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

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

Expert advice for understanding attachment and using it in your day-to-day social work practice Clark Baim, a psychodrama psychotherapist and co-director of training provider Change Point Ltd, has ...

We come into the world screaming and vulnerable—entirely dependent on adult caregivers to keep us safe and teach us how to connect with others. The nature of these earliest relationships influences ...

It’s not that unusual to want people to be able to satisfy your needs for closeness. New research on attachment style and ...

Attachment theory is a tremendous field of research that is fascinating to read about. For our purposes, I will sum it up very quickly: The way our parent/primary caregiver interacts with us when we ...

Attachment theory is almost everywhere. In magazines and books, in the news, on social media and in our conversations with each other. Originally rooted in developmental psychology, the theory ...

From fear of vulnerability to an overwhelming need for reassurance, our attachment styles often stem from the ways we were cared for as children. Understanding these patterns, where they come from and ...

"They fuck you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they do. They fill you with the faults they had. And add some extra, just for you." These are the words of poet Philip Larkin, penned in ...

Imagine a newborn baby. His father is long gone. His mother is addicted to methamphetamines and suffering from mental illness. A loving foster family cares for the child for the next three years and ...