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Henry, who has an avoidant attachment style, was busy at work with patients, and would get frustrated by Georgia’s incoming call ...

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Once both Georgia and Henry analyzed their working models, they started viewing their situation differently. Henry realized that ...

busy schedule. She just knew that she needed to feel more connected throughout the day. Then they found a cool solution: Henry a ...

the distorted toothpaste tube, he became furious and told Grace that she was sloppy and careless. Grace was caught off guard; sh ...

And this is what Grace’s entry looked like: ...

After doing his inventory, Sam realized that years of living alone and believing in his own self-sufficiency were now being chal ...

for a while so she would have a place of her own to do her art work and other hobbies without worrying about Sam’s reaction. Sam ...

MAKE BECOMING SECURE AN ONGOING GROWTH PROCESS Remember that attachment styles are stable and plastic—becoming more secure is an ...

they are unable to move to greater security, these discrepancies will always be a part of their lives and will never completely ...

stability in the relationship as long as Stan worked most of the time, and on weekends they did various separate chores and spen ...

They engage with like-minded friends in activities that their mate is unwilling to participate in. They learn to be thankful fo ...

DECIDING TO LET GO OF THE DREAM Do we recommend taking this route? Our answer is—“It depends.” If you’re in an ongoing relations ...

10. When Abnormal Becomes the Norm: An Attachment Guide to Breaking Up Clay and Tom were enjoying a romantic dinner on their ann ...

avoidant people can bring out the worst in each other. “Abnormal” becomes the norm. A common view is that only masochistic, “pat ...

doing work that seemed far more advanced than mine, so I thought he was brilliant. From the beginning, however, there were thing ...

Ginger. According to Craig, she was perfect—smart, beautiful, interesting, and sophisticated. The fact that they still kept in t ...

very forceful. It was all about him. We always did what he wanted; his opinions mattered more—in everything. He selected the mov ...

about the service at the hotel and went ballistic when I accidentally got us on the wrong metro line. That was a white-light mom ...