*ANXIOUS people are often preoccupied with their relationships and tend to worry about their partner's ability to love them back. According to attachment theory, every person behaves in relationships in one of three distinct ways:
In Attached, Levine and Heller trace how these evolutionary influences continue to shape who we are in our relationships today. Also central to attachment theory is the discovery that our need to be in a close relationship with one or more individuals is embedded in our genes. Attachment theory forms the basis for many bestselling books on the parent/child relationship, but there has yet to be an accessible guide to what this fascinating science has to tell us about adult romantic relationships-until now.Īttachment 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 caregivers has on the people we become. Heller reveal how an understanding of attachment theory-the most advanced relationship science in existence today-can help us find and sustain love. In this groundbreaking book, psychiatrist and neuroscientist Amir Levine and psychologist Rachel S.
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