Dino Vicencio (he/him)

High-functioning adults often look capable on the outside but feel completely exhausted on the inside. I specialize in treating burnout among deep thinkers, those who grew up with familial pressure to succeed, or who wrestle with "imposter syndrome." we use depth therapy to untangle the root causes of why you feel the need to constantly perform, adapt, and intellectualize your emotions.

My clinical approach is Attachment-Oriented Relational Psychodynamic therapy to help clients safely explore root attachment wounds. This is paramount for individuals recovering from toxic dynamics who feel they are repeating the same painful script. I help you break "trauma bonds," untangle deep-seated "confusion, shame, and self-blame," and rebuild a secure sense of self so you can relate to others honestly and "restore your inner compass."

I specialize in complex relational trauma, particularly the covert emotional abuse that leaves you constantly "walking on eggshells" and experiencing "emotional whiplash". Because standard cognitive reframing can often mimic the "gaslighting" you survived, I avoid pathologizing jargon. Instead, I use Mentalization-Based Therapy (MBT) to uninstall the "malware" of emotional abuse, helping you rebuild your capacity to trust your own perceptions and reality.

My clinical approach is Attachment-Oriented Relational Psychodynamic therapy to help clients safely explore root attachment wounds. This is paramount for individuals recovering from toxic dynamics who feel they are repeating the same painful script. I help you break "trauma bonds," untangle deep-seated "confusion, shame, and self-blame," and rebuild a secure sense of self so you can relate to others honestly and "restore your inner compass."

I specialize in complex relational trauma, particularly the covert emotional abuse that leaves you constantly "walking on eggshells" and experiencing "emotional whiplash". Because standard cognitive reframing can often mimic the "gaslighting" you survived, I avoid pathologizing jargon. Instead, I use Mentalization-Based Therapy (MBT) to uninstall the "malware" of emotional abuse, helping you rebuild your capacity to trust your own perceptions and reality.

Attachment is central to my clinical identity and shows up across my work with trauma, emotional abuse recovery, burnout, and relationship patterns. My approach is explicitly Attachment-Oriented Relational Psychodynamic and Mentalization-Based Therapy, with attention to how clients experience themselves and others in relationships.

My psychoanalytic foundation includes a Postgraduate Certificate in Psychoanalysis, formal psychodynamic training through the Institute of Psychoanalysis, and ongoing study of major psychoanalytic texts. I use psychoanalytic thinking clinically to understand unconscious conflict, repetition, early relational experience, defenses, transference, and the meanings beneath symptoms.

My expertise in psychodynamic therapy comes from completing a one-year Foundations of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy course through the Institute of Psychoanalysis, ongoing clinical supervision and training, and my use of psychodynamic case formulation with adult clients. My work focuses on defenses, relational patterns, affect, shame, grief, and unconscious repetition.