How Somatic Therapy Can Heal Your Attachment Wound

Understanding the impact of emotionally unavailable attachment figures on adult attachment patterns is a crucial aspect of the therapeutic process.

Understand Your IssuesAvi KleinJune 20, 2024Downtown Somatic Therapyattachment issues, attachment theory, avoidant attachment, anxious attachment

3 Signs that Avoidance is Holding Your Relationship Back

If both individuals in a couple lean toward an avoidant attachment style, a therapist may be helpful in helping to draw out the feelings gently over time from each partner one at a time.

Inside TherapyAvi KleinAugust 1, 2023Downtown Somatic Therapyattachment issues, attachment theory, couples therapy, Sarah Shuster, avoidant attachment

Are Avoidant and Anxious Attachment Styles Compatible in Relationships?

Generally speaking, “Yes”, says therapist Stefan Allen-Hickey of Downtown Somatic Therapy in New York City: “the success of a relationship with this attachment style configuration relies on the couple coming to understand the emotions that underlie their partner’s response to stress”.

Understand Your IssuesStefan Allen-HickeyJuly 14, 2023Downtown Somatic Therapystefan allen-hickey, attachment issues, anxious attachment, attachment theory, couples therapy

Can Somatic Therapy Help With Attachment Issues?

At Downtown Somatic Therapy, we believe that somatic therapy is a powerful way to address attachment wounds and to experience deep healing and a renewed sense of joy in life.

Inside TherapyAvi KleinMay 19, 2022Downtown Somatic Therapysomatic therapy, attachment issues, attachment theory, Anne Heller, pia wallgren

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