Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find - And Keep - Love
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| Rating | : | 4.57 (514 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B004HKBG4S |
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| Number of Pages | : | 111 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-07-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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Should be required reading! Paul McCloud This book really should be required reading for anyone BEFORE they get into a relationship! I've recommended this book to many friends now and every time I recommend the book I make a joke about how humbling it was to read this book. Let me explain.I've always considered myself, like most people probably do, to be a complicated, layered individualunable to boxed in or defined by a particular group or belief system!.then I read this book. Never before had I stumbled upon a psychological model that better described my actions, both in and out of the relationship context. With this. AM said Eye-opening overview and introduction, but simplistic if you crave in-depth information.. I have been in therapy on and off with different providers for almost Eye-opening overview and introduction, but simplistic if you crave in-depth information. I have been in therapy on and off with different providers for almost 3 decades, and been in many failed relationships. Yet not one therapist ever mentioned the words "adult attachment theory" to me until I decided to see a new therapist at age 55. My new therapist recommended this book in my first session and it opened my eyes to what really happens in relationships. However, it is a somewhat simplistic book. It is very accessible to a broad audience, but leaves a lot of unanswered questions, including why we are the way we are and what we might do about it. I read most of it i. decades, and been in many failed relationships. Yet not one therapist ever mentioned the words "adult attachment theory" to me until I decided to see a new therapist at age 55. My new therapist recommended this book in my first session and it opened my eyes to what really happens in relationships. However, it is a somewhat simplistic book. It is very accessible to a broad audience, but leaves a lot of unanswered questions, including why we are the way we are and what we might do about it. I read most of it i. "Biased views on attachment styles" according to Mabel and Co.. Like some other reviewers, I found this book surprisingly biased against avoidant people and very sympathetic toward anxious types. I would think that a neuroscientist and social psychologist would show less bias. That being said, there was a lot of interesting and helpful material covered about the different attachment styles.
An insightful look at the science behind love, Attached offers a road map for building stronger, more fulfilling connections.. It also offers a wealth of advice on how to navigate relationships more wisely, given a listener's attachment style and that of his or her partner. In Attached, Levine and Heller trace how these evolutionary influences continue to shape who we are in our relationships today. Attachment theory owes its inception to British psychologist and psychoanalyst John Bowlby, who in the 1950s examined the tremendous impact that our early relationships with our parents or careg