A therapist explains the four attachment styles of attachment theory—secure, ambivalent, avoidant, and disorganized—and how they affect adult relationships.

Insecure attachment, either avoidant or ambivalent, can result if a caregiver has that style themselves, is depressed, is dealing with their own unresolved trauma, or is struggling with other ...

Remember that the goal is not to learn you have a secure attachment but to pinpoint your style. Give yourself grace during the process. "There is no right or wrong attachment style," Dr. Lee says ...

She said anxious attachment, or anxious ambivalent attachment, often shows up in people who could never really count on their parents to be there. “Anxious attachment is sort of like there’s almost ...

Home Love Attachment Theory And Other Ways To Understand Why Your Spouse Was Put On This Earth To Make You Crazy If you're struggling to understand your partner and why they act the way they do ...

Following three divorces in the last eight years, HGTV star Christina Haack is opening up about her issues with codependency and anxious attachment style. On Wednesday, April 9, Haack took to ...

According to the field of attachment theory, each person has a unique attachment style that informs how that person relates to intimacy: secure, anxious or avoidant. We talk with Amir Levine, a ...

But groundbreaking research spearheaded by the psychologists Bert Uchino and Julianne Holt-Lunstad shows that ambivalent relationships can be damaging to your health — even more than purely ...