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 ...

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

Texting style: Minimal, sporadic, and infrequent communication. The texts may feel matter-of-fact and distant, lacking depth ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Travers writes about the world of psychology. We all want a love that’s easy, or at least one that doesn’t make us panic, ...

Therapists, counselors, and mental health professionals recognize four different types of attachment styles. These styles or profiles are based on Attachment Theory, which was first introduced in the ...

Why are healthy, mutually satisfying relationships so difficult to attain and sustain? Wouldn’t it be easier just to live among the plants and animals on a desert island? Before you answer in the ...

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.