Dr. Ibbie Aro
THE ATTACHMENT DOC
Understand your patterns. Change how you respond. Build more secure relationships.
Attachment coaching for people who are tired of understanding themselves but still ending up in the same relationship cycles.
You know you overthink.
You know you people-please.
You know you shut down, chase, withdraw, or second-guess yourself.
But knowing why you do something doesn't always make it easier to do something different.
This is where coaching comes in.
Coaching helps you take what you understand about yourself and actually apply it in dating, relationships, boundaries, communication, and the messy moments when you're activated.
1 Understand
What's happening and why.
2 Interrupt
Recognize the pattern while it's happening and create space between what you feel and what to do differently in real time.
3 Respond
Build patterns that feel more secure, so you can start responding instead of reacting.
What we work on
Your Core Wounds
Understand the deeper fears and beliefs driving your relationship patterns.
Figure out what you actually need in relationships and learn to communicate those needs.
Your Needs
Your Emotional Patterns
Recognize what happens when you're triggered and learn to respond differently.
Your Boundaries
Know what you're okay with, what you're not, and how to hold your boundaries without guilt.
Your Communication Patterns
Understand how you communicate under stress and practice more secure ways of expressing yourself.
Your Behaviors
Identify the things you do automatically—chasing, withdrawing, people-pleasing, shutting down, overthinking—and create new options.
We don't just talk about your attachment style. We work with the patterns that actually show up in your life.
Hiiii! I’m Dr. Ibbie,
The Attachment Doc, and I’m so glad you’re here.
I'm a Licensed Professional Counselor in Georgia and Florida, social psychologist, relationship coach, and attachment nerd who is fascinated by why we connect the way we do, and why knowing our patterns doesn't always make them easy to change.
I created The Attachment Doc to help people take attachment theory out of the textbook and into real life.
Because you can understand why you overthink, chase, withdraw, people-please, or shut down...
and still have no idea what to do when you're actually in the moment.
That's the work I love.
You might be my kind of person if…
You understand your patterns but keep repeating them.
You overthink, people-please, withdraw, or chase connection.
You want healthier relationships without losing yourself in them.
You're ready to move from insight → action.
Ready to work on your patterns?
1:1 Attachment Coaching Session
Personalized coaching for the relationship patterns you're navigating right now.
The 12-Week Attachment Program
A structured coaching experience designed to help you understand your attachment patterns and practice new ways of relating over time.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Attachment coaching helps you understand the relationship patterns that keep showing up—and, more importantly, practice responding differently.
We’ll look at the thoughts, emotions, needs, boundaries, communication patterns, and behaviors that shape how you relate to yourself and other people. The goal isn't just to understand your attachment style. It's to create more choice in how you respond.
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Therapy and coaching can overlap in some areas, but they have different purposes.
Therapy can help address mental health concerns, past experiences, and psychological symptoms. Coaching is generally more present- and future-focused, helping you work toward specific goals and make changes in the patterns showing up in your relationships.
If you're unsure which is the right fit, we can talk about that before you get started.
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Nope.
You don't need to know your attachment style—or have taken every attachment quiz on the internet. 😂
We'll figure out what patterns are showing up together. And if you already know your attachment style, great. We can start there and go deeper.
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We start with what's happening in your real life.
Maybe you're spiraling after a text, struggling to set a boundary, confused about a relationship, shutting down during conflict, or noticing that you keep repeating the same pattern.
We'll unpack what's happening, identify the pattern underneath it, and explore what you can do differently.
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Absolutely.
In fact, your current relationship can give us plenty to work with.
You don't have to wait until a relationship ends—or until things become “bad enough”—to work on how you communicate, respond to conflict, set boundaries, navigate closeness and distance, or stay connected to yourself.
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Absolutely. You don't need to be in a relationship to work on your attachment patterns.
In fact, being single can be a great time to build awareness around how you relate to yourself, what you need from relationships, and the patterns you tend to bring into dating.
We can work on things like choosing partners who are a better fit, navigating uncertainty while dating, managing overthinking and anxiety, setting boundaries, communicating your needs, and staying connected to yourself as you get to know someone.
The goal isn't to become “perfectly secure” before you date.
It's to feel more confident in how you show up when connection starts to matter.