Our earliest experiences with caregivers serve as inner templates for life-long beliefs about self, relationships, and the world-at-large. We can trace back how we currently manage stress and trauma ...

In 2010, Amir Levine and Rachel Heller released the book Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How it Can Help You Find – and Keep – Love. Despite the book’s many strengths, it has also ...

Pascal Vrticka received funding from the Max Planck Society (Germany) for parts of his work on the social neuroscience of human attachment described in this piece. Originally rooted in developmental ...

If you're struggling to understand your partner and why they act the way they do, try using attachment theory. Attachment theory is a tremendous field of research that is fascinating to read about.

There was a time, in my mid-20s, when I became completely obsessed with why I was the way I was. I’d just been through a major break-up, and what followed was a period of intense and intentional ...

Early bonds with caregivers shape future relationships and emotional development. Consistent and responsive caregiving is essential for building secure attachments. Attachment theory is a ...