Attachment-focused Therapy
Attachment-focused therapy looks at how early relationships shape our expectations of closeness, safety, and connection. Many of the patterns people struggle with as adults — anxiety in relationships, fear of abandonment, difficulty trusting, or feeling emotionally distant — make sense when viewed through the lens of attachment.
What this approach pays attention to
How closeness and distance are experienced
How early caregiving relationships shaped emotional strategies
How safety, trust, and vulnerability develop over time
How attachment patterns show up in current relationships — including therapy
How this shows up in therapy
In practice, attachment-focused work is less about analyzing the past and more about noticing patterns as they emerge in the present. The therapeutic relationship itself becomes a place to experience reliability, repair, and new ways of relating.