Kyrie Sedano (She/Her)

Perhaps you experienced a disruption in attachment with a primary caregiver, perhaps you could not rely on consistent support from the adults you loved, or perhaps dysfunctional multigenerational patterns prevented a development of healthy attachment bonds. If you choose to follow this yearning to repair a dysfunctional attachment style, we can work together to support your development of a secure attachment style within individual or couples therapy.

Your cultural identity is unique. Culturally sensitive therapy means I make no assumptions about you. Instead, you inform your unique cultural identity. Culture is not the same as ethnicity; ethnicity may inform parts of a person’s cultural perspective, but these are not interchangeable concepts. Culture can also include: spirituality and religious beliefs, having lived in different countries or regions of the US, and perspectives from employment institutions or educational background.

Your cultural identity is unique. Culturally sensitive therapy means I make no assumptions about you. Instead, you inform your unique cultural identity. Culture is not the same as ethnicity; ethnicity may inform parts of a person’s cultural perspective, but these are not interchangeable concepts. Culture can also include: spirituality and religious beliefs, having lived in different countries or regions of the US, and perspectives from employment institutions or educational background.

Trauma-informed therapy integrates multiple evidenced based theories to form an effective mental health treatment to address emotional wounds and trauma, both directly experienced and from multigenerational cycles. As a trauma-informed therapist, I obtain your consent throughout treatment. I endeavor to meet you wherever you are along your healing journey and consistently model the unconditional acceptance I know you can hold for yourself.

The want for true intimacy from secure attachment can show up in a relationship or when single. I provide space for your reparative attachment experience coupled with unconditional positive regard. I utilize the trust we build in our therapeutic relationship, your unique, identified internal resources, and my various clinical trainings in attachment based therapies to address attachment and intimacy concern

Intergenerational Trauma Therapy can help with: -Resolving limiting beliefs about what you are worth and ‘imposter syndrome’ -Challenging ‘people pleasing’ tendencies and setting boundaries -Stopping codependency, learning authentic connection and secure attachment -Trusting yourself and learning how, and when it’s safe, to trust others -Listening to your truest self instead of fears from the past -Shifting to an abundant mindset from the scarcity mindset you inherited

We will start with understanding how sensitivity presents in you using established research about the four characteristics of Highly Sensitive Peoples (HSPs): Depth of Processing, Overstimulation, Empathy, and Sensing the Subtle. Together, we will then begin to see the value of your sensitivity, how sensitivity could enrich and benefit your life and, finally, we will embrace this trait as a beloved wisdom to be celebrated and protected.

The want for true intimacy from a secure attachment can show up whenever you are on the spectrum from being in a relationship to fully single. I provide a compassionate space to begin healing the wounds from shame and beginning to have fulfilling relationships. I utilize the trust we build in our therapeutic relationship, your unique, identified internal resources, and my various clinical trainings in attachment based therapies to address relationship issues.

Anxious thinking might have been valuable to you as a survival tool but it is hurting you now, exhausting you, and keeping you from peace. Overwhelming worries can often be rooted in self-protection. You deserve personalized therapy to help you understand how your worried thinking cycle presents, functions, and can be used for your benefit. Together we will work to honor its intention to protect and we will collaborate to develop alternate, compassionate ways to meet your needs.