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Specialty · Childhood Wounds in Adult Relationships

# How early patterns shape adult connection. 

Tracing the origins of how you love, argue, protect yourself, and reach for closeness — so today's relationships can move differently.

What we notice together

### The reaction that's bigger than the moment.

A small comment lands like an old verdict. The intensity is a clue — something older is being touched.

### The role you learned to play.

Peacekeeper, fixer, invisible one, the strong one. Roles that kept you safe then, and cost you now.

### The template for closeness.

What love looked like early on becomes what love feels like later — familiar, even when it hurts.

### The protection that's outlived its use.

The armor that made sense at eight is still on at thirty-eight. We loosen it slowly, from the inside.

"The pattern isn't proof of who you are. It's a record of what you learned to do to stay safe. We update the record."

$175 per 50-min session · Sliding scale available· Bilingual EN/ES

Questions

## Common questions. 

### Do we have to focus on childhood?

### I had a 'good' childhood — can this still apply?

### Will this change my current relationship?

Childhood Wounds in Adult Relationships

## Beginning the work starts  with a conversation.

Free 15-minute consultation. No pressure to commit, on the call or after.

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Related specialties

## Other places this work connects. 

[

Self-Worth & Self-Esteem

The relationship you have with yourself.

Explore → ](/specialties/self-worth-self-esteem)[

Betrayal Trauma

When trust is broken.

Explore → ](/specialties/betrayal-trauma)[

Anxiety

When your mind won't slow down.

Explore → ](/specialties/anxiety-therapy)

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