Attachment Theory

I became enamored with Attachment Theory in graduate school including joining a group of psychologists studying Daniel Siegel's book The Developing Mind (one of the earliest books on interpersonal neurobiology). Afterwards I sought out trainings from Daniel Siegel as well as others like Carol George and Diana Fosha for years. Attachment theory is the foundation of my approach to therapy, particularly the centrality of safety in relationships in order to explore, expand, and face challenges.

Attachment theory is one of the keys to understanding yourself and your patterns in relationships. Attachment work in therapy is crucial to helping you strengthen the relationship you have with yourself and with other people. Working on attachment issues can help relationships make more sense and flow with more ease. This work is a game changer when it comes to finding and maintaining healthy, satisfying, long-lasting relationships.

Attachment theory has been a very useful tool in describing the interactions in all relationships, especially those that involve behavioral difficulties between parents and children. Having worked in children's mental health for over 11 years, Attachment Theory has been the main foundation for my work during this time.

I work collaboratively with partners, families and individuals who want to foster connection and form deeper, more loving relationships. I also work with parents to identify their struggles with parenting (be it a one time issue or an on going parenting struggle) and develop a plan to support the entire family system.

I have worked with attachment theory since entering private practice and find it a great resource to understand the foundations of our relationships.

💞 Attachment-Based Therapy Attachment-Based Therapy explores how your early relationships impact your current sense of safety, self-worth, and connection. Together, we’ll unpack old relational patterns and create new, healthier ones. You’ll learn to set boundaries, trust yourself, and build more secure, meaningful relationships—with others and with yourself.

I have worked extensively with families where attachment trauma has impacted relationships and connectedness. I work with families to identify where attachment styles may be harming the relationship and addressing alternative approaches.

I have been interested in and doing attachment work since the late 90's. How we are connected to people and the impact that this has on our relationships is fascinating. Attachment work takes a step back to explore early relationship dynamics and resulting coping strategies being used in relationships today. Gaining a healthy understanding of relationship expectations and boundaries is one of the first steps in forming a healthy attachment.

I have found that exploring the theory of attachment with some of my clients can help us understand the relational dynamics in our ongoing relationships, such as family, life-long friends, and romantic relationships, among others. Attachment theory can be very insightful as it helps us see how we relate to the world and how we perceive other people in our lives.

The attachment or bonding that we have as babies influences the our relationships across our lifespan. Babies who have responsive caregivers learn that people are trustworthy and reliable. This allows us to have secure relationships. Babies who have caregivers who are inconsistent, neglectful, or abusive learn that people are not safe and trustworthy. This leads to relationships that are chaotic and high drama. Exploring your attachment experiences can help improve your adult relationships.

I am trained in attachment theory from a positive psychology lens and can conduct the adult attachment interview for individuals and couples.

Attachment therapy submits that the bonds between caregivers and children in early life significantly influence emotional and relational patterns throughout an individual's life. This approach aims to address and repair disruptions in these early attachment relationships. It emphasizes the therapeutic relationship as a secure base from which clients can explore & understand their attachment patterns. This trusting relationship with the therapist helps clients heal past attachment disruptions.

As humans we are biologically wired to attach to our parents when we are babies. How we experience this attunement of safety, love and connection stays with us through our childhood and into adulthood. We unconsciously carry our attachment style into relationships as adults. The main styles of attachment are anxious, avoidant, disorganized and secure. In healthy relationships both adults strive for secure attachment, but attachment injuries from childhood or past relationships can prevent se

We’ll explore where you learned to protect yourself emotionally and how those early experiences shape current relationships. By understanding these protective strategies, we can begin to shift old patterns and create healthier, more secure connections. This process builds emotional resilience, deepens trust, and opens the door to richer, more fulfilling relationships. You’ll learn to navigate relationships with more clarity, safety, and confidence, leading to deeper and more meaningful bonds.

Attachment theory, in developmental psychology, is the theory that humans are born with a need to form a close emotional bond with a caregiver and that such a bond will develop during the first six months of a child’s life if the caregiver is appropriately responsive. The British psychologist John Bowlby developed the theory focused on the experience, expression, and regulation of emotions at both species (normative) and individual (person-specific) levels of analysis.

If you find yourself struggling with fear and reactivity in your relationships, you might be suffering from an attachment issue. If you grew up with inconsistent, unreliable, fearful or frightening parents, you might find intimacy uncomfortable, or never feel like you can never get as close to your partner as you would like to be. You might become fearful or angry at your partner in ways that don't seem to make sense. It does make sense, though, truly... please reach out and I'll tell you more!

We learn about the world through our earliest relationships. Understanding our attachment dynamics builds understanding about our unconscious processing.

The way we connect with others is shaped by our earliest relationships. Attachment-based therapy helps uncover how past relational experiences influence current patterns in love, friendships, and self-worth. By exploring these dynamics, we can build healthier, more secure relationships—with others and with yourself.