Therapy for Relationship Challenges and
Attachment Wounds
Heal Old Wounds, Deepen Connection, & Rewrite Your Relational Story
East Bay therapy services
Making sense of relationship challenges and the patterns that keep repeating - so you can connect in new, meaningful ways.
Supporting Adults and Teens in Orinda, Lafayette, Walnut Creek, Berkeley, Oakland, and nearby communities.
Online therapy available across California.
Understanding Relationship Challenges and Attachment Wounds
When Connection Feels Uncertain or Painful
You want closeness, but it often feels complicated. Maybe you long to be seen and supported, but struggle to let people in. Maybe you're always the one giving, while quietly wondering if your needs are too much. Or maybe you fear abandonment and cling tightly… only to feel ashamed later.
Your relationships might feel like walking a tightrope: craving intimacy but fearing rejection; needing independence but fearing loneliness.
You may replay past experiences, even when you don’t want to. The same patterns show up - disconnection, people-pleasing, emotional shutdowns, or feeling responsible for others’ feelings.
Underneath, there may be a deeper hurt: wounds from earlier relationships where your emotional needs weren’t fully met. Perhaps you grew up learning to earn love by being easy, helpful, or self-sufficient. Maybe closeness came with conditions, unpredictability, or pain.
These early patterns can leave lasting imprints. They shape how you see yourself, how safe you feel being vulnerable, and how you relate to others.
East Bay therapy for relationship issues and attachment wounds offers space to understand and heal these patterns. It’s not about blaming the past; it’s about making room for new possibilities in the present.
How It Shows Up & Symptoms
The Many Ways Attachment Wounds Shape Our Lives
Attachment wounds are often subtle but powerful. They influence how we feel in relationships, and how safe we feel being ourselves.
You might notice:
Difficulty trusting others or letting your guard down
A tendency to over-function in relationships (caretaking, fixing, over-accommodating)
Feeling anxious, avoidant, or disoriented when things get close
Fearing abandonment or rejection, even in stable relationships
A deep sense of shame or unworthiness in connection
Going “numb” or dissociating when emotions get intense
Feeling like you're too much, or not enough, for others
Repeating the same painful relational dynamics
Struggling with emotional intimacy or healthy boundaries
These aren’t personal flaws. They’re signs of old survival strategies, ways you learned to stay safe and connected in environments that didn’t fully meet your emotional needs.
Therapy helps you bring awareness to these patterns with compassion, not shame. From there, healing becomes possible.
Benefits: What You Can Expect
From Therapy for Relationship Challenges & Attachment Wounds
You don’t need to navigate these dynamics alone. Therapy can offer a safe, consistent space to explore your relational patterns and feel supported in forming new ways of connecting.
You may begin to experience:
More self-trust and emotional resilience
Healthier boundaries and a clearer sense of self in relationships
Greater comfort with closeness, vulnerability, and intimacy
Less anxiety or fear around conflict and connection
Healing from past relational trauma or emotional neglect
The ability to express your needs without guilt or fear
A deeper sense of worthiness, safety, and belonging
More fulfilling relationships built on mutual respect and authenticity
With support, you can rewrite your relational story, one rooted not in fear, but in connection, safety, and self-respect.
A Note About Bountiful Health
At Bountiful Health, an East Bay therapy practice, we provide compassionate, relational, and Integrative therapy for adults and teens navigating relationship challenges and attachment wounds.
We created this practice as a space where your story matters, where you don’t have to hide, shrink, or earn support. Whether you’re dealing with longstanding patterns or recent relationship pain, we’re here to help you make sense of your experience and feel less alone in it.
Located in Orinda, CA, we serve clients across the East Bay, including Lafayette, Walnut Creek, Berkeley, and Oakland. Online therapy is available throughout California.
Our Therapeutic Approach
Relational, Trauma-Informed, and Attachment-Aware
Therapy at Bountiful Health is rooted in deep attunement and trust. We draw from psychodynamic, relational, and attachment-based frameworks to help you explore your emotional world and the roots of your relationship patterns.
This isn’t about fixing you, it’s about helping you feel seen, understood, and empowered to make meaningful change.
We go at your pace, following what feels safe and resonant. Together, we tend to the younger parts of you that learned to protect, perform, or pull away, and begin building new ways of relating from a place of wholeness and self-worth.
Ready to Take the First Step Toward More Fulfilling Relationships?
If this speaks to your experience, or even just feels familiar, I invite you to reach out. You don’t have to have all the answers. You just need a willingness to be supported.
Click below or call/text 925-259-3145 to schedule a free 20-minute consultation.
Located in Orinda, CA, and serving Walnut Creek, Lafayette, Berkeley, Oakland, and surrounding East Bay communities. Online therapy is available throughout California.
This East Bay therapy practice is here to help you heal attachment wounds, understand your relational patterns, and experience relationships that feel safer, richer, and more real.