Psychotherapy for Attachment, Rejection Sensitivity, and Relationships
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I work with individuals, couples, and families using attachment-informed therapy grounded in psychoanalytic and somatic approaches. Whether you're struggling with relationship patterns, attachment wounds, rejection sensitivity, or life transitions, I'm here to help you understand yourself more deeply and build relationships (with others and with yourself) that feel genuinely secure.
My doctoral research explored how understanding your own mind and others' minds—what research calls reflective functioning—protects against rejection sensitivity and relationship anxiety. That's the foundation of everything I do.
Couples Therapy
Struggling in your relationship? You keep having the same fight, or you've grown distant. You love your partner but feel stuck. I specialize in attachment-informed couples therapy grounded in research. Through deeper understanding of your patterns, you and your partner can break the cycle and build real connection.
What You’ll Work On:
Understand why you relate the way you do
See your partner clearly, separate from your own fears
Develop the mental clarity that protects your connection
Create lasting change that sticks
RATE: $350/session (60 minutes)
Attachment & Rejection Sensitivity
If you're stuck in painful relationship patterns—struggling with rejection sensitivity, attachment anxiety, or wounds from your past—this is for you. I specialize in helping adults understand why they keep repeating the same patterns and how to genuinely transform them.
What You’ll Work On:
Understand why these patterns developed
Develop reflective functioning—the capacity to see yourself and others clearly
Break free from rejection anxiety
Build secure relationships with others and with yourself
RATE: $250/session (60 minutes)
Individual Psychotherapy
Life transitions. Anxiety. Depression. Trauma. Identity questions. Working through family patterns. However you describe what brings you in, I offer integrative, attachment-informed therapy tailored to your needs.
I work with individuals around:
Anxiety and depression
Trauma and PTSD
Life transitions and major decisions
Identity exploration (LGBTQ+, neurodivergent)
Family and childhood wounds
Relationship patterns and communication
Perinatal mental health and postpartum support
RATE: $250/session (60 minutes)
Interested?
Insurance & Logistics
How To Get Started:
Insurance: I accept most major plans (Aetna, Anthem, Blue Cross, Cigna, UnitedHealthcare, and others). I can verify your coverage before your first appointment.
Cash Pay: Many clients prefer to pay out of pocket to avoid insurance hassles, prior authorizations, and session limits.
Format: Telehealth appointments (Nevada & Virginia)
First Step: Book an initial appointment to discuss which service best fits your needs. We'll talk about what brings you in, and I'll let you know if we're a good fit to work together.
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What Therapy with Me Looks Like
About My Approach:
This isn't homework, worksheets, or surface-level coping skills. This is deeper work. We explore the stories your nervous system learned early on. We examine how you read (and sometimes misread) others. We develop what research calls "mentalization"—the capacity to see yourself and others clearly, separate from your anxiety or rejection fears.
Therapy with me is:
Collaborative: You're not a diagnosis or a problem to fix
Grounded in curiosity: I genuinely want to understand who you are and where your patterns come from
Evidence-based: My approach is grounded in attachment theory, psychoanalytic therapy, and somatic work
Affirming: I work with LGBTQ+ folks, neurodivergent folks, and folks from marginalized communities. All identities and relationship structures are welcome.
Ready to understand yourself at a deeper level? The first step is easy.
Clinical Recommendations
“I have no hesitation in referring clients to Julia Catlin. I have experienced her gentleness and soft regard for others, making me feel safe sending hurt people to her for care and comfort. I know that Julia cannot give up on others who need her. Specifically, what I like most about Julia’s approach is the safe emotional space she offers, even to the most challenging people. She sees the vulnerability in others not just as valuable but as lovable, too.
She sees the tender and softer parts of others as vital parts they need to see and know to reach their potential and become their most authentic selves. For those less vulnerable, quiet, or even angry, Julia will lovingly challenge those parts and make it safe for her patients to be who they are to open their hearts for connection and healing.
Those who work with Julia clinically benefit from feeling accepted, safe, and understood so they can begin understanding the root cause of their pain and move beyond unhelpful methods of coping that inhibit growth and the development of relational security. Life can be challenging, and I’m grateful to have Julia as a friend and trusted colleague who makes it feel more loving and safe.”
Grace Orlick, MA, LCPC
“I’ve known Julia Catlin personally and professionally for 17 years. As a psychologist in practice for over 20 years, I strongly encouraged her early on to pursue a career in the helping professions. She was (and is) a natural. Julia has a passion for quality relationships, and she understands well the role they play in facilitating growth and development and in supporting the expansion of individual potential. Because of this, she is already well-trained and credentialed in several evidence-based interventions, assessing and treating clients from a trauma and attachment perspective. She is organized and professional, yet also charismatic, collaborative, and fun. She possesses confidence and a vulnerable yet timeless wisdom, a quality ideally suited to be “the hands” that support positive change with others. It therefore comes as no surprise to me that she is opening her own practice, and her chosen community of service will be better off as a result.”
Joel Rooney, Psy.D, Licensed Psychologist
“Over the past several years, I have had the opportunity to train alongside Julia and see her clinical skills flourish. Given her expertise in trauma-informed practices and dynamic and depth work, I would not hesitate to refer clients to Julia in the future. She is warm, nonjudgmental, and brings genuine curiosity and cultural humility into understanding the concerns of her clients.”
Tiffany Parisi, PhD, Psychological Assistant