Attachment Styles

The four attachment styles.

Attachment styles describe the patterns we learned early in life for getting close to other people, and for protecting ourselves when closeness felt unsafe. They quietly shape how we love, argue, and repair as adults. None of them is a life sentence. Every style can move toward secure.

Four attachment styles couple standing warmly together in a sunlit doorway
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