Therapy for Parent-Child Attachment

Services for Parents & Young Children
– Building Connection, Co-Regulation
& Emotional Safety

Early childhood is full of tender, pivotal moments. From infancy through early school years, your child’s brain is developing at a rapid pace—and your relationship with them plays a vital role in shaping that development.

When young children struggle emotionally or behaviorally, it’s rarely about “bad behavior.” It’s often a sign of something deeper—something that needs support, co-regulation, and connection. Therapy can help parents and young children find their way back to each other—building trust, safety, and emotional understanding in the relationship.

When to Seek Support

You might be considering therapy if your child is experiencing:

Frequent tantrums or meltdowns that feel unmanageable
Difficulty with transitions or separation
Withdrawn, fearful, or overly anxious behavior
Trouble sleeping or calming, frequent nightmares
Challenges adjusting to a new sibling, school, or caregiver
Aggression, defiance, or shutdown in response to limits
Struggles making and/or maintaining friends
Regression or emotional changes after a stressful event
Exposure to trauma, loss, violence, or scary medical procedures
A difficult NICU stay or early attachment rupture

You may also be feeling:

by your child’s emotions or behaviors
Unsure how to support them through big feelings or fears
Triggered by your child in ways you don’t fully understand
Worried about repeating patterns from your own upbringing
Disconnected from your child—and unsure how to repair the bond

A Developmentally-Tailored, Relational Approach

We specialize in supporting children ages 0–8 and their caregivers through evidence-based, trauma-informed modalities that meet the child where they are developmentally—while actively involving you, the parent, in the healing process.

Therapy sessions often include both the child and caregiver(s), using play, reflective practice, and gentle structure to promote safety, regulation, and repair.

Our Core Modalities May Include:

Dyadic Parent-Child Therapy

For families struggling with emotional or behavioral disconnection. Focuses on strengthening the parent-child bond, improving co-regulation, and supporting more easeful communication.

Child–Parent Psychotherapy (CPP)

Used with children ages 0–6 who’ve experienced trauma or loss. Helps both parent and child process their experience together through play and attuned interaction.

Play Therapy

Provides children a safe and developmentally appropriate space to express emotions and experiences they don’t yet have the words for—while fostering emotional growth, trust, and connection.

Mentalization-Based Parenting

Helps caregivers reflect on their child’s inner world (and their own), improving empathy, emotion regulation, and relational attunement.

Sandtray Therapy

Offers a creative, nonverbal way to explore emotions and experiences by building scenes with miniature figures, supporting trauma healing and self-discovery beyond words.

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) for children

Supports processing and integrating traumatic memories and stuck emotional responses.

Barry Brazelton’s Touchpoints Model

A preventative, strength-based model that supports parents in anticipating developmental challenges, honoring their child’s individuality, and staying connected through change.

Video Intervention Therapy (VIT)

Uses short video clips of real parent-child interactions in a safe, nurturing and non-judgmental space to build insights, deepen understanding and support new patterns of relating. With specific guidance from the therapist, parents are able to slow things down and notice cues they miss in real time. Video footage is not stored after session.

Parents Are Partners in the Process

You are not the problem—and you are not alone. Parenting is incredibly complex, especially when you’re trying to do it differently than you were parented.

Our work is never about blame. It’s about offering partnership, support, insight, and tools to help you feel more confident in your parenting, more connected to your child, and more regulated in the moments that matter most.

Together, we’ll explore what your child is trying to communicate, how to respond with both warmth and boundaries, and how to restore connection when things go off track.

The Goal Isn’t “Perfect
Parenting”—It’s Good-Enough Connections

The most powerful tool you have as a parent is your relationship with your child.
Through therapy, we help you nurture that relationship—so that your child feels safe, seen, and supported, and so that you feel grounded and empowered in your role as a parent.