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Secure love : create a relationship that lasts a lifetime / Julie Menanno.

Summary:

What does a healthy relationship look like? A good question in theory, but expert couples therapist Julie Menanno wants you to ask a slightly different one: What does a securely attached relationship feel like? The answer to this question is the ultimate goal in Secure Love, a groundbreaking guide to secure attachment in adult relationships. While attachment style has grown in popularity to explain the relationship between children and their caregivers, it also helps us to understand ourselves in adult romantic relationships and is the closest science has come to making sense of these relationships.

Record details

ISBN: 1668012863
ISBN: 9781668012864
Physical Description: xviii, 314 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2024.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-302) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction -- Part One: Understanding your attachment needs. The problem beneath the problem -- Understanding attachment theory -- Identifying your attachment type -- Part Two: Understanding how you conflict-and how to repair. What is your negative cycle? -- Interrupting the negative cycle -- Preventing the negative cycle: the attachment-friendly enviornment -- Reaching and responding -- Repairing after a negative cycle -- Attachment injuries and repair -- Part Three: Real-world considerations. Workable intruders: mental disorders, trauma, and addictions -- The sex factor -- When you aren't seeing results -- Instead of this, do this -- Conclusion: Going forward in the world with secure love -- Appendix -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.