These early experiences unconsciously lay the groundwork for how we approach intimacy, resulting in secure, anxious, avoidant ...

Four core attachment styles exist, and today we’re zeroing in specifically on avoidant attachment. Whether you’re simply ...

Discover how your attachment style influences your communication patterns, from casual conversations to intense emotional ...

Paradoxically, some people cheat not because they feel disconnected, but because they feel too connected. For individuals ...

There are four types of attachment: secure, anxious, avoidant, and fearful-avoidant, or “disorganized” attachment. A person’s attachment style is formed in their infancy and, while it can ...

The way we connect with others as adults is often shaped by our earliest experiences with caregivers. From birth, a child ...

The concept first came to prominence in 2010 courtesy of the bestselling book, Attached: Are you Anxious, Avoidant or Secure? How the science of adult attachment can help you find – and keep ...

Anxious Attachment Style Anxious attachment involves a fear of abandonment and seeking constant reassurance, often stemming ...

Back in the ’50s, psychologists John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth developed a theory that all people have one of four general attachment styles: secure, anxious, avoidant, and disorganized. The original ...