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Here are five clear lessons about closeness, distance, fear, repair and growth, the five crucial building blocks of ...

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Attachment theory is almost everywhere. In magazines and books, in the news, on social media and in our conversations with each other. Originally rooted in developmental psychology, the theory ...

Last year, Tara, 27, an account manager from Chicago, thought she had found a near-perfect match on the dating app Hinge. “The [first] date was a marathon,” Tara says. “We got dinner at this sushi ...

Attachment theory is a tremendous field of research that is fascinating to read about. For our purposes, I will sum it up very quickly: The way our parent/primary caregiver interacts with us when we ...

The current research in the treatment of eating disorders continues to shape and enhance our theoretical understanding and impacts how we approach treatment. Some clinicians and researchers assert ...

"They fuck you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they do. They fill you with the faults they had. And add some extra, just for you." These are the words of poet Philip Larkin, penned in ...