How To Balance Different Attachment Needs

Trauma Free Relationship · Dec 28, 2023 · 21m · transcript

This is the # 1 issues couples have, and most often come to therapy for. If past trauma has formed an insecure style of attachment (meaning they organize their relational needs around anxious, avoidant, or disorganized attachment), and their partner is organized differently, then this sets up a push and pull style of relating to one another, or what we can a pursue/withdraw cycle.

We unpack this important topic by detailing 4 ways in which couples can work at meeting one another's attachment needs:

1. Know their attachment style - This involves being able to understand how you protect…