Attachment & Relationship Therapy for Individuals
Romantic, family, friendship, and work relationships.
Michael Myette, LCSW
Does something feel off in the way you connect with your partner, parent, colleague, or even your child?
Do you find yourself caught in recurring patterns of conflict, emotional distance, mistrust, or unclear boundaries?
Do those patterns leave you feeling drained, confused, or stuck?
The way you relate to others shapes so much of your emotional world.
I help you understand the attachment patterns that shape how you connect with others and why certain dynamics around closeness, conflict, trust, and emotional distance keep repeating in your relationships.
Helping High-Performing Adults Understand and Change Relationship Patterns
You May Be Looking for Help With:
Attachment and recurring relationship patterns
Difficulty with closeness, emotional distance, rejection, abandonment, or trust.Dating and romantic relationships
Conflict, uncertainty, breakups, intimacy, communication, and repeating unhealthy dynamics.Family dynamics
Relationships with parents, children, siblings, and longstanding family roles or patterns.Friendships and changing relationships
Ruptures, disconnection, loss, boundaries, and relationships that have become difficult to navigate.Workplace and professional relationships
Conflict with colleagues, managers, teams, leadership dynamics, communication, and boundaries at work.Communication, boundaries, trust, and emotional intimacy
Understanding your needs, expressing them more effectively, and developing healthier ways of connecting.
“The Best Time To Start Therapy Is As Soon As You’re Thinking About It”
Believing that healthy relationships should feel easy all the time sets people up for disappointment.
In reality, meaningful connection takes intention, reflection, and support- which is exactly what my therapy provides.
In relationship therapy I draw from:
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helps us understand how your early relationships and attachment experiences shaped the way you navigate closeness, trust, conflict, and emotional needs today.
We’ll gently explore these deeper layers to bring clarity and freedom to your current connections.
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Item Helps you understand the different parts of yourself that developed to protect you from pain, fear, rejection, or overwhelm. We approach these parts with curiosity and compassion so you can understand what they are trying to do and respond with greater flexibility and self-awareness.
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helps you notice the thought patterns that shape your relationships, like assumptions, self-doubt, or black-and-white thinking, and shift them into something more helpful and true.
When your thinking softens, so do your interactions.
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bring attention to what your body is trying to tell you in relationships, such as the clench in your jaw during conflict or the way you brace before asking for something you need.
Learning to tune into these signals helps you respond instead of react.
This isn’t just fixing one relationship.
It’s about understanding yourself, your triggers, your needs, your patterns, so you can build better relationships moving forward.
How Relationship- Focused Therapy Can Help
My approach is compassionate, down to earth, and direct. We’ll work together to understand things like:
“Why do I keep ending up in the same relationship patterns?”
You may notice similar dynamics showing up with partners, friends, family, or colleagues. Maybe you take on too much responsibility, avoid conflict, shut down, or find yourself repeatedly feeling misunderstood or disconnected. We’ll identify these patterns, understand what drives them, and work toward more intentional ways of relating.“I don’t know how to say what I need without starting a fight.” Expressing needs, setting boundaries, or navigating conflict can be difficult, especially when those skills were never modeled or when speaking up once carried consequences. We’ll explore how you learned to communicate, what happens when tension rises, and how to express yourself more clearly and effectively.
“Why does it seem my past still affects my relationships today?” Old wounds will show up in present-day relationships, even if you thought you’d moved on. Maybe you find it hard to trust, or you brace for rejection even when things seem okay. We’ll make sense of those connections from the past so they stop calling the shots in your life today.
Relationship Therapy for Individuals
You don’t need to attend therapy with a partner to work meaningfully on your relationships. Individual therapy can help you understand your attachment patterns, recognize recurring dynamics, and make intentional changes in how you connect with others.
We’ll look at how earlier relationships and attachment experiences show up in your relationships today, including how you communicate, respond to closeness and conflict, set boundaries, and express your needs. From there, we work on changing the patterns that continue to get in the way.
About Michael Myette,
LCSW
I provide individual therapy in-person in Tiburon, Marin County, and online throughout California.
I'm a licensed clinical social worker, originally from Vermont and now based in the Bay Area. I’ve worked in private practice, community mental health, and public health for nearly two decades. I’ve worked with people from all walks of life, helping them improve & show up more fully in their relationships and thus their own lives.
Outside of work, I prioritize balance: sunshine, cold plunges, time with loved ones, and hitting the tennis court.
Credentials
University of California, Berkeley
St. Michael’s College
Certifications
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), California
Therapy Training
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT)
Somatic Therapy
Mindfulness Based Approaches
Internal Family Systems (IFS) - Parts Work
Getting Started
1. REACH OUT
Fill out the contact form. I personally respond to every message within one business day.
2. CONNECT
We'll schedule a free 20-minute call to get acquainted, answer your questions, and see if we would be good fit.
3. BEGIN
We get to work — your first session is about understanding “why now”, clarifying your goals, and building a foundation plan for real, lasting change.