Attachment Therapist for Women and Moms in Fort Worth & Texas
Live with more authenticity and freedom to be yourself.
Grow a deeper relationship with yourself and create more fulfilling relationships with others. I’m an attachment therapist for women and moms in Texas. Walk and talk therapy is available in Fort Worth, Texas and online therapy is available across Texas.
How An Attachment Therapist Can Help
What would it feel like to be at rest when someone is upset with you? Or to feel confident trusting your gut?
Maybe you continue to feel mom guilt or overwhelm from motherhood in general. Or maybe you feel stuck repeating relationship cycles and struggle to find your voice. You might find yourself as an empty nester unsure who you are now in this new season of life. Knowing who you are and feeling confident in that is hard work.
As women, it can be common to have a lot of identities placed on you and little space for you to define that for yourself. Therapy is a safe place to explore what you’re struggling with and gain the clarity and grounding to know who you are and stop apologizing for it.
Attachment therapy starts by helping you build a stronger relationship to yourself. One where compassion, understanding, and trust are built. From there, you’ll be able to live more authentically in your life and relationships.
You deserve to be seen, understood, and known exactly as you are.
Erica Joosten
LPC-A, Therapist for Women & Moms
Together, we’ll create a space you can be honest and release what you’ve been holding alone.
I'm a licensed therapist based in Fort Worth, Texas. I work with women and moms across Texas via telehealth, and for those local to Fort Worth, I offer walk and talk sessions for clients who do their best thinking when they're moving.
My work is informed by relational and attachment-based approaches, that value how connection shapes and transforms us. Along with that I believe your body holds wisdom your mind hasn't caught up to yet and I pay attention to both.
I became a therapist because I believe that being truly seen and understood by another person changes something fundamental in how you see yourself. That's not just a theory to me. It's what I've watched happen, again and again.
I believe that the relationship between us is part of the work, not just the setting for it. Most of our deepest wounds happened inside relationships. A lot of our healing can happen there too.
What is an Attachment Therapist?
An attachment therapist knows that the relationships you have early in life teach you what to expect from all the relationships that follow. This includes how you relate to yourself and others. If you didn’t grow up feeling secure, consistently seen, and safe to need things from the people around you, you likely carry that into adulthood. It is possible to heal your attachment style from and grow secure attachment. Our work together can help you get there. These are the four types of attachment:
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You felt safe to need things from the people around you, and they showed up consistently. As an adult, you're generally comfortable with closeness and can navigate conflict without feeling like the relationship is falling apart.
This is the pattern we're working toward, not because it means life is easy, but because it means you trust yourself and others enough to stay present through the hard parts.
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You learned early that connection was inconsistent, so you developed a heightened sensitivity to any sign that someone might pull away.
In relationships, this can look like needing a lot of reassurance, difficulty trusting that things are okay, or feeling like you're always one wrong move away from losing someone. The anxiety isn't irrational. It made perfect sense once.
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You learned that needing people wasn't safe or useful, so you became self-sufficient. In adulthood, closeness can feel uncomfortable, vulnerability feels risky, and you may pull away just when a relationship is getting real.
Independence became your protection, and it worked. It just also keeps people at a distance.
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This often develops if you felt fear in the presence of your caregiver.
You wanted connection and feared it at the same time, usually because the people you needed were also the people who hurt you. This can make relationships feel chaotic or confusing.
You may find yourself drawn to people who aren't good for you, or pushing away the ones who are. This pattern is the most complex, and also the one that responds most powerfully to consistent, trustworthy therapeutic relationship.
Understanding your patterns intellectually only goes so far. What actually changes them is experiencing a relationship that works differently, consistently, over time. That’s where attachment therapy comes in.
The Women I Work With Are Often Navigating:
Feeling like they've lost themselves in their roles as a mom, partner, or caregiver.
Repeating patterns in relationships they can't seem to break.
Questioning beliefs they've held their whole lives and not knowing what to do with that.
Anger, loneliness, or general feeling that something is off.
Family dynamics that need an outside perspective.
Wanting to be a different kind of parent than they're currently being.
My Core Values as a Therapist
Curiosity
I listen to your experience with compassion and curiosity. Your messiness is welcome here and will be met without criticism or shaming.
Empowerment
Your experience and voice matters. I want you to leave our time feeling empowered to listen to yourself and show up in life and relationships more authentically.
Authenticity
Feeling safe enough to be authentic and honest is core to healing. Together we will create a space you can bring all of your feelings without judgement.
Education & Licensing
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Bachelor of Science in Nursing, University of Oklahoma
Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology, The Seattle School
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Licensed Professional Counselor in Texas
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You have inner wisdom inside of you, you just need a safe enough space for that to be listened to.
Are you ready to take the next step? Book a free consultation to get started.