Attachment forms the roots of security or insecurity in close relationships. Our feelings of security and insecurity in close relationships will influence our behavior in those relationships.

Attachment Styles: the way we perceive and respond to intimacy in relationships and the way we experience security and insecurity in relationships.

What does Attachment Theory have to do with my relationships as an adult?

Connection is a human need.

Independence is a human need.

The two distinct processes of developing intimacy and autonomy are synergistic and interdependent in normal development and throughout our lives.

The way individuals perceive closeness and separation, relatedness and self-definition, or intimacy and autonomy is a fundamental aspect of their personality and may also influence their self-definition and feelings and beliefs about self-worth. It also impacts their behavior in relationships. Furthermore, the actual effects of attachment styles on the relationship are...

Attachment Styles:

the way we perceive and respond to intimacy in relationships.

Attachment styles were first described in the psychological theory known as Attachment Theory.

What is Attachment Theory?

Attachment theory was formulated by the psychoanalyst John Bowlby.

Infant Attachment is a psychological term that refers to the emotional bond that emerges during the first year of life between an infant and one or a few significant adult caregivers.

The emotional bond between the infant and their primary caretaker contributes to the infant forming a feeling of security or trust in themselves.

Attachment by the infant is secure or insecure.

When an infant has a secure attachment  with their caregiver, the child seeks to be close to that person when they feel tense or anxious. When an infant has an insecure relationship with their primary caretaker, feeling tense or anxious leads to them avoiding the caretaker or experiencing conflict between approaching and avoiding their ca...