What best describes your childhood?
Possible results
General talk therapy
This may fit if your childhood was mostly happy and your main struggle is current stress, decisions, anxiety, or big life moments.
Somatic therapy
This may fit if stress makes you shut down, avoid things, scroll, sleep too much, or feel stuck.
EMDR
This may fit if parts of your past feel blocked out, intense, or still active in your life.
IFS
This may fit if you do not remember much of childhood, overthink everything, feel shame, or learned early to be easy, good, or low-maintenance.
Attachment-based therapy
This may fit if your biggest pain shows up in relationships, closeness, distance, rejection, or fear of being left.
FAQ
What type of therapy should I try first?
If you are new to therapy, start by thinking about what feels hardest right now. Current stress may fit general talk therapy. Shutdown, overthinking, or feeling stuck may fit somatic therapy. Trauma triggers may fit EMDR. Unwanted thoughts or behaviors that feel hard to change may fit IFS. Relationship anxiety may fit attachment-based therapy.
What are therapy modalities?
Therapy modalities are different ways therapists help people. Some focus on talking through problems, some focus on the body, some focus on trauma memories, and some focus on relationship patterns or different parts of you.
What is general talk therapy?
General talk therapy gives you a steady place to talk through stress, feelings, decisions, anxiety, or big life changes with a therapist. It can help you understand what is happening and choose clearer next steps.
What is somatic therapy?
Somatic therapy can be helpful for overthinkers, people who feel stuck, or people who talk about feelings without feeling better. Trauma and stress are often stored in the body, so somatic therapy helps you process feelings through body awareness and slowly get unstuck.
What is EMDR therapy?
EMDR is a trauma-focused therapy that helps old memories and triggers feel less overwhelming. It should be done with a trained therapist, especially if trauma feels intense or unsafe.
What is IFS therapy?
IFS stands for Internal Family Systems. It can help you untangle unwanted behaviors or thoughts by looking at them as “parts” of you, like the part that overthinks, people-pleases, shuts down, feels shame, or tries to protect you.
What is attachment-based therapy?
Attachment-based therapy helps you understand patterns in closeness, rejection, panic, pulling away, chasing, shutting down, or choosing unavailable people. It can help you build more secure ways to connect.
Can this quiz tell me what therapy I need?
No. This quiz is for reflection only, not diagnosis. A trained therapist can help you decide what kind of care fits your situation.
How can Attached help?
Attached is loved by experts and rated highly on both the App Store and Google Play. It can help you notice your patterns, understand your emotional reactions, and practice healthier ways to respond between therapy sessions. It does not replace therapy, but it can give you daily support for relationship anxiety, self-reflection, and emotional growth.