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 ...

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.

Attachment theory is almost everywhere. In magazines and books, in the news, on social media and in our conversations with each other. But some of the most important features of attachment theory are ...

Relationships are under the microscope, and we’re turning to psychology to find out why. But is it useful to apply academic theories to everyday dating? Perhaps it’s just a case of seeing something ...

"They fuck you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they do. They fill you with the faults they had. And add some extra, just for you." These are the words of poet Philip Larkin, penned in ...

As Valentine's Day approaches, restaurant bookings fill up and couples exchange cards, flowers, and carefully chosen gifts. For some, it's a day of closeness and connection. For others, it can bring ...

Last year, Tara, 27, an account manager from Chicago, thought she had found a near-perfect match on the dating app Hinge. “The [first] date was a marathon,” Tara says. “We got dinner at this sushi ...

Source: Kimbell Art Museum, The Madonna and Child with a Female Saint and the Infant Saint John, labeled for reuse Wikimedia Commons Attachment theory seems to be the most recent in a long line of ...

Attachment theory is almost everywhere. In magazines and books, in the news, on social media and in our conversations with each other. Originally rooted in developmental psychology, the theory ...