OLD PATTERNS SHAPE HOW YOU CONNECT.
What keeps repeating started under pressure, unpredictability, or self-protection.
Immersive trauma & relationship therapy for individuals and couples
EMDR offered · In-person in Colorado Springs · Telehealth in CO & CA
THIS COULD LOOK LIKE
Composed on the outside. Disconnected on the inside.
Building an impressive life to keep the hard stuff buried.
Good at holding things together. Bad at feeling connected.
Calm in chaos, uneasy in calm.
Trusted by others. Unsure of yourself.
Wanting closeness. Pulling away when you get it.
Taking what you can get instead of being fully chosen.
Expecting less and calling it “realistic.”
Watching the same pattern repeat years later. Not knowing how to change it.
They’re responses that once helped you.
Now they keep you stuck.
For nearly two decades, I’ve seen how pressure and responsibility shape how people trust and connect—with themselves and in their closest relationships.
When old patterns get activated, it shows up in relationships first. That’s not a character issue. It’s learned protection—built under pressure.
I don’t do surface-level therapy. We get to the root of what keeps repeating—with you, and between you and the people who matter most.
I’m Kristin.
They say things like:
“I don’t like who I’m becoming.”
“I don’t feel close—to myself or anyone.”
“I hold it together everywhere else. Why not here?”
“We keep ending up in the same fight, and we don’t know why.”
If it was shaped under trauma and pressure, it won’t shift with insight alone.
Bring the hard parts—anger, regret, confusion, and the stuff you’ve been avoiding and say what you usually edit out.
That’s where we start.
Most people don’t come in asking for “trauma work”.
I do my best work with people who…
Are ready to do the work between sessions, not just in them.
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Are resistant, but want to be proven wrong.
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Persistent. They won’t accept, “This is just how it has to be.”
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Desire directness and transparency from a provider
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Want to change how they respond under stress, not just understand it.
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Ready to work at a faster pace than standard therapy.
SERVICES OFFERED
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Tell me what you’re hoping to work on, and. I’ll share how I can help.
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