A large new study reveals how early relationships with parents and friends influence how we relate to those closest to us in adulthood ...

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 ...

Attachment theory, developed by psychologist John Bowlby and expanded upon by Mary Ainsworth, categorises attachment styles into four main types based on early caregiving experiences: 1) Secure ...

Our attachment styles are deeply ingrained by the time we reach adulthood. As mentioned in the previous post, attachment style is developed even in utero, and it is fostered throughout our early ...

Understanding how they form and still affect you to this day is key to breaking negative relationship patterns.

One of the most profound influences on the way we behave in relationships is our early attachment patterns. As children, the attachment patterns we formed were based on adaptations we made in order to ...

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 ...

Children are likely to develop secure attachment by having available, sensitive, and responsive caregivers. When that’s not the case, a child may develop an insecure attachment, which can take several ...