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 ...

We all want an easy love, or at least one that doesn’t make us panic, bolt, or force us to become a detective. Of course, ...

Attachment styles fall along a continuum of different aspects, typified by anxiety and avoidance. There are four main attachment styles measured along those dimensions: secure attachment, ...

Are you anxious, avoidant or secure? What’s rarely discussed is whether people can switch from one camp to another. People wear their “anxious” labels as if they’re fixed for good, but that isn’t ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The rise of therapy-speak has paved the way for attachment styles to become a mainstay in daily ...

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

Ever wondered why some people take three days to text back while others reply before you’ve even hit send? It turns out those ...

Dating used to be fuzzy. Unpredictable. Now it comes with a glossary. TikTok therapists seem to be dictating emotional outcomes from on high. Profiles list attachment styles before you even get a “hi.

A dating book helped Nicola Prentis realize she had a pattern for dating men who pull away. Using ChatGPT, she rewrote her Hinge profile to dodge the "avoidant" men the book described. Now, even with ...

As a clinical psychologist that provides both psychotherapy to pre-teens and adolescents as well as court-custody evaluations for high-conflict families, I have become aware of a deceivingly prevalent ...