Attachment-Based Therapy

You recognize how your early experiences shape your current relationships. Understanding these patterns gives you the power to make different choices that feel right for you.

You notice where you start and where others begin. This helps you speak up for your needs, set boundaries, and relate in ways that feel safe and balanced.

You start to trust your own feelings, needs, and instincts. This naturally strengthens your connections and helps you relate to others with more presence, empathy, and calm.

Attachment-based therapy helps you stop repeating old patterns and start living with more ease, presence, and groundedness. You feel safer in your relationships, more connected to yourself, and able to engage with life without fear or constant reactivity.

Attachment theory is often described through four key stages of early development:

• Pre-attachment (0–6 weeks): Infants begin forming initial connections
• Attachment-in-the-making (6 weeks–8 months): Babies start to recognize and prefer caregivers
• Clear-cut attachment (8 months–18 months): Strong attachment bonds form, including separation anxiety
• Reciprocal relationships (18 months+): Children begin to understand relationships more deeply and feel more secure

These early stages influence how safety, trust, and connection are experienced later in life.

There are four main attachment styles that describe how people tend to relate in relationships:

• Secure: Comfortable with closeness and independence
• Anxious: Seeks closeness but fears abandonment
• Avoidant: Values independence and may struggle with emotional closeness
• Disorganized: Experiences both a desire for connection and fear of it

These patterns are not fixed—they can shift and heal over time with the right support.

Attachment-based therapy can be especially helpful if your challenges show up in relationships.

You might benefit from this approach if you notice patterns like fear of abandonment, difficulty trusting others, emotional reactivity, or feeling disconnected—even when you want closeness.

While general therapy can be supportive, attachment-based therapy goes deeper into the relational patterns that often sit underneath these experiences.

Our registered counsellors are covered by a variety of extended health insurance plans. This means that, depending on your provider, you may be able to get full or partial reimbursement for your sessions.

It’s helpful to know that each counselling registration body is different, and insurance coverage can depend on which professional designation your counsellor holds (such as RCC, CCC, or RSW). Because every plan is unique, we recommend checking directly with your provider to confirm what’s included in your coverage.

Our intern counsellors, while highly skilled and closely supervised, are not yet covered by insurance — which is why they offer reduced-rate sessions to help keep support accessible.

For the most part, we do not offer direct billing. After your session, we’ll provide you with a receipt that you can submit to your insurance provider for reimbursement.

If you have any questions, we’re happy to walk you through it during your free 15-minute consultation, so you can feel confident and informed before booking.