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 ...

In simple terms, attachment theory suggests that early relationships create internal "templates" for connection. These influence whether we see others as trustworthy, how we cope with emotional stress ...

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Four books — recommended by psychologists and therapists — can help you strengthen your connections. By Hope Reese When Alexandra Solomon, a psychologist at Northwestern University, taught a class ...

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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 ...

There was a time, in my mid-20s, when I became completely obsessed with why I was the way I was. I’d just been through a major break-up, and what followed was a period of intense and intentional ...

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A team of researchers has identified distinct mother-offspring attachment types in wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus). Drawing parallels with human psychology, the study provides compelling ...