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The 8 Best Books on Attachment Theory for Adults
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Annie Wright, LMFT

Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist · Relational Trauma Specialist · W.W. Norton Author

“Helping driven women finally feel as good as their résumé looks.”

Annie Wright is a licensed psychotherapist with 15,000+ clinical hours since 2013, EMDRIA-certified, and trained in IFS, EMDR, and somatic modalities. She works with ambitious and driven women recovering from relational and developmental trauma, including Silicon Valley leaders, physicians, attorneys, and entrepreneurs. Annie is the founder and former CEO of Evergreen Counseling, a multimillion-dollar trauma-informed therapy center she successfully exited. She is currently writing her first book, The Everything Years: Navigating the Pressure and Promise of Your Thirties, with W.W. Norton (2027).

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About the Author

Annie Wright, LMFT

LMFT · Relational Trauma Specialist · W.W. Norton Author

Helping driven women finally feel as good as their résumé looks.

Annie Wright is an EMDR-certified licensed psychotherapist and relational trauma specialist with over 15,000 clinical hours, and she's been in practice since 2013. Trained in EMDR, psychodynamic, and somatic modalities, she is licensed in 15 U.S. jurisdictions (California, Colorado (telehealth only), Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Florida, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Washington). Annie works with driven and ambitious women from relational trauma backgrounds, and everything she writes about is field-tested across thousands of clinical sessions. She is the founder and former CEO of Evergreen Counseling, a multimillion-dollar trauma-informed therapy center she built, scaled, and successfully exited, and is currently writing her first book, The Everything Years: Navigating the Pressure and Promise of Your Thirties, with W.W. Norton (2027). A regular contributor to Psychology Today, her expert commentary has appeared in USA Today, Forbes, Business Insider, Inc., NBC, and The Information.

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