ABOUT the relationship coach

Hey I’m Annie. IFS Trained Relationship THERAPIST, & Relational Consultant. Here To HELP You CREATE & MAINTAIN Fulfilling Relationships.

You’re Not Alone

Annie Lavin | Creator of The Secure Relationship Method™

If relationships have left you feeling anxious, disconnected, emotionally overwhelmed, or stuck repeating the same painful patterns, you are not alone.

Many people spend years trying harder in relationships: communicating more, analysing more, giving more, accommodating more, yet still struggling to experience the safety, intimacy, and secure connection they deeply want.

The truth is, most relationship pain is not caused by a lack of love. It is driven by unconscious protective patterns formed through past relational experiences. Patterns that can leave us fearful of abandonment, emotionally shut down, reactive in conflict, disconnected from ourselves, or unable to fully trust and receive love.

I’m Annie Lavin, an IFS Trained Relationship Therapist, Master Coach, and creator of The Secure Relationship Method™. For over a decade, I’ve helped individuals and couples transform the deeper emotional patterns shaping how they relate, attach, communicate, and connect.

At the heart of my work is Internal Family Systems (IFS), a powerful therapeutic approach that understands we all have protective parts developed to help us survive emotional pain, rejection, shame, conflict, or disconnection. While these patterns once served a purpose, they can eventually become the very thing preventing the secure, connected relationships we long for.

The Secure Relationship Method™ was created to help clients work at the root of these patterns, not simply manage symptoms on the surface.

This is not endless talk therapy.
And it is not generic relationship advice.

It is a focused, transformational process designed to help you create meaningful relational change within a structured 12-week container. Through a blend of IFS, attachment-focused therapy, and practical relational work, clients begin to experience relationships differently, with more calm, clarity, trust, intimacy, and emotional safety.

This work supports:

  • individuals seeking healthier, more secure relationships

  • couples wanting deeper connection and lasting change

  • high-functioning professionals whose relational patterns affect confidence, wellbeing, or leadership

Because secure relationships do not come from becoming someone else.
They come from healing the parts of you that learned connection was unsafe.

If you are ready to stop repeating painful relational cycles and build relationships that feel secure, connected, and emotionally safe, this work can help you get there.

Ready to take the first step? Book your free consultation call today and let’s start creating the relationship and life you truly want.

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My QUALIFICATIONS

  • Psychology MSc (BPS, PSI approved)

  • Higher Diploma in Marriage & Relationship Counselling (Accredited Member of APCP)

  • IFS Trained (Level 1)

  • Diploma in Personal, Leadership and Executive Coaching (ICF, EMCC approved)

  • Certified Singles Relationship Coach (ICF, EMCC approved)

  • Post Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE)

  • EFT Trained (Emotional Freedom Technique/Tapping)

  • Specialism In Adoption-Related Issues

  • Kinsey Institute Researcher

 Ready to HEAL, GROW, & Cultivate SECURE, FULFILLING Relationships?