What looks from the outside like losing enthusiasm is actually something older: removing yourself from something that could ...

The way we connect with others as adults is often shaped by our earliest experiences with caregivers. From birth, a child seeks comfort, security and love, forming attachments that become the ...

What looks like fierce independence is often a calculation about what might happen if someone doesn’t show up.

Recent psychological research has transformed our understanding of human relationships, revealing how early childhood experiences shape our ability to form and maintain meaningful connections ...

Attachment theory is often discussed in the context of romantic relationships, but psychologists have long argued that attachment patterns shape far more than intimacy. The same emotional templates ...

As I observe my single friends and family members navigating the dating world and looking for love, I keep hearing the same question: "Why do I always end up in the same kind of relationship? I ...

Simply put, a securely attached adult is comfortable with intimacy and readily works to repair relationship issues. Anxiously attached people often worry about their partner’s capacity to love them ...

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 ...

The stereotype about psychoanalysis is of a person on a couch being asked about their mother; but behind the cookie-cutter image, it seems that your experiences as a child, and specifically how your ...

So you're not a "10" in every which way. But you're probably pretty spectacular in some way, and definitely good enough in most areas of life. If ever there were a time to stop beating yourself up for ...