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How Early Attachment Styles Can Influence Later Relationships

Lucy Fry

There are more layers and complexities to contemporary attachment theory, but for the moment, let’s just say there are four main attachment styles — secure, insecure-avoidant, insecure-anxious and disorganised.

More Than Money

Vagdevi Meunier

Disagreements about money often get stuck at the practical level and deeper levels of meaning, history, or world views are not explored or understood fully.

How to Find a Couples Therapist Who Can Actually Help You

Kyle Benson

Tips to help you find a competent and effective couples therapist.

Is it Time to Go to Couples Counseling?

Kyle Benson

There are telltale signs that signal you and your partner could benefit from couples counseling.

The Pursuer-Distancer Dynamic

Terry Gaspard

While all couples need autonomy and closeness, many partners struggle with the pursuer-distancer dance and feel chronically dissatisfied with their degree of intimacy. When the pattern of pursuing and distancing becomes ingrained, the behavior of one partner provokes and maintains the behavior of the other.

How to Heal from Past Relationships

Stacy Hubbard

What role did the Four Horsemen, relationship phases, flooding, and perpetual problems play in your past relationships?

How to Use Mindfulness to Strengthen Your Relationships

Gillian Florence Sanger

Mindfulness practice helps to promote healthy and happy relationships

Introducing: The Small Things Often Podcast

Carla Sparks

“Successful long-term relationships are created through small words, small gestures, and small acts.”

The Story of The Art and Science of Love 2

The Gottman Institute

How two Certified Gottman Therapists created a follow-up workshop to The Art and Science of Love.

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