The Power of Attachment Now Available for Pre-Order
How traumatic events can break our vital connections—and how to restore love, wholeness, and resiliency in your life. From our earliest years, we develop an attachment style that follows us through life, replaying in our daily emotional landscape, our relationships, and how we feel about ourselves. And in the wake of a traumatic event—such as a car accident, severe illness, [...]
Why Resilience Matters
Resilience can reduce suffering, provide meaning, and make sense of tragedy. In short, resilience can give you strength in the face of adversity and loss. What Is Resilience? To define resilience simply, we might use synonyms such as “toughness” or “adaptability” to clarify the meaning. For people who have suffered tragedy, trauma, or particularly emotional events strung together in agonizingly [...]
4 Signs of Disorganized Attachment
Disorganized attachment represents the most complex attachment adaptation, which also means the most difficult to recognize and treat in therapy. Signs of Disorganized Attachment 1. Negative Self-Image – Disorganized attachment often manifests as low self-esteem and a negative view of the world as untrustworthy or chaotic. 2. Erratic Behavior – It is common for adults with disorganized attachment to view [...]
Avoidant and Disorganized Attachment – Q&A with Diane
We often hear questions in our Facebook groups or email from practitioners looking to help their clients more effectively. Our team felt compelled to share the following question about avoidant and disorganized attachment and Diane’s answer to demonstrate the level of support we provide one another in our Facebook groups. While Diane cannot respond to every question, you will often [...]
Attachment: Needs VS Neediness
In Attachment theory, we often express the importance of being able to communicate our needs to a partner or loved when they arise. The inability to express needs may come from early Attachment injury including Avoidant adaptations when the needs of the child were not met by the parents or caregivers, leaving the child to fend for him or her [...]