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 ...

Everyone enters a relationship with their own experiences, feelings and concerns. Which means everyone needs a little something different from their partner. For some, that might be constant ...

As a relationship and attachment scientist, couples therapist, and coach, I hear it all the time: “My partner is avoidant.” “The person I am dating is anxious.” “I think I am avoidant.” People come to ...

Attachment-based therapy is a type of talk therapy that may help a person manage attachment issues that began in childhood. This may help the person develop more secure attachments with others.

An attachment style is not a life sentence, it is simply a model through which to understand your relationship dynamics. And it is subject to change. A 2023 review article published in Social and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. Attachment injuries encompass a spectrum of experiences that ...