Healing Attachment Trauma with Attachment-Focused EMDR
Attachment Focused EMDR is an approach that blends the structure of EMDR with an understanding of childhood attachment needs. While standard EMDR often targets specific traumatic events, this approach looks at the early relational environment that shaped your emotional patterns. The therapy moves slowly, prioritizes safety, and strengthens internal resources before processing painful memories. It helps the brain and body release long-held relational wounds and build new ways of connecting.
Why Attachment Trauma Matters
Attachment trauma does not always come from dramatic events. It often comes from emotional neglect, inconsistency, or a lack of attunement. These experiences can lead to chronic anxiety, difficulty trusting others, people-pleasing, emotional shutdown, shame, or relationship struggles. Healing attachment trauma involves repairing the internal sense of safety that should have developed early in life. Attachment Focused EMDR supports this repair by working directly with the nervous system and the client’s deep emotional memory.
How Attachment Focused EMDR Works
The therapist begins by creating a strong foundation of safety, helping you build tools for grounding and emotional regulation. Together you explore early relational experiences and identify the patterns that still affect you today. When you feel ready, bilateral stimulation is used to process these memories in a steady, supported way. The therapist checks in often, and the pace matches your nervous system. Over time, the brain forms new connections and the body learns what safety feels like.
Who Can Benefit
Attachment Focused EMDR can be helpful if you:
experienced emotional neglect or inconsistent caregiving
struggle with trust or closeness
have patterns of anxiety, shame, or people-pleasing
feel disconnected from your emotions
sense that your challenges began in childhood but cannot link them to one event
Clients often find this approach helpful when talk therapy has provided insight but not deep change.
What Healing Can Look Like
As the nervous system heals, many people notice that relationships feel easier, their emotions feel more manageable, and self-blame begins to soften. There is often a growing sense of stability and self-compassion. These shifts can create lasting change in how you relate to yourself and to others.
Ready to Begin
If you see yourself in these patterns and want to explore a gentle, relational, and evidence-informed approach to healing, therapy can help. I offer Attachment Focused EMDR for adults who are ready to understand their past, feel safer in the present, and build healthier connections. You are welcome to reach out to book a session or ask any questions. Healing from attachment trauma is possible, and you do not have to do it alone.
About Moha
Hi, I’m Moha. I am a trauma-informed therapist who specializes in working with eating disorders, perinatal health, and sexual wellness.
Before I was a therapist, I volunteered at the Looking Glass Foundation for Eating Disorders. I also worked in women’s health research exploring sexual pain, shame, and desire, and supporting new parents navigating postpartum mental health challenges. Here, I directly connected with individuals of all ages, backgrounds, and sexual orientations, and learned that while our journeys may look different, our core struggles remain the need. We all want to feel seen, supported, and secure. Whether you’re wanting to make peace with food, finally achieving more pleasurable intimacy, navigating your new life as a parent, or learning to accept yourself as you are, I promise to take this path together with you.
I also acknowledge that we live in a world that systematically makes it more difficult for women and folks of other marginalized genders to avoid burnout and overwhelm. Intersecting identities and systems of oppression can make it even more challenging. This is why the bulk of my practice focuses on the experiences of women and non-binary folks. I aim to be a safe space where you can rest your armour and let yourself be vulnerable, knowing that you are seen and valued. Together, we will equip you with tools to take care of yourself, and continue to live your life to the fullest.
I offer a free 15-minute consultation to answer any questions about my process and to see if we might be a good fit!
