Attachment styles—the way we connect with other people—are generally developed as infants, and further refined as children, adolescents, and adults. Alongside anxious and avoidant attachment, ...

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 ...

Everyone wants to have happy healthy relationships. We want them so badly, in fact, that many of us become obsessed with how to do them “right.” In recent years, attachment theory has become a useful ...

Anxious, avoidant, and disorganized attachment styles tend to be rooted in a person's childhood, but they can cause problems once you're an adult. Westend61 via Getty Images Nicole Phillip, a ...

(CNN) — Do you identify as anxious, avoidant, disorganized or secure? For those who aren’t up on pop psychology vernacular, these terms refer to the four attachment styles. Attachment styles describe ...

No matter how well you and your partner complement each other, you'll inevitably have to navigate your unique differences. Perhaps you need constant affirmation from your partner in order to feel ...

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 new analysis of psychological data suggests that manipulative personality traits may stem from deep-seated insecurities ...

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