Therapy for Relational Trauma & Emotional Neglect

When connection feels harder than it should.

You may not think of your past as traumatic. Still, something shifts in close relationships.

You find yourself over-giving. Or holding back.

Wanting closeness — and bracing for it at the same time.

You may already see it.

Different people.

Different circumstances.

And yet, something familiar.

You might notice:

Part of you longs for closeness.

Another part stays alert.

Your nervous system learned something about connection —

how to protect, adapt, or stay safe.

Those patterns weren’t random.

They made sense at the time.

But what once protected you may now keep you stuck in the same cycles.

Relational patterns don’t shift through insight alone.

They shift through experience.

In therapy, we pay attention to what happens in real time — in your body, your thoughts, and the space between us.

We notice:

Instead of judging those moments, we get curious about them.

Your nervous system learned how to protect you.

Here, it can learn to trust you.

Over time, closeness feels less threatening.
Conflict feels less destabilizing.
Your needs feel easier to name.

Protection doesn’t disappear.

It becomes more discerning.

Not because you forced change.

But because your system no longer has to stay on guard in the same way.

Shifts in relational patterns are often subtle.

You may notice:

Closeness begins to feel safer.

Your nervous system may still feel protective at times.
But the urgency softens.

Trust builds — not just in others, but in yourself.

You recognize what feels true.

And what doesn’t.

Connection feels less like something to manage — and more like something you can stay present for.