Learning how to heal from emotional abuse starts with understanding what sustained harm did to your nervous system, and why recovery is not linear. A therapist with 16+ years of experience walks you through the stages of healing, rebuilding self-trust, and knowing when you’re ready for love again.
Seventy to eighty percent of couples are some version of the anxious avoidant relationship. Here is why this pairing happens, what the Waltz of Pain actually looks like, and how to break the cycle together.
The real reasons relationships fail have nothing to do with communication skills or compatibility. After 16 years of couples therapy, here’s what actually destroys the bond, and when it can still be saved.
Disorganized attachment is the collapse of strategy, when the person who was supposed to be your safe harbor was also the storm. Learn about its childhood origins, neurological signature, and the specific healing path that makes lasting love possible.
Watch: Figs O’Sullivan, LMFT explains this. If you’re reading this, I’m guessing something shifted. Maybe
Feeling distant from the person you love? Learn how to reconnect with your partner through nervous system science, co-regulation practices, and repair rituals that actually work. By Figs O’Sullivan, LMFT.
If you and your partner keep having the same fight, unresolved childhood trauma may be running the show. Learn how the nervous system time-travels during conflict, why two younger selves collide inside adult bodies, and what actually heals the wound.
If you keep ending up with narcissists, the problem might not be your picker. After 16 years of couples therapy, here’s what’s actually driving the pattern, and how to break it for good.
Relationships in Your 40s: The Decade You Finally Have Enough Data Here is what nobody
Love languages are a starting point, not a solution. After 16 years working with couples, here’s what actually matters more than knowing your partner’s love language: co-regulation, repair, and the real proof of work that builds a secure bond.
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