RELATIONSHIPS & ATTACHMENT WOUNDS
Connection shouldn't come with conditions
You want relationships to feel simple—but instead it feels like overthinking, self-doubt, and walking on eggshells. Somewhere along the way, your nervous system learned that connection comes at a cost. It's exhausting. And it's not your fault.
Therapy for Attachment Wounds
And Relationship Patterns
You crave closeness—but it often comes with anxiety, overthinking, or second-guessing your worth. Whether you're navigating a romantic relationship, friendship, or family dynamic, something always feels just a little off. Like you have to prove your value to stay loved. Like it's not safe to take up space.
Do any of these sound like you?
1.
Always the giver in relationships, unsure how
to receive
2.
Afraid to speak your needs for fear of needing "too much"
3.
Constantly replaying childhood dynamics in adult partnerships
4.
Struggling with emotional intimacy, even when you want it deeply
You're not broken. You're not "bad at relationships." You just learned early on that love had terms and conditions and now your nervous system is still playing by those rules.
Therapy for High-Functioning Adults in New York City (and surrounding statewide areas)
Flexible, collaborative, and rooted in your lived experience. We currently offer:
1:1 Therapy for High-Functioning Adults
Weekly or bi-weekly sessions that focus on complex trauma, relational patterns, ADHD masking, and burnout.
Group Therapy for
Boundary-Setters
Supportive, therapist-led groups focused on healing people-pleasing, building emotional boundaries, and reconnecting with self.
Personalized Tools
Together, we’ll come up with strategies that make sense for you. This isn’t one-size-fits-all therapy. It’s built around your real needs and your goals.
We help you rewrite the script
Our work together isn’t about blaming your past. It’s about understanding it, so you can move forward with clarity and choice. In therapy, we explore:
• How early attachment patterns shape adult relationships
• What safety, trust, and mutuality actually feel like
• How to set and hold boundaries without fear of abandonment
• Reparenting the parts of you that feel unworthy of love
This is deep, reparative work. It's about slowly, gently creating a new template for connection—one where you're not shrinking to stay close, or performing to feel seen.
“I greatly value my network with Irene as a referring clinician. Clients report that Irene brings a rare combination of compassion, patience, and thoughtful challenge to her practice that creates a space where growth feels both safe and possible.”
- Melissa Snyder, LCSW
Therapy for Attachment Wounds and Relationship Patterns
You crave closeness—but it often comes with anxiety, overthinking, or second-guessing your worth. Whether you're navigating a romantic relationship, friendship, or family dynamic, something always feels just a little off. Like you have to prove your value to stay loved. Like it's not safe to take up space.
Maybe you're:
Always the giver in relationships, unsure how to receive
Afraid to speak your needs for fear of seeming "too much"
Constantly replaying childhood dynamics in adult partnerships
Struggling with emotional intimacy, even when you want it deeply
You're not broken. You're not "bad at relationships." You just learned early on that love had terms and conditions—and now your nervous system is still playing by those rules.
Still not sure?
That’s okay.
Starting therapy is a big step, especially when you’ve been taught to minimize your needs. Our first call is low-pressure, judgment-free, and focused entirely on whether we feel like a good fit.
You Don't Need
to Earn Rest
If you were raised in a home where emotional safety wasn't a given, or you learned to earn love through achievement, it's no surprise you're exhausted. Here, we create space to slow down, soften, and make sense of it all—not by fixing who you are, but by healing what you've been carrying.
Many of our clients arrive feeling like they've checked every box but still feel unfulfilled. They're leaders, caregivers, creatives—people who know how to push through, but not how to pause.