Viral Monkey Punch shows how abandonment trauma affects emotional health Read ahead to know as an mental expert decode ...

You don’t need therapy to understand yourself. Here’s how your daily experiences can uncover your emotional patterns, self-control style and drive.

It’s February, and for many, that’s a time for contemplating love, intimacy, and relationships. Inevitably, attachment theory may come up. While it’s a useful framework for understanding how humans ...

Fearful avoidant attachment sits in a painful middle ground. You crave closeness, intimacy, and emotional safety, but the moment it feels real, your body panics. Your mind scans for danger, and your ...

A new meta-analysis provides evidence that the quality of emotional bonds formed in adulthood is connected to specific types of narcissism. The findings indicate that insecure attachment styles are ...

Difficult conversations are a human inevitability. Here’s how emotionally secure people turn them to their advantage.

Discover powerful psychological techniques to heal emotional wounds, reconnect with your inner child, and overcome insecure attachment patterns. Practical strategies for building self-love, confidence ...

Mentalization-based treatment helps people reflect upon and redirect urges and impulses. Researchers have found that mentalization may be an undervalued treatment for people in addiction recovery.

We come into the world screaming and vulnerable—entirely dependent on adult caregivers to keep us safe and teach us how to connect with others. The nature of these earliest relationships influences ...

Tom Denson receives funding from the Australian Research Council and the National Health and Medical Research Council. Iana Wong does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any ...

We're beginning to build a better picture of just how many people are affected by intimate partner violence—a crisis that disproportionately impacts women and girls. But not everyone with insecure ...