Dr. Jenna Holden (she)

Our ability to connect to others (making new connections and maintaining connection) and the way we feel about ourselves can be directly linked to early experiences of relationships. By exploring our early experiences, we can differentiate and encourage the patterns that build connection, and eliminate the ones that block it. There is a negative core belief that is triggered in our confrontations with others, and attachment work can reveal these so you can attack the problem, not the person.

At times, our anxious thoughts can feel like "follow the bouncing ball." Once you get over one, another target appears. That is what happens when you only address the symptom of anxiety, and not the root. Together, we can practice breaking down these anxious thoughts and feelings, setting you up to be able to dismantle them on your own as they arise. More importantly, we will explore the underlying roots of your anxious thinking to reduce these experiences from coming up in the first place.

One of the most damaging traumas a person can experience is the violation of human connection. Understanding our patterns and repairing our relationships can lead to leaps and bounds in our interpersonal connections and our own personal growth. When we feel understood by our partner and can count on them to respond to our needs, we create a healing connectedness and necessary sense of safety and security.

Attachment therapy relates our early relationship experiences with what’s happening in our current life. The dynamics of our bond with our primary attachment figures eventually shape how we value ourselves, how we see the world, and how we relate to others. Our attachment style affects our relationships with our partners, friends, family, and self. This part of the work focuses on exploring these emotional implications from the past so you can better understand and change the present.

EMDR is an integrative approach involving the reprocessing of traumatic memories on a neurological level to treat a variety of presenting problems, including panic attacks, complicated grief, disturbing memories, phobias, pain disorders, performance anxiety, general anxiety, PTSD, stress reduction, emotional and physical abuse, body image issues, anger-management, and more.

In EFT, we explore the patterns in your relationship that aren't working for you, create a more secure bond, and increase trust to move the relationship in a healthier, more positive direction. EFT techniques are helpful outside of couples work as well, and can be used to improve interpersonal relationships (i.e., building/maintaining friendships and workplace interactions), family dynamics, empathetic understanding, and communication skills.