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.

While the events that lead to love, marriage, affairs and divorce can often feel arbitrary, for psychologists there is a definitive science behind why some relationships work and some just don’t. In ...

Psychologists have been studying attachment styles for decades, but in recent years, the concept has generated quite a bit of buzz on social media. If you’re not already familiar, your attachment ...

As a couples therapist, I often work with people who say things like, “My partner is so avoidant,” or “I think she might be a narcissist,” or whatever the latest psychological buzzword happens to be.

Some couples can’t get enough — or too much — of each other. Here’s why, according to the anxious–avoidant push-pull of attachment science in relationships.

A while back, when recording a podcast, my team and I asked a random group of people if they considered themselves the pursuer or the distancer in their relationship. In other words, did they see ...

An anxious-avoidant relationship creates a painful push-and-pull dynamic where one partner craves closeness while the other ...