be related to your attachment style, consider reaching out to a counselor for further information about attachment theory. These styles can change, and secure attachment may be in your future. An online therapist can equip you with tools to overcome your insecurities and work toward that ...
Fortunately, most people have a secure attachment, because it favors survival. It ensures that we’re safe and can help each other in a dangerous environment. It’s customary to feel anxious when we don’t know the whereabouts of our child or a loved one. It’s normal to worry during a...
A secure attachment style offers stable interpersonal dynamics. People with this attachment style tend to have a good sense of self-worth. They’re also comfortable with intimacy and closeness and have no trouble turning to others for support when needed. These individuals are likelier to trust o...
Secure attachment:When an individual has a secure attachment style, this means they are both able to give and receive love and affection. Anxious attachment:A person with anxious attachment will likely be anxious in all relationships. Even if they are in a healthy relationship, they may be afra...
Discover the transformative power of secure attachment bonds and how to identify and heal insecure patterns through actionable parenting advice.
Anxious-avoidant children become avoidant-dismissive adults. Anxious-ambivalent children become anxious-preoccupied adults. Disorganized children become fearful-avoidant adults. And secure children become secure adults. Which type of insecure attachment style do you resonate with the most? Vote to see other...
Attachment theory identifies four primary attachment styles that emerge from our earliest experiences and how we relate to others: Secure Attachment: You feel comfortable with closeness and trust, balancing independence withcollaboration. AnxiousAttachment: You crave connection butfear...
Discover a revolutionary approach to attachment theory that teaches readers how to heal their inner child to change their anxious, avoidant, or disorganized attachment style in relationships, friendships, at work, and home—perfect for readers of How to Do the Work, Polysecure, and Amir Levine’...
Anxious(Preoccupied) Avoidant(Dismissive) Disorganized Secure Each of those styles predisposes us to how we will view, approach, and experience sex. While secure attachment often correlates with a fulfilling sex life, the other three – categorized as insecure – often lead to more problems in inti...
Therapists outline the four different attachment styles—secure, anxious, avoidant, and fearful-avoidant—plus how to identify yours, cope, and change it.