Marie and her husband started seeing a couples therapist when the early years of parenthood put a strain on their marriage. Their two kids were 3 years and 4 months old, respectively, when COVID ...

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While the events that lead to love, marriage, affairs and divorce can often feel arbitrary, for psychologists there is a definitive science behind why some relationships work and some just don’t. In ...

Attachment styles are a crucial part of how we relate to others, especially in romantic and close relationships. These styles ...

Anxious and avoidant attachment styles can attract each other. Source: Wonderlane / Unsplash Attachment theory suggests that how we form emotional bonds in early childhood influences our attachment ...

Here are five clear lessons about closeness, distance, fear, repair and growth, the five crucial building blocks of attachment.

Some couples can’t get enough — or too much — of each other. Here’s why, according to the anxious–avoidant push-pull of ...

(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 ...

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