https://www.jenniferdoddtherapy.com/home daily 1.0 2026-06-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696faeba7760620937e46d6c/1787454905878-KIIPRVO9ABIZZDHG8GBC/unsplash-image-87MIF4vqHWg.jpg https://www.jenniferdoddtherapy.com/about daily 0.75 2026-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696faeba7760620937e46d6c/09c8d67b-48a2-42f7-a48d-0b7d69b023f7/Jennifer-01107.jpeg https://www.jenniferdoddtherapy.com/contact daily 0.75 2026-08-19 https://www.jenniferdoddtherapy.com/appointments-1-2-1 daily 0.75 2026-08-18 https://www.jenniferdoddtherapy.com/individual-therapy daily 0.75 2026-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696faeba7760620937e46d6c/1787451108446-VRJ5YNTNVG8C67KGB3KH/unsplash-image-m2J105CzEAU.jpg Individual Therapy - Individual Therapy Individual Therapy for Complex Trauma: Healing the Roots of Relational Wounds When you survive chronic, ongoing trauma—especially during childhood or within close relationships—the impact shapes how you view yourself and the world. Traditional therapies often focus only on managing your current symptoms. However, developmental trauma and Complex PTSD (C-PTSD) alter your sense of identity and safety at a foundational level. I use psychodynamic therapy to go beyond coping strategies. We work to uncover, understand, and deeply heal the deeply rooted psychological blueprints left behind by chronic trauma. Understanding Developmental Trauma and C-PTSD Unlike a single traumatic event, developmental trauma and C-PTSD stem from repeated, prolonged exposure to emotional neglect, abuse, instability, or abandonment. Because this occurs during critical stages of growth, your mind and nervous system adapt to survive, often carrying those survival strategies into adulthood. You might find yourself struggling with: Chronic Self-Criticism: An internalized, relentless voice of shame, guilt, or feeling fundamentally "broken." Relational Patterns: Intense fears of abandonment, difficulty trusting others, or repeatedly finding yourself in toxic dynamics. Emotional Dysregulation: Feeling easily overwhelmed by intense anxiety, sudden anger, or experiencing emotional numbness and dissociation. Fragmented Identity: Struggling to know who you truly are outside of your trauma, your achievements, or your role as a caretaker for others. How Psychodynamic Therapy Heals Complex Trauma Psychodynamic therapy is uniquely suited for C-PTSD because it treats the whole person, not just a list of symptoms. We explore how your past survival strategies are unconsciously operating in your present life, allowing you to safely dismantle them. Uncovering Unconscious Defenses: We look at how strategies that once kept you safe—such as shutting down, people-pleasing, or hyper-vigilance—may now be blocking your growth. Processing Interpersonal Trauma: Complex trauma happens in relationships, and it must be healed in a relationship. The safe, consistent, and boundaried therapeutic bond allows you to experience secure attachment in real-time. Integrating the Fragmented Self: We help you make sense of the conflicting parts of yourself, bringing hidden, painful emotions into the light so they lose their power over you. Moving from Survival to Living: By tracing your current triggers back to their origins, you learn to separate past danger from present safety, allowing you to build an authentic identity. What to Expect in Our Work Together Healing from complex trauma requires a careful, paced approach. Our work together prioritizes your emotional safety: Establishing Safety: We start by building a strong therapeutic alliance, ensuring you feel grounded, seen, and stable before diving into deeper material. Exploring the Blueprint: We gently explore your early relational history to map out how your past experiences shaped your current emotional responses. Working Through: Together, we process the grief, anger, and pain of what you experienced—and what you missed out on—allowing your system to finally release the trauma. https://www.jenniferdoddtherapy.com/individual-therapy-1 daily 0.75 2026-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696faeba7760620937e46d6c/1787451818592-95T0YMVBZ8FYPI5GLW6A/unsplash-image-xM4wUnvbCKk.jpg Couples Therapy - Couples Therapy Reconnect and Heal: Understanding Your Relationship Blueprint All couples hit rough patches, face recurring arguments, or experience a quiet, painful distance. Often, the issue is not poor communication skills, but a conflict between your individual histories. When you are stuck in the same painful arguments, the root cause often lies in your past. I use psychodynamic therapy and adult attachment science to help you explore how your childhood and family-of-origin patterns shape how you love, fight, and withdraw today. Your Childhood Blueprint in Adult Love Every person enters a romantic relationship carrying a subconscious instruction manual on how relationships work. This manual, or relationship blueprint, was written during your earliest years by observing and interacting with your primary caregivers. The Roots of Reactivity: The ways your family expressed anger, handled conflict, or withheld affection established your baseline for emotional survival. Unconscious Repetition: Without realizing it, we often repeat these old dynamics with our partners, either copying what we saw or fighting desperately against it. The Attachment Clash: Conflict happens when one partner’s learned coping strategy (like pursuing for reassurance) triggers the other partner's defense strategy (like withdrawing for safety). How We Work: Bridging the Past and Present My psychodynamic approach does not just look at your current arguments. We look at the underlying forces driving them. In our sessions, we pull back the curtain on your history to transform your present connection: Uncovering the Unconscious: We identify the unspoken rules and hidden expectations you both brought into the relationship from your families of origin. Mapping the Family Legacy: We explore how early experiences with rejection, criticism, or emotional neglect manifest as current marital triggers. Breaking the Cycle: By understanding why your partner reacts the way they do based on their history, you can replace blame with deep empathy. Rewriting Your Story: Together, we dismantle inherited, unhealthy patterns and replace them with a conscious, safe, and secure emotional bond. Is This Approach Right for Us? Exploring family-of-origin patterns is highly effective for couples who feel stuck in a loop. It is especially beneficial if you notice: You are having the exact same argument repeatedly without any resolution. Your emotional reactions to your partner feel intense, overwhelming, or disproportionate to the current issue. You recognize that you are repeating the unhealthy relationship dynamics of your parents. You want to stop generational trauma from impacting your own children. By shedding light on these unconscious blueprints, you can heal inherited wounds, break old cycles, and build a resilient future together. https://www.jenniferdoddtherapy.com/individual-therapy-2 daily 0.75 2026-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696faeba7760620937e46d6c/1787452532863-0ZW6BF7PLA5S7UR469U7/unsplash-image-9ryDejvQulo.jpg Therapy for Teens - Therapy for Teenagers Psychodynamic Therapy for Teens: Understanding the Inside Out Adolescence is a time of massive transition, self-discovery, and intense emotion. As a parent, it can be painful to watch your teenager struggle with anxiety, mood swings, or withdrawal, especially when your attempts to help are met with closed doors or slammed walls. I use psychodynamic therapy to help teens look beneath the surface of their behaviors, helping them make sense of their internal world so they can navigate the external one with confidence. What is Psychodynamic Therapy for Teens? Traditional therapy often focuses solely on managing symptoms or changing immediate behaviors. Psychodynamic therapy goes deeper. It explores how a teen’s past experiences, changing identity, and unconscious thoughts drive their current emotions, relationships, and coping mechanisms. Decoding the Behavior: Acting out, shutting down, or sudden anxiety are often creative, unconscious ways a teen tries to cope with overwhelming feelings they cannot yet name. Exploring Internal Conflicts: Teens often feel pulled between the desire for independence and the need for parental safety. We explore these hidden, confusing tensions. The Power of the Therapy Relationship: By experiencing a consistent, non-judgmental relationship with a therapist, teens learn how to build healthier connections with peers and family members. How This Approach Helps Your Teen In psychodynamic sessions, your teenager will not just receive a list of coping strategies. They will develop lasting psychological tools to carry into adulthood: Building Self-Awareness: Teens learn to recognize their emotional patterns, helping them understand why they react intensely to specific triggers. Expressing the Unspeakable: I provide a safe, confidential space where your teen can put words to complex feelings like shame, loneliness, inadequacy, or grief. Improving Relationships: By exploring how they interact with the therapist, peers, and parents, teens break free from painful social or familial patterns. Strengthening Identity: This developmental stage is all about answering the question, "Who am I?" We support teens in building a authentic, stable sense of self. What Parents Can Expect While therapy is a confidential space for your teen to build trust and speak freely, you are a crucial part of their healing journey. I provide periodic parent consultation sessions to help you understand your teen's emotional blueprint without breaking their trust. You will learn how to decode their behaviors, de-escalate conflicts at home, and provide the specific structural support your teen needs as they do this deep internal work. https://www.jenniferdoddtherapy.com/individual-therapy-3 daily 0.75 2026-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696faeba7760620937e46d6c/1787454010399-FISGQAW1EMHVZ2RPRLMP/unsplash-image-uuCjYxJVf4o.jpg Attachment-Focused EMDR (AF-EMDR) - Attachment Focused-EMDR (AF-EMDR) Attachment-Focused EMDR for Complex Trauma: Healing the Nervous System and the Heart When you survive chronic childhood neglect, abuse, or relational instability, the trauma becomes woven into your body, your nervous system, and your sense of self. Traditional talk therapies can help you understand why you feel this way, but they often leave you feeling stuck in the same painful loops. Developmental trauma and Complex PTSD (C-PTSD) require an approach that heals both the mind and the body. I use Attachment-Focused EMDR (AF-EMDR) to bridge the gap between talk therapy and somatic healing. This specialized approach safely processes deep traumatic memories while actively repairing the relational wounds of your past. What is Attachment-Focused EMDR? Standard Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is highly effective for single-incident traumas (like a car accident). However, complex trauma is different. It happens repeatedly within relationships, usually leaving individuals with a lack of early safety, support, and secure attachment. Developed by Dr. Laurel Parnell, Attachment-Focused EMDR adapts traditional EMDR specifically for survivors of chronic, relational trauma. It emphasizes a client-centered, gentle, and deeply relational approach that focuses on three core pillars: Resource Tapping: Before processing any difficult memories, we use bilateral stimulation (like gentle alternating taps) to install internal "resources"—such as protective, nurturing, or wise figures. This creates a psychological safety net and calms your nervous system. Repairing Deficits: We explicitly focus on what you did not get in childhood. Through imagination and therapeutic tracking, we help your brain experience the validation, safety, and comfort you needed but never received. Relational Healing: The therapeutic relationship itself acts as a laboratory for secure attachment. You are never left alone to drown in intense memories; we process them collaboratively and safely. How AF-EMDR Transforms Complex PTSD Complex trauma often leaves people stuck in survival responses: hyper-vigilance, people-pleasing, emotional numbness, or intense self-criticism. AF-EMDR works at the neurological level to update these outdated survival blueprints. Calming Emotional Triggers: By processing the root memories behind your current triggers, your brain finally learns that the past danger is over, drastically reducing everyday anxiety and panic. Healing the Inner Critic: Chronic shame and feelings of being "broken" or "unlovable" are transformed into deep self-compassion and a stable sense of self-worth. Transforming Relationships: As your nervous system settles and your early relational wounds heal, you will find it easier to set boundaries, trust others, and build secure adult relationships. Somatic Release: Trauma is held in the body. AF-EMDR releases the physical tension, tightness, and chronic fatigue that often accompany C-PTSD. What to Expect in Sessions AF-EMDR is a paced, collaborative process where you remain entirely in control. We do not dive straight into your worst memories. 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