Attachment-based therapy is a style of counseling that can be used to treat mood disorders, anxiety disorders, unresolved childhood trauma, and relationship issues. This approach aims to help people address and resolve past traumas and attachment wounds that stem from childhood. Attachment-based therapists believe that these issues are at the root of common psychological issues and relationship problems.

Attachment-based therapy is a style of trauma-informed therapy that is based on attachment theory, which focuses primarily on the role of early interactions between a child and their adult caregivers.

Poor attachment styles are strongly connected to trauma and oftentimes children and adolescents will turn to drugs and alcohol to cope with these problems. As a result, many children and adolescents will present with substance use disorders and mental health disorders when in reality these stem from unhealthy childhood attachments.

This model of therapy draws from attachment theory, family systems, emotion focused therapy for couples, and behavioral therapies like CBT and DBT. Attachment-based therapy can also be combined with couples or individual counseling for those who did not have their emotional needs met in childhood. It is a trauma-informed, process-oriented model designed to help people strengthen their relationships with themselves and others.