In the follow up, Dugan and her team evaluated the attachment styles and relationship quality of the now-adult participants, ...

Our relationships with our parents lay the foundation for our future connections with others, shaping the way we navigate emotional bonds well into adulthood. Attachment expert, author, and therapist ...

A large new study reveals how early relationships with parents and friends influence how we relate to those closest to us in adulthood ...

In the field of psychology, attachment theory proposes that interpersonal experiences early in life should shape how people ...

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 three-year-old ...

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 ...

The way we connect with others as adults is often shaped by our earliest experiences with caregivers. From birth, a child seeks comfort, security and love, forming attachments that become the ...

Understanding how they form and still affect you to this day is key to breaking negative relationship patterns.

Why do we sometimes find it difficult to let go of painful relationships? Attachment Theory, formulated by British ...

An attachment wound is our bodies remembering what experiences felt safe or not,” explains Jessica Baum, a licensed therapist and the author of Anxiously Attached and Safe. “If we haven’t processed a ...

(THE CONVERSATION) 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 ...

Insecure Attachment in Children of Narcissists Children raised in narcissistic families face a terrible reality. From infancy forward, the people they rely on to meet their dependency needs for ...