Attachment-Based Therapy
Depending on our early experiences we may develop a secure, anxious, avoidant, or disorganized attachment style; once we identify your unique relational style, we will explore patterns in how you approach relationships, express and communicate emotions and needs, and navigate intimacy. Attachment-based therapy seeks to establish a secure and corrective experience between client and therapist.
Attachment-based therapy is a therapeutic approach grounded in attachment theory, which was first developed by psychologist John Bowlby. Attachment theory suggests that early relationships with caregivers play a crucial role in shaping a person's development, personality, and relationships throughout life. Attachment-based therapy aims to address relational patterns and difficulties that stem from early attachment experiences.
In attachment-based therapy, the therapist helps individuals explore their attachment history, often focusing on the relationship between the client and their primary caregiver(s) during childhood. Through exploration and reflection, clients gain insight into how their early attachment experiences may be influencing their current patterns of behavior, emotions, and relationships.
The therapist and client work collaboratively to develop a secure therapeutic relationship, which can serve as a healing corrective experience. Through this secure base, clients can explore and process difficult emotions, learn healthier ways of relating to others, and develop more secure attachment patterns.
Attachment-based therapy may be particularly beneficial for individuals struggling with relationship issues, unresolved trauma, low self-esteem, anxiety, depression, or difficulty regulating emotions. It can be conducted in individual therapy, couples therapy, or family therapy formats, depending on the needs of the client(s). The ultimate goal is to promote emotional healing, personal growth, and the development of secure, fulfilling relationships.
About Holistic Psychotherapy & Wellness Manhattan
Kimberly Seelbrede, LCSW is a New York State licensed Psychotherapist, EMDR Practitioner and Couple Therapist with a private practice in New York City, Montana and virtually. As a wellness psychotherapist and holistic consultant, she has receive advanced, extensive training in Trauma Therapy, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Somatic Experiencing (SE), and Nutrition & Integrative Medicine For Mental Health. She is passionate about honoring the exquisite interplay of the mind-body connection. Kimberly Seelbrede specializes in anxiety & mood disorders, trauma and women’s mental health. She brings over 20 years of counseling, coaching, and healing experience to her holistic practice and transformational work.
In addition to online therapy for anxiety, depression, trauma and relationship struggles, Holistic Psychotherapy & Wellness offers a wide variety of online services to fit the needs of busy professionals. New Yorkers often lead fast-paced and complex lives, which makes work-life balance and managing career, family and social obligations a challenge. Psychotherapy and wellness practices provides the support to help clients cultivate resources, resilience and enhanced emotional health, as well as uncover conflicts and obstacles that may interfere with having the life they desire.