Labels like anxious or avoidant are everywhere. Learn what attachment actually is and how to use it to strengthen your ...

Nicole McDermott has worked in the creative content space for the last decade as a writer, editor and director. Her work has been featured on TIME Healthland, Prevention, Shape, USA Today, HuffPost, ...

True or false? There’s rarely a time where secure is the suboptimal option. Think about it: You want the mattress lassoed to the roof of your car to be secure before you vroom, vroom on home. You want ...

Wendy Bianchini, a therapist in Bozeman, Mont., said “Secure Love” helped her clients make sense of their attachment patterns ...

If relationship anxiety or an argument with a partner has ever brought up childhood trauma—say, distressing treatment from a parent or a time you felt abandoned—you’re not alone, and you likely have ...

Attachment theory sounds like a complicated concept, but when you're a parent it can sometimes boil down to a crying, clinging child who does not want to be separated from you. Put simply, attachment ...

Attachment styles are a popular way to understand how people experience relationships and why they might struggle to be ...

Dr. Sanam Hafeez is a New York City-based neuropsychologist and director of Comprehend the Mind, a psychological practice that treats learning disorders, anxiety, depression and other ...

According to love coach Jianny Adamo, LMHC, attachment styles refer to the way we react to and get our need for connection met. Shaped by our earliest bonds with primary caregivers, there may be a ...

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 3-year-old ...

Your early experiences with your parents and caregivers influence your relationships later in life. It’s a statement that is often heard in psychology. It makes intuitive sense, but often we don’t ...