Relationship Therapy in Seattle, WA
Trauma-informed attachment therapy for individuals and couples ready to feel secure, calm in themselves, and confident in their truth.
Online therapy throughout Washington and Oregon
You want to feel more like yourself — with others.
Not constantly scanning, overthinking, or shrinking. Just able to speak up, connect, and participate in your life without losing yourself.
Relationship Therapy in Seattle for individuals and couples becomes the place where that begins.
Therapy Services for People Stuck in Relationship Patterns
Meet Your Therapist in Seattle, WA
Hi there, I’m Dr. April, licensed psychologist. It’s really nice to meet you!
You’re here because the way you relate — to yourself or to others — feels harder than it should, and you want to understand more than just why.
I work with adults who are trying to function inside relationships that don’t feel safe, settled, or secure — whether you’re alone, partnered, or somewhere in between.
We focus on the hurt parts that learned to stay alert, withdraw, please, or explode. Not to pathologize them. Not to rush them into forgiveness or calm. But to understand what they’re protecting — and why the same patterns keep replaying.
This work isn’t about quick fixes or becoming “better at relationships.”
It’s about understanding what’s happening inside you —
and slowly creating the possibility of relating without constant vigilance, shame, or fear of the next rupture.
Relational trauma isn’t just about what happened in the past.
It’s about how your nervous system learned to protect you in closeness, through withdrawal, over functioning, conflict, or self-abandonment.
The Strategy
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Step 1: Understand Your Patterns
First, we slow things down and make sense of what’s actually happening in your relationships. Whether you’re single, partnered, or coming in as a couple, we identify the patterns that show up around closeness, conflict, anxiety, or emotional reactivity. Without blame or judgment.
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Step 2: Learn How to Respond Differently
Insight alone isn’t enough. This step focuses on what happens in the moment — when emotions run high or connection feels risky. You practice pausing before reacting, regulating big emotions, and responding in ways that feel more aligned with who you want to be.
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Step 3: Build Safer, More Secure Relationships
Over time, these new responses become more natural. Singles build healthier relationships with themselves and future partners (if they want). Partners and couples learn how to communicate, repair, and reconnect with more trust and emotional safety.
The good news.
Seattle relationship therapy helps you break cycles, resolve conflict, and communicate effectively.
You don’t change when you’re told what to do.
You change when you experience safety while telling the truth and learn how to bring that truth into your everyday life.
Book a free 20 minute phone call or video chat today!
We’ll explore your intentions for therapy & determine if my approach is the right fit for you.