Learning about attachment styles is arguably one of the best ways to understand why you act the way you do in romantic ...

Dr. Sanam Hafeez is a New York City-based neuropsychologist and director of Comprehend the Mind, a psychological practice that treats learning disorders, anxiety, depression and other ...

Simply put, a securely attached adult is comfortable with intimacy and readily works to repair relationship issues. Anxiously attached people often worry about their partner’s capacity to love them ...

Early bonds with caregivers shape future relationships and emotional development. Consistent and responsive caregiving is essential for building secure attachments. Attachment theory is a ...

Attachment parenting puts the emphasis on bonding with your child, and parents who practice it are focused on making an ...

Attachment styles are relational styles, not verdicts. When labels turn rigid, they harm rather than heal—missing the fluid, relational, and changeable nature of attachment.

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 ...

One of the stereotypes about mental health therapy is that you’ll spend a lot of time talking about your parents or complaining about your past. While therapy definitely isn’t a one-size-fits-all ...

Dr. Shannon Curry, clinical psychologist and director of the Curry Psychology Group in Orange County, California, expanded on the basis for Bowlby’s attachment theory. “Bowlby recognized a pattern of ...

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.

How you interact with people as an adult can depend on the important relationships you had when you were young. If you didn’t get the support, care, love, and comfort you needed during childhood, you ...

Dr. Hafeez tells me that attachment parenting is a method of raising children that emphasizes building a close, trusting relationship: “It encourages parents to be physically close and emotionally ...