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Annie Wright

Annie Wright

@annie-wright · 12 positions

Licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) and executive coach; writes on relational trauma, family systems and therapy modalities including EMDR, schema therapy and EFT.

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1Schemas are unmet childhood needs turned into rules, and overcompensating for them costs the person

Our label. 5 claims in Annie Wright's own words.

Schema therapy was designed for entrenched patterns that do not respond well to traditional CBT.

  1. Annie Wright Licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) and executive coach It was specifically designed for clients who have deeply entrenched, chronic psychological patterns that do not respond well to traditional Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Schema Therapy for Driven Womenanniewright.com · 6 Apr 2026
    Their wordsIt was specifically designed for clients who have deeply entrenched, chronic psychological patterns that do not respond well to traditional Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).

    ↗Schema Therapy for Driven Womenanniewright.com

    6 Apr 2026

Schemas are the direct result of core emotional needs going unmet in childhood.

Mental modelEarly templates

  1. Annie Wright Licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) and executive coach Schemas do not appear out of nowhere. They’re the direct result of core emotional needs not being met in childhood. Schema Therapy for Driven Womenanniewright.com · 6 Apr 2026
    Their wordsSchemas do not appear out of nowhere. They’re the direct result of core emotional needs not being met in childhood.

    ↗Schema Therapy for Driven Womenanniewright.com

    6 Apr 2026

A schema is too rigid to be dismantled by logic alone, because it is a felt, somatic truth.

Mental modelEarly templates

  1. Annie Wright Licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) and executive coach Because schemas aren’t just thoughts; they’re deeply felt, somatic truths. Schema Therapy for Driven Womenanniewright.com · 6 Apr 2026
    Their wordsBecause schemas aren’t just thoughts; they’re deeply felt, somatic truths.

    ↗Schema Therapy for Driven Womenanniewright.com

    6 Apr 2026

Overcompensating for a schema works professionally and destroys the person internally.

  1. Annie Wright Licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) and executive coach The tragedy of overcompensation is that it works professionally, but it destroys you internally. Schema Therapy for Driven Womenanniewright.com · 6 Apr 2026
    Their wordsThe tragedy of overcompensation is that it works professionally, but it destroys you internally.

    ↗Schema Therapy for Driven Womenanniewright.com

    6 Apr 2026

In schema therapy the therapeutic relationship itself supplies the attunement that was missing in childhood.

  1. Annie Wright Licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) and executive coach And we use the therapeutic relationship itself (limited reparenting) to provide the emotional attunement that was missing in your childhood. Schema Therapy for Driven Womenanniewright.com · 6 Apr 2026
    Their wordsAnd we use the therapeutic relationship itself (limited reparenting) to provide the emotional attunement that was missing in your childhood.

    ↗Schema Therapy for Driven Womenanniewright.com

    6 Apr 2026

2EMDR does a specific job well, and works best inside a wider relationship

Our label. 4 claims in Annie Wright's own words.

EMDR works best inside a broader therapeutic relationship, not as a standalone protocol.

  1. Annie Wright Licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) and executive coach EMDR often accelerates the processing of specific memories inside a broader therapeutic relationship. I rarely run it as a standalone protocol without that container. EMDR vs Talk Therapyanniewright.com · 7 Apr 2026
    Their wordsEMDR often accelerates the processing of specific memories inside a broader therapeutic relationship. I rarely run it as a standalone protocol without that container.

    ↗EMDR vs Talk Therapyanniewright.com

    7 Apr 2026

EMDR targets specific memories well but is not built for identity work or building a life narrative.

  1. Annie Wright Licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) and executive coach EMDR targets specific memories well. It’s not designed to be the primary vehicle for identity work or the slower work of building a coherent life narrative. EMDR vs Talk Therapyanniewright.com · 7 Apr 2026
    Their wordsEMDR targets specific memories well. It’s not designed to be the primary vehicle for identity work or the slower work of building a coherent life narrative.

    ↗EMDR vs Talk Therapyanniewright.com

    7 Apr 2026

Talk therapy alone often cannot shift the felt, physiological charge of a stuck memory.

Mental modelWhat counts as evidence

  1. Annie Wright Licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) and executive coach Talk therapy alone often struggles to shift the felt, physiological charge of a stuck memory, even once the story is fully understood. EMDR vs Talk Therapyanniewright.com · 7 Apr 2026
    Their wordsTalk therapy alone often struggles to shift the felt, physiological charge of a stuck memory, even once the story is fully understood.

    ↗EMDR vs Talk Therapyanniewright.com

    7 Apr 2026

Treating talk therapy as the outdated modality and bilateral approaches as the real medicine is inaccurate.

  1. Annie Wright Licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) and executive coach That framing isn’t accurate, and it’s not what fifteen years in this field has taught me. EMDR vs Talk Therapyanniewright.com · 7 Apr 2026
    Their wordsThat framing isn’t accurate, and it’s not what fifteen years in this field has taught me.

    ↗EMDR vs Talk Therapyanniewright.com

    7 Apr 2026

3Couples fight about unmet attachment need, and are healed through vulnerability

Our label. 3 claims in Annie Wright's own words.

Couples are never really fighting about the dishes: the fight is where unmet attachment need surfaces.

Mental modelsAttachment patterns, The pursue-withdraw cycle

  1. Annie Wright Licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) and executive coach They’re not fighting about the dishes. They never are. Sue Johnson's Emotionally Focused Therapy: An Attachment Guideanniewright.com · 31 May 2026
    Their wordsThey’re not fighting about the dishes. They never are.

    ↗Sue Johnson's Emotionally Focused Therapy: An Attachment Guideanniewright.com

    31 May 2026

Relationships are healed through vulnerability, not optimised by strategy.

Mental modelThe pursue-withdraw cycle

  1. Annie Wright Licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) and executive coach Relationships aren’t optimized by strategy. They’re healed through vulnerability. Sue Johnson's Emotionally Focused Therapy: An Attachment Guideanniewright.com · 31 May 2026
    Their wordsRelationships aren’t optimized by strategy. They’re healed through vulnerability.

    ↗Sue Johnson's Emotionally Focused Therapy: An Attachment Guideanniewright.com

    31 May 2026

EFT's attachment framework is the most precise clinical map of what breaks and repairs intimate bonds.

Mental modelAttachment patterns

  1. Annie Wright Licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) and executive coach EFT’s attachment framework consistently provides the most precise clinical map for understanding what breaks and what repairs intimate bonds. Sue Johnson's Emotionally Focused Therapy: An Attachment Guideanniewright.com · 31 May 2026
    Their wordsEFT’s attachment framework consistently provides the most precise clinical map for understanding what breaks and what repairs intimate bonds.

    ↗Sue Johnson's Emotionally Focused Therapy: An Attachment Guideanniewright.com

    31 May 2026