About
A secure base to work from
We're a boutique practice in Boulder, working with couples, individuals, and families. Every clinician here works from an attachment-based orientation, with Emotionally Focused Therapy at the center of the practice.
Secure base is a term from attachment theory: the relationship steady enough that you can leave it, go do something hard, and come back to it. It's also the short version of what we believe. Most of what looks like a problem with a person is a pattern two people are stuck in, and a pattern is workable in a way a character flaw isn't.
That changes the room. If the trouble lives in the cycle rather than in one of you, nobody arrives as the defendant, and the hour stops being about who was right.
The work happens one moment at a time. A therapist slows down the exchange you know by heart and finds what was happening underneath it. Naming that changes what you can do with it, and you start to catch the pattern while you're still inside it.
You don't have to be in crisis to come in. Plenty of people book when things are mostly fine and one thing keeps going wrong. Everyone starts with a free 30-minute video call, and if we're not the right fit we'll tell you.
How we work
Attachment-based
Our earliest relationships shape how we connect, protect ourselves, and seek closeness. Understanding your attachment patterns is often the key that unlocks everything else.
Emotionally Focused
EFT goes beneath surface behaviors to the emotions underneath. When people can share what they actually feel, not just what they argue about, the dynamic shifts.
Systems-oriented
No person or relationship exists in isolation. We look at the larger patterns (family of origin, relational dynamics, cultural context) that shape what we bring to our closest relationships.
Who we work with
01Couples
↗Couples stuck in conflict cycles, disconnection, betrayal recovery, and couples wanting to build a stronger foundation.
Individuals
↗People working through relationship patterns, acute stressors, identity development and how their past shapes their present.
Families
↗Families navigating life transitions, conflict and disconnection, divorce, blended dynamics, and the moments that put everyone under strain.
Intensives
↗Couples, marriages, and families who want to do the work in one or two concentrated days, in person with Kate.
How we work
Who we work with
Attachment-based
Our earliest relationships shape how we connect, protect ourselves, and seek closeness. Understanding your attachment patterns is often the key that unlocks everything else.
Couples
↗Couples stuck in conflict cycles, disconnection, betrayal recovery, and couples wanting to build a stronger foundation.
Emotionally Focused
EFT goes beneath surface behaviors to the emotions underneath. When people can share what they actually feel, not just what they argue about, the dynamic shifts.
Individuals
↗People working through relationship patterns, acute stressors, identity development and how their past shapes their present.
Systems-oriented
No person or relationship exists in isolation. We look at the larger patterns (family of origin, relational dynamics, cultural context) that shape what we bring to our closest relationships.
Families
↗Families navigating life transitions, conflict and disconnection, divorce, blended dynamics, and the moments that put everyone under strain.
Ready to work
together?
Free, 30-minute video call. No commitment required.