It could be negatively impacting your relationships. When we form a relationship with a partner, family member or close friend, inevitably, we bring our emotional baggage along too. And there’s ...

A person with a fearful, avoidant attachment style may fear closeness and appear to seek independence. At the same time, however, they may rely heavily on the support of others. It is an insecure ...

Thais Gibson is the founder and CEO of The Personal Development School and Creator of Gibson's Integrated Attachment TheoryTM. In professional relationships, attachment styles serve as guides that ...

Love is not always loud. Sometimes, it is silent, cautious, and deeply conflicted. For those with a fearful-avoidant attachment style, love is both a sanctuary and a battlefield. They crave connection ...

Do you identify as anxious, avoidant, disorganized or secure? For those who aren’t up on pop psychology vernacular, these terms refer to the four attachment styles. Attachment styles describe how ...

Dismissive avoidant attachment often gets a bad rap and, sometimes, that can be justified based on “bad” behavior in relationships. That said, dismissive avoidant people are also widely misunderstood.

Learning about attachment styles is arguably one of the best ways to understand why you act the way you do in romantic relationships. But as you dive into the world of attachment styles, you'll ...

You can't understand why you keep pushing potential partners away, even though you like them. You seek constant reassurance from your partner that the relationship is OK. Or maybe you have always ...

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