Therapy For Attachment Wounds
Your past doesn't have to run your relationships any longer
Life taught you that people, relationships, and the world aren't safe.
You are still living with the weight of those lessons.
RECOGNIZE THE SIGNSSigns the past is still shaping your relationships
Your partner says that one thing, and instantly you are frozen, tiny, stuck.
Closeness makes you tense — you get anxious, shut down, or start looking for the exit.
An inner critic that never takes a day off — and you're harder on yourself than you'd ever be on anyone else.
Small moments set off big reactions — and afterward you wonder why you couldn't just stay calm.
Patrick Cassidy, LCMHC
I'll help you get to know the young, protective parts of you that learned to stay on guard, and what they've been carrying. I came to IFS as a client first, so I know how this work feels from the inside. I work with adults one-on-one, in Montpelier and online across Vermont.
MY ROLEHow I Help
Our work together:
Tracking your patterns of reactions
Understanding why these reactions are still happening today
Healing the vulnerabilities underneath
Accessing a calm, rooted, relational presence
WHAT TO EXPECTWhat happens when you reach out
Stop coping and start healing.
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I reply within two business days.
Free 15-minute call
A chance to see if we’re a good fit.
First session
$250 for 50 minutes.
FAQs
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Developmental trauma refers to the cumulative impact of chronic early experiences like emotional neglect, inconsistent caregiving, or ongoing criticism, rather than a single traumatic event.
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PTSD is often associated with a single traumatic event, while developmental trauma (sometimes called Complex PTSD or C-PTSD) results from prolonged relational or environmental harm, typically in childhood.
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Common signs include chronic self-criticism, anxious or avoidant attachment patterns in relationships, emotional numbness or dysregulation, and difficulty setting boundaries.
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Talk therapy helps many people. With patterns that began in childhood, it often also helps to work with how those patterns show up in the body and in the different parts of you, which is what IFS and somatic approaches focus on.
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Many people find their attachment patterns shift over time with therapy that addresses the underlying wounds.
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Yes. Sessions are available via secure telehealth to adults anywhere in Vermont, as well as in-person in Montpelier.
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Early relational wounds often shape adult attachment patterns, boundary-setting, and self-worth, showing up later as recurring relationship difficulties even when the original cause isn't consciously remembered.
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No. Many people seek trauma-informed therapy for patterns and symptoms without a formal diagnosis; a diagnosis isn't required to begin treatment.
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Sessions are $250 for 50 minutes, private pay. Start with a free 15-minute call to see if we're a good fit.