Mixed signals, inconsistent behavior, conflict that goes in circles: These struggles can plague couples who want nothing more than a healthy relationship. In the past few years, a growing awareness of ...

Attachment styles—the way we connect with other people—are generally developed as infants, and further refined as children, adolescents, and adults. Alongside anxious and avoidant attachment, ...

Everyone wants to have happy healthy relationships. We want them so badly, in fact, that many of us become obsessed with how to do them “right.” In recent years, attachment theory has become a useful ...

Welcome back to the second part of my series on disorganized attachment. In the first article, I explored how children with anxious, avoidant, and secure attachment styles each have predictable ...

Anxious, avoidant, and disorganized attachment styles tend to be rooted in a person's childhood, but they can cause problems once you're an adult. Westend61 via Getty Images Nicole Phillip, a ...

“Well, that’s because of your disorganized attachment style,” my then-therapist said while I relayed this inner tension to them. Like most people, I’d heard of attachment styles mostly through social ...

(CNN) — Do you identify as anxious, avoidant, disorganized or secure? For those who aren’t up on pop psychology vernacular, these terms refer to the four attachment styles. Attachment styles describe ...

If you're on the relationship-side of TikTok, you probably know about attachment theory. Developed by psychiatrist John Bowlby and psychologist Mary Ainsworth in the mid-twentieth century, the theory ...

Our relationships with our parents lay the foundation for our future connections with others, shaping the way we navigate emotional bonds well into adulthood. Attachment expert, author, and therapist ...

Reviewed by David Susman, PhD Key Takeaways Early bonds with caregivers shape future relationships and emotional ...

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