Attachment & Relationship Healing

For those struggling with people-pleasing, emotional disconnection, fear of abandonment, or feeling “too much” or “not enough”

Attachment & Relationship Healing

Online Therapy in Missouri for Adults Struggling with Relationship Patterns, Emotional Disconnection, and Attachment Wounds

relationship counseling / healthy relationship / couples counseling / secure relationships /

You want to feel connected— But Deep Down, it often feels like too much or never enough.

Maybe you overthink every conversation, second-guess your needs, or feel like you're constantly trying to prove your worth in relationships.

Or maybe you’ve gotten used to keeping people at a distance—avoiding vulnerability because closeness feels unpredictable, unsafe, or overwhelming.

You may even find yourself repeating the same painful patterns—choosing emotionally unavailable partners, shutting down during conflict, or clinging tightly out of fear of being abandoned.

These aren’t just "bad habits." They’re survival strategies rooted in your earliest attachment experiences.

You’re NOT Broken—You’re wired for connection

But when early relationships didn’t feel safe, stable, or responsive, your nervous system learned to adapt. That might look like:

  • Fear of abandonment or rejection

  • Struggling to trust others

  • People-pleasing and over-functioning

  • Shutting down or emotionally withdrawing

  • Feeling “too much” or “not enough”

  • Chronic self-doubt in relationships

  • Longing for intimacy but fearing it at the same time

These patterns can be confusing and painful—but they can be healed.

happy couple / couples who are struggling / attachment wounds

How I can help.

Healing attachment wounds takes time, safety, and the right support. I offer a relational, trauma-informed approach to help you understand and gently shift the patterns that no longer serve you.

How I support that process:

  • EMDR for Attachment Trauma: We’ll use EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) to help you process and release the emotional residue from past relationships or experiences that shaped how you view yourself and others.

  • Secure Therapeutic Relationship: Healing happens in relationship. I provide a safe, attuned, and non-judgmental space where you can experience what it’s like to feel seen, heard, and valued—sometimes for the first time.

  • Insight-Oriented & Attachment Focused Therapy - we explore the “why” behind your patterns, helping you connect the dots between past experiences and present struggles, and gently reshape your beliefs about trust, love, and your own worth)

  • Practical Tools for Real-Life Relationships: Whether you're navigating dating, long-term partnership, friendships, or even your relationship with yourself, we’ll work on building healthy boundaries, communication skills, and self-trust that you can apply right away.

If you’re ready to move toward more secure, connected, and fulfilling relationships, I’d be honored to support you.

Click here to schedule your free 15-minute consultation

I provide online therapy for adults across Missouri

 

Meet the Therapist:

Mattracea Wendleton, LPC


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