Avoiding commitment: For an avoidant friend, the idea of being "locked in" or feeling obligated can trigger their discomfort ...

While the events that lead to love, marriage, affairs and divorce can often feel arbitrary, for psychologists there is a ...

There’s a certain kind of love that feels close yet far, warm yet unreachable. You sit next to someone you care about deeply, ...

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.

As a fundamental aspect of personality, attachment style develops early in life, when infants formulate inner ideas of those who are charged with caring for them. Luckily, most people emerge from ...

Insecure attachment styles can lead to the fear of becoming overattached to therapy. This fear often masks the fear of ...

Dear Eric: My wife and I have been married for about 10 years. We both love each other very much, but it has been rocky the entire time. We tried going to counseling a few times, but she said she felt ...