Therapists outline the four different attachment styles—secure, anxious, avoidant, and disorganized—plus how to identify ...

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True or false? There’s rarely a time where secure is the suboptimal option. Think about it: You want the mattress lassoed to the roof of your car to be secure before you vroom, vroom on home. You want ...

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In 2025, dating often feels like a pattern of small talk, love bombing, and ghosting. However, there's usually a deeper pattern behind the dating process: your attachment style. Attachment theory ...

Marie and her husband started seeing a couples therapist when the early years of parenthood put a strain on their marriage. Their two kids were 3 years and 4 months old, respectively, when COVID ...

Attachment styles are a popular way to understand how people experience relationships and why they might struggle to be ...

What we learn as children often seeps into how we behave as adults. One way this manifests is through the different adult attachment styles—which include secure, anxious, and avoidant styles—a ...

Your early experiences with your parents and caregivers influence your relationships later in life. It’s a statement that is often heard in psychology. It makes intuitive sense, but often we don’t ...