Psychoeducation articles on attachment, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationships, and more.
The fight that started over the dishes is never really about the dishes. Most couples know this, at least in retrospect. What’s harder to see...
Read Article →Intimacy is the project at the heart of most romantic relationships , the slow, mutual work of becoming known by another person and knowing them...
Read Article →Jealousy has a bad reputation, and understandably so. At its extreme, it becomes controlling, destructive, and dangerous. Even in milder forms it can be embarrassing...
Read Article →Most people encounter attachment styles as a list , four terms, four descriptions, maybe a short quiz with a result at the end. And while...
Read Article →Attachment theory gives us four patterns , four ways that people tend to organize their experience of closeness, dependence, and relational threat. These aren’t personality...
Read Article →For someone with avoidant attachment, the early stages of dating often feel genuinely fine. Interesting, even. There’s novelty, there’s no particular pressure, and the interaction...
Read Article →Dating is difficult for most people. It involves uncertainty, vulnerability, and the repeated experience of not knowing how things will turn out. For someone with...
Read Article →If you’ve ever been in a relationship where one person always seemed to need more closeness and the other always seemed to need more space...
Read Article →Most people, when they reflect on a troubled relationship, assume the problem is a mismatch of personalities, poor communication, or incompatible values. And sometimes it...
Read Article →Earned secure attachment is one of the most important and least-discussed concepts in all of attachment theory. It doesn’t get the attention it deserves ,...
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