You may already be familiar with the ways negative childhood experiences can impact us as adults. Even if you can't name the aftereffects, you feel them. Whether it's feeling like a permanent victim ...

Attachment styles are relational styles, not verdicts. When labels turn rigid, they harm rather than heal—missing the fluid, relational, and changeable nature of attachment.

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 ...

Avoidant, or insecure-avoidant Avoidant attachment develops in children who do not experience sensitive responses from a parent or caregiver to their needs or distress. Children with avoidant ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." If relationship anxiety or an argument with a partner has ever brought up childhood trauma—say, ...

Do you have a friend who gets unusually emotional when you don’t text back quickly enough? Perhaps you’re the friend who’s ready to end a friendship when someone is ‘moving funny’ without stopping to ...

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 ...

Romance has always been a hot topic of conversation: it seems you can’t go one family dinner without a relative asking, “So are you seeing anybody yet?” But with the rise of social media, the ...

Our relationships with our parents lay the foundation for our future connections with others, shaping the way we navigate emotional bonds well into adulthood. Attachment expert, author, and therapist ...

New research provides evidence that the best way to spend time with a romantic partner depends on their specific emotional ...