Tag: attachement
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What to Expect in Your First Couples Therapy Session: A Step-by-Step Guide
Taking the first step to begin couples therapy is a significant act of courage. It’s an acknowledgment that your relationship is worth fighting for, even when the path forward isn’t clear. It’s completely normal to feel nervous or unsure about what this process entails. Many couples feel this way, often with one partner feeling more…
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Understanding Attachment Theory: Exploring Attachment Styles and Their Influence on Relationships
Attachment theory is a psychological framework that examines how the parent-child relationship profoundly shapes and influences the dynamics of our adult relationships. Attachment theory dives into the intricate connections between our early bonding experiences with our parents or primary caregivers and the emergence of various types of relationships later in life, including friendships, romantic partnerships,…
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Breaking the Argument Cycle: A Guide to Understanding and Resolving Relationship Conflicts
Now that you’ve discovered the hidden layers beneath surface-level arguments, it’s time to delve deeper into the art of breaking free from this relentless cycle. Understanding the complexities that fuel these disputes is the first step towards fostering a healthier, more connected relationship. By acknowledging that arguments often stem from underlying emotions and attachment styles,…
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Breaking the Cycle: Understanding Relationship Arguments Through Emotion-Focused Therapy
Ever find yourself fighting about the same thing over and over again with your partner? In the Emotion Focused Therapy lense, arguments are played out in cycles and are rooted in our attachment styles. When the anxiously attached person pushes to seek validation that the avoidant is still in the relationship, the avoidantly attached person becomes…
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Parental Influence: Navigating Mistakes and Building Strong Relationships with Your Child
In the recent blog 5 Things To Know About Trauma, I discussed how trauma can show up in ways that we might not deem as traumatic because it wasn’t a big enough event. Many of the examples I gave were related to parent-child attachment. I often hear, “why is it always the parents’ fault?” My answer…
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What Your Attachment Style Looks Like in an Argument
When it comes to romantic relationships, our attachment style can greatly impact how we handle conflicts and arguments. Attachment styles are patterns of behavior and emotions that develop in early childhood and influence how we connect with others throughout our lives. There are four main attachment styles (secure, anxious, avoidant, anxious-avoidant), each with unique characteristics…
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4 Attachment Styles And How They Show Up In Relationships
In Emotion Focused Therapy we look at our attachment styles and how they show up in relationships. Attachment is a part of the human experience and it is shaped by our upbringing. When you are a child if your attachment needs are not met (feeling loved, valued, seen, heard, wanted, etc.) you develop an attachment…
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Is It Healthy For A Couple To Do Everything Together?
Is it healthy for a couple to do everything together? If we are talking literally everything the answer is no. Those couples who seem like the same person. They dress the same, have the same taste in food, enjoy the same hobbies, everything the same. In therapy, we call this enmeshment and it’s not healthy. …