If you feel insecure in your relationship, it is not necessarily because of an insecure attachment. It may instead be a ...

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 ...

Imagine a sudden rustle in the tall grass. A ripple of alarm passes through the group of early humans who live together amid ancient, rugged terrain. In the center of the encampment, a 3-year-old ...

Here are five clear lessons about closeness, distance, fear, repair and growth, the five crucial building blocks of ...

Do you have a friend who gets unusually emotional when you don’t text back quickly enough? Perhaps you’re the friend who’s ready to end a friendship when someone is ‘moving funny’ without stopping to ...

Attachment styles and their roles in our relationships have become widely discussed in psychological research and personal growth journeys. This growing interest makes perfect sense: How we attach to ...

Attachment styles are rooted in our families of origin: The ways our primary caregivers related to us in childhood have a direct correlation with how we relate to people when we enter adulthood. Part ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Or Dagan, Long Island University Post and Carlo Schuengel, Vrije Universiteit ...

In order to thrive, we are created with a deep-seated desire to experience love and connect with others. The more I am learning about attachment styles, the more I am convinced that learning to attach ...

It’s not that unusual to want people to be able to satisfy your needs for closeness. New research on attachment style and ...