Attachment-Based Therapy relies on John Bowlby’s Attachment Theory to inform the therapeutic process. Attachment Theory emphasizes the quality of an infant’s connection to its parent, most primarily its mother. If a child is adequately cared for and responded to, they will grow up to form healthy relationships. If a mother is too distant, unresponsive, or overly cautious, the infant is more likely to grow up to experience unhealthy relationships. Children must get adequate care and love to learn to trust others and themselves.
Attachment-Based Therapy’s goal is to help you rebuild the context of your relationships in more healthy, positive ways. Your therapist will show you openness, caring, and empathy. You can experience what a healthy relationship looks and feels like through this therapeutic relationship.
Although therapists can use it for individual or group therapy, you may benefit from Attachment-Based Therapy in a family therapy setting.
Your therapist will help you discover your particular attachment style based on your relationship with your parents and your early memories of family relationships. They also will explore your current relationship dynamics as they relate to your upbringing. With this understanding, you and your therapist can then begin to restructure your existing relationships based on a foundation of love and trust.
Therapists Who Specialize in Using Attachment-Based Therapy
I specialize in treating anxiety, stress, trauma, relationship difficulties, and behavioral problems. When overwhelming experiences leave their mark, it can be hard to know where to turn for help. Memories, fears, distress, and frustration can take over, damaging our relationships, work life, and self-esteem. When our children are struggling with intense feelings, tantrums, or other behavioral...
Joanna believes in the words of Eckhart Tolle, "If you get the inside right, the outside will fall into place." We all have stories and backgrounds that shape us and our perspectives on the world. We also have innate abilities within us to overcome obstacles to experience transformation, self-actualization and growth. What an honor it is for Joanna to walk alongside her clients as they nurture ...
I am honored to provide an affirming environment for people on their journey to growth and healing. In addition to providing services to individual adults and children, I provide family sessions. I come from a multicultural and bilingual background and I embrace the idea of family in all of the diverse ways it shows up in our lives. I earned a Master’s in Marriage and Family Therapy from Trevec...
If you are considering therapy, you have taken the first step toward making a positive change. It takes courage to seek support and talking with someone can help. When we experience painful events, feel our life’s plan has been taken out of our control, and experience disconnect in our relationships, we can feel hopeless, alone and lost. However, I believe that, through life’s challenges, we ca...
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I believe growth and change are natural to all people. But when depression, anxiety, stress and the lingering effects of difficult childhood experiences direct all our energy to protecting from and avoiding more pain and fear, the natural process of development is blocked. I believe it is my role to support you in freeing yourself from blocks to your development and achievement of your life goa...
*Not accepting any new clients at this time* I offer an Afrocentric view of psychotherapy coupled with honesty, humor and compassion. I believe in the potential to coexist with the events of past, while fueling towards the future. Bruised Not Broken Therapy was born from the lack of Afrocentric based psychotherapy that allowed people of color to embrace their journey of life through the context...
*Offer Telehealth video sessions! I am trained in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and work with individuals, couples, and families who are dealing with anxiety, grief, depression, relational and marital stress, blended families, family conflict, and other issues. I also offer both Brainspotting and EMDR. My areas of clinical focus are individual and relational trauma. I have received speciali...
I have a passion for supporting individuals, couples, and families on their path to discovering and working toward their goals. I enjoy working with clients coping with stress and chronic illness, anxiety, depression, life transitions, and relationship issues. I have experience working with transgender teens and young adults and their family members. Before becoming a therapist, I worked as a...
I believe in creating a safe and supportive environment in order for individuals to feel comfortable expressing themselves. In the therapy relationship, we will achieve greater awareness of your strengths, goals, and relational patterns and develop strategies that enhance your resiliency and well-being. I work collaboratively with clients, always respecting autonomy and choice. I believe that...
