Articles about Attachment

Rising in love encourages a mindset of growth and enduring love.

How attachment, trauma and neurobiological theory and research, and clinical experience with violent individuals and couples helps explain why so many of us hurt the ones...

An in-depth interview with Paul Renn, coordinated by Dr Jan Hepburn, exploring attachment theory and patterns, violent relationships, ordinary relationships, the patterns...

Understanding what attachment is and the role it plays in shaping our experience may shed some light on our own temperament, outlook, and relationship patterns.

Emotional Responsiveness is the secret ingredient in relationships that promotes happiness and love. We cover this concept in detail with a look at recent research.

What is mentalization? How do we develop this ability and what role does it serve in preserving our relationships?

Author Joy Schaverien discusses her new book. Published in June 2015 it was an immediate Routledge best seller and was number one bestseller on Amazon in psychoanalytic t...

Why are some children more vulnerable than others? Making sense of differences in how children learn and behave at school.

Adept at cover-up, the ‘as if’ person, feels empty, yet is full of sorrows.

What can parents do to make the terrible twos a bit easier?

Let's broaden our vision of attachment trauma by highlighting the importance of the caregivers’ ability to mentalize, regulate, contain, and play in catalyzing the develo...

Recognition is growing for the fact that childbirth can be a traumatic experience for a mother and lead to serious post-traumatic problems. Both parents and medical speci...