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Center for Attachment & Trauma Services

Gainesville, VA 20155
Attachment/Relational TraumaParentingDual Diagnosis

About

The Center for Attachment & Trauma Services (CATS) is a nonprofit therapy center supporting individuals, families, and communities in healing the impact of trauma and strengthening the bonds that help us thrive—from the earliest days of life through every stage of growth. Located in Burke and Gainesville, Virginia, CATS provides relationship-focused therapy that honors each client’s unique story and nervous system. They specialize in the art and science of safety and connection, supporting individuals, couples, and families navigating attachment and developmental trauma, adoption, neurodivergence, early loss, and intergenerational stress—offering proven, body-based and relational approaches that create lasting healing.

About the team: CATS is led by Mary Owen Kerrigan, MSW, LCSW, who has over thirty years of experience working with families as a child and family psychotherapist. She is the founder of CATS and has been instrumental in developing the organization's approach to attachment and trauma work.
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Sessions are $180 Per Session. Ask about sliding-scale fees if you're paying out of pocket.

Services & specialties

Attachment and Relational Trauma

CATS supports clients in identifying and healing insecure, avoidant, ambivalent, or disorganized attachment patterns, trust, safety, and regulation challenges, and nervous system dysregulation rooted in in-utero exposure to substances or stress, and early experiences of abuse and neglect.

Parenting

CATS provides guidance and practical support to parents looking to build healthy attachments with their children, addressing intergenerational trauma, and promoting awareness through education.

Dual Diagnosis

CATS offers therapy for individuals with dual diagnoses, addressing both mental health and neurodevelopmental conditions such as ADHD, Autism, and FASD.

Attachment/Relational TraumaParentingDual Diagnosis

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