual with attachment challenges may struggle in relationships ( Maintaining them, trusting other people, feeling safe in a relationship and forming healthy bonds with others. Creating healthy emotional bonds has a tremendous impact on our lives. Let me help you create the sense of belonging with your loves ones!

While training in Somatic Experiencing®, I was introduced to the work of Dr. Diane Poole Heller. I have completed Modules I – IV of Dr. Heller’s Dynamic Attachment Re-patterning experience (DARe). DARe is an approach that focuses on helping individuals create more meaning, connection, and emotional intimacy in their relationships by processing early attachment wounds and identifying individual attachment styles.

Our most early relationships shape us. How our needs are met, or not, leave an imprint on our sense of self on a deep, non-verbal level. Our attachment styles are formed by 5 years of age, and we develop core survival strategies to get our needs met in relationships, at the expense of oneself. Therapy can help you heal your relationship with yourself, and reimagine how you'd like to be in relationship with those most important to you.

When attachment trauma is processed in the context of a safe and healing relationship (like therapy), you are able to understand your unconscious reactions and create a new way of “being” in your relationships. Therapy is a corrective attachment experience in itself, which can be incredibly healing for those who have experienced attachment trauma. Therapy will help you strengthen your relationship to yourself, as relational trauma often impacts our internal narrative.

I help individuals understand and heal attachment wounds, fostering healthier relationships and deeper self-connection. Whether struggling with insecurity, fear of abandonment, or difficulty trusting others, I guide clients in identifying patterns shaped by past experiences. Using evidence-based techniques, I help build secure attachment within, empowering clients to form fulfilling, authentic relationships while strengthening self-trust, emotional resilience, and connection.

I use a psychodynamic and trauma focused approach grounded in Attachment Theory developed by John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth in 1958. I believe our childhood relationships have a direct impact on adulthood relations. The core of amalgamation in therapy is open curiosity and synergy to cultivate a trust-based relationship. These same values can be translated into having healthy adulthood relationships.

I specialize in helping clients understand and heal attachment-related issues, whether stemming from early relationships or current dynamics. Using an attachment-based approach, I guide clients in exploring how past experiences impact their ability to connect with others. Together, we will work to develop healthier attachment patterns, foster stronger, more fulfilling relationships, and build greater self-compassion along the way.

Together we will explore early life experiences to understand more about how you came to be who you are today. The way we attach, or do not attach, to our primary caregivers as a child has a huge impact on our adult relationships. We will identify your personal attachment style, and examine how this plays out in your past and current relationships. We can work together to assist you in developing a healthier attachment style to improve your relationships, and feel more secure in them.

My work supporting individuals across the spectrum of mental illness owes itself to attachment theory, self-concept development, and DBT/interpersonal effectiveness skills-building modalities. As human beings, we are, by definition, social and relational organisms that exist within a spectrum of ubiquitous contexts. Together, we will work to better-understand family dynamics, explore various attachment styles, and build better communication/boundary-setting skills.