| Edition |
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. |
| Description |
xviii, 314 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-302) and index. |
| Contents |
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 environment -- 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. |
| Summary |
"What does a healthy relationship look like? Create a lasting and loving attachment with the help of the expert couple's therapist behind the popular Instagram account @TheSecureRelationship." -- Publisher annotation. |
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"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 understand ourselves in adult romantic relationships and is the closest science has come to making sense of these relationships. In Secure Love, Menanno tackles: Why you and your partner have the same fight over and over.The four attachment types, with exercises designed to help you understand your attachment style with your partner. How to improve communication in a relationship, including staying connected during conflict and prioritizing vulnerability -- rather than protectivity. "Instead of that, say this" suggested scripts of how to approach difficult situations in your relationship from a more productive and vulnerable stance. Why insecure attachment negatively impacts a couple's sex life and how to restore that sexual connection."--Page 2 of cover. |
| Subject |
Attachment behavior.
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Interpersonal relations.
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Couples -- Psychology.
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Interpersonal communication.
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Love & Romance.
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Marriage & Long-Term Relationships.
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SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / Happiness.
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Love.
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Couples.
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Interpersonal relations.
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Attachment behavior.
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| Genre/Form |
Self-help publications.
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| ISBN |
9781668012864 (hardcover) |
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1668012863 (hardcover) |
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