Trauma & Attachment Focused Therapy
serving Center City, Philadelphia
and online across PA & NJ
For the ones trying to love better than they were shown.
Real healing starts when you stop pretending “it’s fine”
You’ve done a lot already. You’re thoughtful, reflective, trying to do things differently.
But your reactions still feel bigger than they “should.”
You freeze when someone reaches for you.
You shut down, lash out, or fall apart—then wonder why.
It’s not because you’re failing.
It’s because your body remembers what it once took to stay safe.
That’s attachment—not just a concept, but something you feel in your chest, your jaw, your gut.
Healing starts when you don’t have to manage it alone.
When someone helps you stay with the parts you’ve always rushed past.
Who we help:
Kids and teens whose feelings live between the lines
Parents trying to give what they never got
Adults trying to heal what’s still hurting
We work with children…
who don’t have the words yet—but whose bodies are speaking through tantrums, outbursts, anxiety, or shutting down. They’re not “bad” or “too much.” They’re scared, overwhelmed, and doing their best to feel safe in a world that doesn’t always make sense.
We work with parents…
who love their kids deeply, but still find themselves snapping, shutting down, or saying things they swore they never would. Not because they don’t care—but because no one ever showed them what comfort looks like when you’re the one falling apart.
We work with adults…
who’ve spent years holding it all together—at work, in relationships, in their families. They know their patterns didn’t come from nowhere, and they’re ready to stop performing and start healing. Slowly. Carefully. With someone who won’t turn away.
We work with what’s unspoken.
You can understand your patterns and still feel stuck in them.
That’s because the parts of you that learned to shut down, perform, or pull away don’t shift just by being named. They shift when someone helps you stay—with what’s hard to feel, with what’s never been welcomed.
We notice the things others might miss. The quick smile after something painful. The “I’m fine” that doesn’t match your body. We don’t push past those moments. We stay with them—gently, carefully—because that’s where real change begins.
Your reactions make sense. Your defenses were learned. We don’t try to fix them—we get curious about what they’re protecting. And we stay, even when you want to run.
This isn’t surface work. It’s the kind that slowly shifts how you respond to your child’s tears, your partner’s reach, your own needs. Not perfectly. But with presence. With choice. With a little more softness than before.
This isn’t symptom management. It’s emotional transformation.
What you learned about love still lives in you, whether you're raising kids or healing your inner one
The way we learn to connect — how we ask for comfort, how we protect ourselves, how safe it feels to depend on someone — starts early. Often long before we have words for it.
And those patterns don’t just disappear. They show up later in ways we don’t always expect. In parenting. In partnership. In how quickly we get overwhelmed, or how hard it is to feel close to people.
That’s why we work with both kids and adults.
We help children and parents who are stuck in hard cycles. Big emotions. Power struggles. Moments of distance that don’t match how much love is actually there. Together, we help families move toward more connection, safety, and trust — not just in behavior, but in how it feels to be with each other.
And we help adults who are carrying old relationship patterns they didn’t choose. Maybe you learned to stay small. To stay on alert. To not need too much. Those ways of coping helped you get through a lot — but now they’re making it hard to feel close to others or settled in yourself.
Whether you're here for your child, your relationships, or yourself, we help you make sense of those old patterns and build something new. Something that feels safer, more flexible, and more alive.
You’ve made it look manageable. We know it isn’t.
If you're here, you're probably tired. Maybe it's your kid’s behavior that has you walking on eggshells. Or maybe it’s your own reaction- snapping, shutting down, going weirdly quiet in the grocery store parking lot. Either way, something feels off. And no amount of Googling or deep breathing is cutting it.
This isn’t about sticker charts or perfect parenting scripts. It’s not about managing behavior so things look fine.
We're here to figure out what's driving it.
Because when someone is struggling -whether they’re melting down, picking fights, checking out, or pulling away -it’s not random. It’s a signal. A clue that something inside feels too much, too fast, or just too hard to carry alone.
Our job is to listen to that signal. Not to shut it down. Not to slap a reframe on it. To actually hear it. To stay with it long enough to understand what it's pointing to. Fear. Disconnection. Shame. A nervous system that’s been stuck on high alert since forever. If we skip past that, we’re missing the point.
We work with people who are trying really hard and still wondering why everything feels so hard.
Parents who are done walking on eggshells but don’t want to guilt their kids into behaving.
Adults who can feel something heavy inside but have never had the kind of support that makes it safe to feel it.
You don’t need more ways to keep it together. You need a place where it’s safe to not.
And maybe a therapist who can gently call out the part of you pretending everything’s fine while holding your breath.
We don’t need you to be insightful or self-aware. We care about what’s real- even the parts you’ve been trying to keep hidden just to get through the day.
Ready When You Are
When you're tired of piecing together advice from books, podcasts, or well-meaning friends—
when you’re ready for therapy that gets to the root of what’s been hurting—we’re here.
This isn’t drop-in, when-you-feel-like-it therapy.
It’s show-up-every-week therapy.
Stay-when-it’s-uncomfortable therapy.
The kind of work that gently shifts how you relate to your child, your partner, or the absence of one—your past, and yourself.
Whether you're coming for your child, your family, or your own healing,
you don’t have to untangle it all alone.
If you're not sure where to begin—or who it’s really “for”—you can reach out and talk it through with our intake coordinator. We’ll figure it out together.
Healing starts in relationship—with someone who can help you feel safe enough to begin.
Wherever you begin, we’ll meet you there.
You may qualify for financial assistance.
If you are a survivor of sexual assault or abuse, and the crime occurred in Pennsylvania, you may qualify for Victim’s Compensation Benefits. We accept Victim’s Compensation funding as a form of payment. Reach out for more information.
Healing Happens in Relationships
Learn how All of You Therapy supports your healing:
All of You Therapy is a group psychotherapy practice in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania specializing in working with children, teens, and young adults on issues related to trauma and attachment. This video shares about the mission and values of All of You Therapy.
You've spent so long keeping yourself safe by staying hidden.
We’ll help you find the safety to be seen.
Deeply trained, always learning. Our clinicians have pursued training with respected organizations to ground our work in depth, connection, and care.
