How to Break Free From Painful Relationship Patterns | Jessica Baum

About this episode

Jessica Baum discusses how childhood attachment wounds influence adult relationship choices and the importance of safe relationships in healing.

Jessica Baum, LMHC is a licensed psychotherapist whose journey began with a lifelong curiosity about the “Whys” of life: why we feel, connect, and experience the world the way we do. This passion led her to specialize in trauma, attachment theory, and interpersonal neurobiology. Jessica believes that connection to ourselves and others is at the heart of healing, and she uses a range of modalities to help individuals and couples return to wholeness. She is the founder of the Relationship Institute of Palm Beach, a private group practice, and she leads the Conscious Relationship Group, a global coaching company offering support to clients worldwide. Jessica is a certified addiction specialist and Imago couples therapist with advanced training in EMDR, experiential therapy, CBT, and DBT. Today on the show we discuss why people keep choosing familiar partners instead of healthy ones, how childhood attachment wounds can shape adult dating patterns, why anxious and avoidant attachment get misunderstood and overused, how intensity can be mistaken for intimacy, why true safety in a relationship can feel boring or uncomfortable at first, and how healing happens through safe “anchor”…

People in this episode

Host: Doug Bopst

Guest: Jessica Baum

Topics covered

• relationship patterns
• attachment theory
• trauma
• healing
• intimacy
• couples therapy

Keywords

• relationship patterns
• attachment theory
• trauma
• healing
• intimacy
• couples therapy
• anxiety
• avoidance

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Relationship Institute of Palm Beach, Conscious Relationship Group

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