Relationships & Attachment

Make sense of past and current relationship patterns and build healthier, more authentic connections.

Do you crave connection but fear being too much or not enough?

Do you pull away when things get close or chase after people who feel out of reach?

Are you stuck in the same patterns, no matter who you’re with?

From a young age, we learned how to navigate relationships by watching and experiencing how our parents or caregivers showed us love, responded to our needs, and handled conflict. These early patterns shape the way we connect with others well into adulthood.

Early experiences of instability, neglect, or emotional hurt often leave lasting impressions. You might find it hard to trust, open up, or feel truly secure with others. Maybe you stay in relationships that leave you hurting, or push people away before they have the chance to hurt you.

Untangling these patterns on your own can feel overwhelming. Therapy offers a supportive space to explore where these struggles come from, gain clarity, and begin to form the kind of steady, fulfilling relationships you’ve always wanted and deserve.

Attachment wounds can quietly shape how you show up in relationships. You might notice:

• Trouble trusting or letting people in
• Pulling back when things start to feel real
• A lingering fear of being abandoned or left behind
• Feeling on edge or unsure about where you stand with someone
• Frequent tension or miscommunication with partners
• Neglecting your own needs to keep the peace
• Relying heavily on a partner for a sense of worth or stability
• Feeling unsure of who you are outside of the relationship
• Difficulty moving on after a breakup
• Finding yourself drawn to people who are emotionally unavailable
• Feeling alone or disconnected, even when you're not alone

What therapy can do for you:

Even though you can’t change what you’ve been through, the way it shows up in your current relationships doesn’t have to stay the same.

In therapy, you’ll start to recognize the patterns you’ve outgrown and learn how to build deeper, more secure connections with the people around you and with yourself.

  • Help you understand how your early relationships shape your emotional health and current relationships

  • Learn the ways attachment patterns impact how you relate to others and manage your feelings

  • Support you in recognizing and changing unhelpful relationship behaviors and reactions

  • Teach practical tools to calm your nervous system and handle emotional triggers more effectively

  • Strengthen your communication skills so you can express your needs with confidence

  • Provide a safe space to heal past attachment wounds that affect your present relationships

  • Model a secure, supportive relationship to help you build trust and safety with others

  • Guide you toward creating more fulfilling, balanced, and resilient relationships

Anxiety

Understand the roots of your anxiety, break unhelpful patterns, and create a calmer, more empowered way of moving through life.

Depression

Understand the factors contributing to your depression, break free from feelings of hopelessness, and rediscover motivation, joy, and connection in your daily life.

Life Transitions

Navigate major life changes with clarity and confidence, process your emotions that come up, and step into your next chapter feeling grounded and supported.

I view therapy as a much-needed pause in the busyness of life— a dedicated space for you to delve into your inner world, gain meaningful insights, and take intentional steps towards change.

Therapy with me will typically unfold in three key stages:

Exploration

Together, we'll navigate your thoughts, emotions, and experiences to uncover underlying patterns

Insight

By understanding these patterns, you'll develop a deeper self-awareness that empowers you to make informed choices

Action

We'll collaborate to translate these insights into concrete actions, fostering growth and transformation

My goal is for our sessions to uncover both the "how" and "why" behind the reasons you’re seeking therapy. Not only will I help you manage your symptoms, but I also will help you understand their root causes.

The "why" gets to the heart of your experiences, exploring past influences, patterns, and beliefs that shape your present difficulties.

The "how" is about the ways these issues show up in your daily life—how they impact your thoughts, choices, and relationships.

Together, I want us to connect these pieces, offering you clarity and tools to make lasting changes and move forward with more self-awareness and intention.

I believe that just as relationships can be a source of harm, they can also be a powerful space for healing.

As a relational therapist, my focus will be on our relationship and how the dynamics between us reflect your relationships with others. We’ll explore your experiences with attachment, communication, and emotional responses.

My approach is grounded in a trauma-informed, psychodynamic lens. I seek to understand how your past experiences influence your present emotional and relational world.

I aim to support lasting change by incorporating what research has shown to improve overall mental health and well-being.

We’ll discuss how you can create more space for connecting with those around you, building strong relationships, cultivating a sense of meaning and purpose, celebrating your achievements, and increasing the presence of pleasant emotions in your life.

Credentials

  • Maintaining Appropriate Boundaries and Ethical Obligations as Mental Health Practitioners — The NYMHCA Institute, 2024

    Perfectionism & Anxiety Certification Training: Effective Tools to Navigate High Standards, Self-Criticism, and Unrealistic Expectations — PESI, 2024

    Best Approaches in Trauma Treatment — NEFESH, 2024

    Social Media Ethics in Mental Health Care — Simple Practice Learning, 2024

    Ethics: Self-Disclosure in Therapy — Simple Practice Learning, 2024

    Breaking the Cycle of Unhealthy Family Relationships: Top Tools for Better Boundaries — PESI, 2023

    Supervision in Mental Health Care — Simple Practice Learning, 2022

  • New York
    Licensed Mental Health Counselor #009528
    Additional Qualification: Diagnostic Privilege

    New Jersey
    Licensed Professional Counselor # 37PC00951400

    Florida
    Licensed Mental Health Counselor (telehealth only) #TPMC1486 

    Master of Science in Clinical Psychology
    Loyola University Maryland

    Bachelor of Arts in Clinical/Counseling Psychology
    The College of New Jersey

  • I am a Clinical Supervisor in New York and provide weekly individual and bi-monthly group supervision to Mental Health Counselors with Limited Permits while they practice and gain hours to apply for full licensure.

Therapeutic Approach

  • TL:DR How does your past influence your present?

    This approach focuses on insight, emotional processing, and our therapeutic relationship to understand your present day challenges. With a strong emphasis on identifying core beliefs, underlying drives, and formative relationships, this form of talk therapy helps you use insight from your past to understand how it impacts your present. This can be helpful if you're looking to understand recurring life patterns more deeply. It's generally long term, exploratory, and supportive.

  • TL;DR How do early relationships & attachment styles affect your emotional well-being & present relationships?

    This approach is rooted in attachment theory, focusing on understanding and healing the emotional and relational patterns developed in early childhood. This aims to help you recognize how your early attachments influence your current relationships and emotional well-being. It provides a framework for understanding and healing relational patterns and promoting healthier relationships and emotional resilience.

  • TL;DR What are the connections between your thoughts, emotions, and actions?

    This form of therapy is helpful if you're looking to address challenges in your mental health (and life) in the here-and-now. The CBT framework focuses on identifying concrete thoughts and behaviors that hinder your life, and transform them through coping skills, thought restructuring, and behavioral change. Commonly known as the “gold standard” for therapy, CBT methods for anxiety, depression, and related disorders have been scientifically proven to decrease mental health symptoms and improve quality of life in a short amount of time.

  • TL;DR Learn to manage your emotions, improve your relationships, & build skills in mindfulness and distress tolerance.

    This form of therapy incorporates mindfulness and behavioral change and is helpful if you're struggling with persistent feelings of distress, toxic relationships, and other intense emotions. DBT is comprised of four main section; mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal skills. With the goal of learning to build a life worth living, it takes a practical, yet personal, approach to behavior change that empowers you to transform even the hardest life circumstances.

  • TL;DR You're the expert on you.

    This is a non-directive approach that encourages you to lead the sessions and find your own solutions, while I offer empathy, unconditional positive regard, and genuineness. This is ideal if you're looking to increase self-confidence, authenticity, and trust in your decisions, and can be helpful for issues like anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship difficulties. I'll act as a supportive facilitator, listening without judgment, and helping you gain self-understanding and growth in a compassionate and non-authoritative setting.