• Do you suffer from feelings of insecurity at your job or in your relationships?

• Are you too clingy in relationships or do you push people away?

• Do you avoid physical closeness with your child or partner?

• Does your anger or fear seem too intense for a given situation?

• Are you an adult who was adopted or who experienced abuse and/or neglect as a child?

• Is pressure from family, social media, or societal expectations to achieve success increasing your insecurity and stress?

• Are you experiencing “failure to launch,” such as difficulty becoming independent from parent(s)/guardian(s), establishing a career, or forming a long-term romantic relationship?

• Are you experiencing depression from feeling like you don’t belong or feeling alienated from your peers?

• Has the COVID lockdown caused or exacerbated social anxiety?

• If you are a college student, are growing concerns of internships, grad school, job hunting, and “the future” increasing your anxiety?

• Were you adopted or in the foster care system as a child?

• Did you experience abuse or neglect growing up?

• Is your child struggling with emotional or behavioral problems at home or in school?

• Is your child adopted?

• Do you have a child who:

  • Won‘t listen?

  • Has explosive and destructive tantrums or anger?

  • Has nightmares or other sleep issues?

  • Has eating difficulties (hoards food, eats too much, or too little)?

  • Has excessive fears, separation anxiety or extensive worries?

• Are you being triggered by reminders of frightening experiences,, such as car accidents, hurricanes or tornadoes, or sexual assault?

• Have you had an accident which is causing difficulty in regaining full mobility?

• Are you experiencing PTSD, anxiety or depression?

• Do you experience chronic pain from fibromyalgia, migraines or tension headaches?

Lynne Lyon is an EMDR Certified Therapist, EMDR Consultant in Training, and Certified in Attachment Focused Trauma Therapy for Adults (AFTT-A). If you are a clinician who has questions about attachment trauma for children, complex PTSD in adults or EMDR therapy, Lynne is available for phone or video consultation.