Labels like anxious or avoidant are everywhere. Learn what attachment actually is and how to use it to strengthen your ...

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 ...

Wendy Bianchini, a therapist in Bozeman, Mont., said “Secure Love” helped her clients make sense of their attachment patterns ...

Nicole McDermott has worked in the creative content space for the last decade as a writer, editor and director. Her work has been featured on TIME Healthland, Prevention, Shape, USA Today, HuffPost, ...

If relationship anxiety or an argument with a partner has ever brought up childhood trauma—say, distressing treatment from a parent or a time you felt abandoned—you’re not alone, and you likely have ...

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

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 ...

According to love coach Jianny Adamo, LMHC, attachment styles refer to the way we react to and get our need for connection met. Shaped by our earliest bonds with primary caregivers, there may be a ...

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 ...

What is your interpersonal attachment style, and how might it affect your relationship? Based on the works of Bartholomew and Horowitz, etc., there are four adult attachment styles: Secure, ...