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 ...

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

Secure Attachment: You feel comfortable getting close to people and don’t have a lot of stress about it. Anxious Attachment: You feel a lot of anxiety around getting close to people. Avoidant ...

Ever wonder why you're a "clinger" or why you suddenly want to run for the hills when things get serious? It’s not just you ...

Healthy attachment is less about being perfect and more about feeling emotionally safe — with others and with yourself.

Attachment styles are rooted in our families of origin: The ways our primary caregivers related to us in childhood have a direct correlation with how we relate to people when we enter adulthood. Part ...

"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, ...

The rise of therapy-speak has paved the way for attachment styles to become a mainstay in daily conversation, which isn’t a bad thing. Your attachment style is like your personal emotional ...

If you feel insecure in your relationship, it is not necessarily because of an insecure attachment. It may instead be a ...

Wouldn’t it be nice if relationships were simple? Imagine. We could just look at someone and immediately slap a label on them ...

The Romantic Personality Quiz is just one lens through which to view relationship patterns. Relationship psychology offers ...