When you discover a partner has cheated, it can feel like the ground has been pulled out from under you. Betrayal shakes your sense of safety, your self-worth, and your trust in the world. If you’ve chosen to leave the …
Category: Relationships
Why Discovering Your Partner Cheated Is a Trauma
Discovering that a partner has cheated is a trauma. Even if there was no physical harm, your entire sense of safety and reality is shaken. What you believed to be true — about your relationship, your partner, and even yourself …
Breaking the Cycle: A Fresh Start in Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy
In every distressed relationship, there are patterns—sequences of behavior that continuously feed the conflict and distance between partners. Identifying these cycles is the crucial first step in therapy. When we recognize these patterns as they occur, we open the door …
Breaking the Cycle: How Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy Creates a Fresh Start
In every distressed relationship, there are patterns—sequences of behavior that continuously feed the conflict and distance between partners. Identifying these cycles is the crucial first step in therapy. When we recognize these patterns as they occur, we open the door …
How Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy Helps Couples Reconnect
💬 “When couples fight, it’s not just about dishes or who said what. It’s about disconnection—and the longing to feel safe, loved, and understood again.” In this podcast, I explore how Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFCT) uses attachment science to …
What is “Parts Work”?
Ever wonder why you react the way you do? “Parts Work” explores the different facets of your personality. Learn how understanding these internal “parts” can lead to profound healing and self-acceptance. Discover how to transform triggers into opportunities for growth. …
Post Traumatic Growth
Have you ever heard the phrase – ‘breakdown to breakthrough?’ We often talk about the pain of trauma and a breakdown, but not enough about what can emerge on the other side, a breakthrough. 🌱 Post-Traumatic Growth is about what …
TRAUMA Processing and SECURE ATTACHMENT with a Therapist
Therapy offers a unique opportunity to foster inner secure attachment, especially for those who didn't experience it growing up. Through a supportive, trusting environment, individuals can explore and heal from trauma, creating a nurturing relationship with themselves. This transformative process …
Secure Relationships and Conflict
Like many of us, I was raised to fear conflict or avoid it altogether. It took me years to learn and embody that conflict is an opportunity for connection, growth, and healing. It’s not about never arguing—it’s about how you …
Secure Attachment is Built in Small, Repeated Moments
It’s not the grand gestures. It’s the everyday moments. Secure attachment is built in the small things—how we listen, how we respond, how we repair. It’s a felt sense of emotional safety.Of being seen, heard, and cared for.And offering that …