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Looking for attachment-based therapy? You've found the right place. I will help you heal early wounds and build secure, healthy relationships.
How Attachment-Based Therapy Can Help You
Rebuild Trust from the Inside Out
Explore how past relationships shaped your nervous system and sense of self, so you can relate to others with more confidence and clarity.
Heal Relationship Wounds Without Shame
Process the unmet needs and emotional injuries that shaped your approach to closeness, conflict, and boundaries.
Feel Safe Being Seen
Learn to show up authentically in your relationships without fear of rejection, abandonment, or being “too much.”
You’ve Learned to Be the Strong One—But Who’s Safe for You?
As someone who holds space for others, on the job, at home, or in crisis, you’ve probably learned to keep your emotions close and your needs even closer. You might be the rock for everyone else, but struggle to let anyone show up for you.
Maybe you’ve noticed patterns you can’t quite explain: pulling away when people get too close, shutting down in conflict, or craving connection but not trusting it. It might feel like no relationship ever feels fully safe, or that closeness always comes with a cost.
Attachment-based therapy gently explores where these patterns began and how they’ve helped you survive. Together, we’ll shift them, so you can stop armoring up and start connecting from a place of trust, strength, and emotional safety.
What is Attachment-Based Therapy?
Attachment-based therapy is a trauma-informed approach that looks at how early caregiving relationships impact our ability to connect, cope, and feel secure in adulthood. When attachment needs go unmet—through neglect, emotional inconsistency, or trauma—we often develop protective patterns that keep us from feeling safe in connection.
In therapy, we gently explore those patterns… not to blame, but to understand. With time and trust, we’ll work together to create new relational experiences where you feel accepted, emotionally held, and empowered to express your true self.
This work is especially powerful for helping professionals who have spent years showing up for others but never had the space to explore their own attachment wounds. Together, we build that space, with compassion, respect, and a commitment to your healing.
When your job is to stay composed in the chaos, it can be hard to trust that someone else can show up for you. You may long for closeness but struggle to let others in, or find yourself feeling alone, even in relationships. The need for safe connection is human, and it doesn’t go away just because you’ve learned to survive without it.
That’s exactly why I created this space… to support helpers like you who are tired of feeling overwhelmed, burned out, or stuck. I specialize in working with first responders, nurses, teachers, and caregivers who have faced trauma and need a compassionate, gentle approach to healing.
Attachment-based therapy can help you understand how past experiences shape present patterns and gently create new ways of relating to yourself and others. This is a judgment-free zone where your whole self matters, not just your professional role. I’ll be here with you every step of the way.
Why Choose Safe Haven Psychotherapy Services?
What If You Didn’t Have to Guard Your Heart to Feel Safe?
With time and support through attachment-based therapy, you may experience:
A deeper sense of safety and security in your relationships
Greater trust in yourself and your emotional needs
Freedom from self-protective patterns like people-pleasing or withdrawal
More ease expressing emotions without fear of being misunderstood or rejected
A clearer sense of who you are, beyond your role or how others see you
Imagine relationships where you don’t feel like you’re performing. Where closeness feels nourishing, not threatening. Where you get to feel supported, not just needed.
That kind of connection is possible, and it starts with healing the relationship you have with yourself.
Frequently Asked Questions About Attachment-Based Therapy
Curious about what Attachment-Based therapy looks like? Here are answers to some of the most common questions to help you feel more confident about taking the next step.
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You can share what you’re comfortable with, and we’ll go at your pace. Understanding early relationships can help us make sense of current patterns, but we don’t have to dig into the past if it doesn’t feel safe or relevant right away.
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Attachment-based therapy focuses on how your relational history shapes your emotional life today. It’s especially helpful for those who struggle with closeness, trust, or vulnerability—even if they seem “high functioning” on the outside.
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Not at all. Attachment wounds can impact everything from self-esteem to emotional regulation. Even if your current struggles seem unrelated to relationships, this approach can help you feel more whole, grounded, and connected.
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That’s okay—and it makes total sense. We’ll build trust together slowly. My role is to offer a steady, compassionate space where you can begin to feel safe being seen—without pressure or judgment.
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Yes. I often integrate attachment-based therapy with EMDR, DBT, Somatic Therapy, and Flash to support the whole person—body, mind, and relationships.