Over time, attachment theory has become a popular concept. It is a very useful way to understand our relationship behaviours.

Everyone enters a relationship with their own experiences, feelings and concerns. Which means everyone needs a little something different from their partner. For some, that might be constant ...

Attachment styles, originally described by John Bowlby include anxious, avoidant, disorganized, and secure. These categories capture the early relations between caregiver and child, and predict the ...

Attachment-based therapy is a type of talk therapy that may help a person manage attachment issues that began in childhood. This may help the person develop more secure attachments with others.

As a relationship and attachment scientist, couples therapist, and coach, I hear it all the time: “My partner is avoidant.” “The person I am dating is anxious.” “I think I am avoidant.” People come to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. Attachment injuries encompass a spectrum of experiences that ...