Gina Davis, PsyD

Tag: attachment styles

  • Healing After a Breakup with an Avoidant Partner: Reclaiming Yourself

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    Breaking up with an avoidant partner can leave you feeling confused, rejected, and emotionally raw. Often, avoidant partners create distance by shying (and in some cases, pushing!) away from emotional intimacy, leaving you wondering what went wrong and questioning your worth and lovability. While it might hurt now, healing from an avoidant partner is not…

  • Secure Attachment in Friendship

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    There are four relationship attachment styles: Anxious, Avoidant, Fearful, and Secure. In my last three posts, I discussed how anxious, avoidant, and fearful attachment styles can show up in the context of friendship. In today’s post, I’ll discuss the secure attachment style in friendship. Secure Attachment & Friendship: Secure friends are comfortable being emotionally intimate…

  • Fearful Attachment in Friendship

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    There are four relationship attachment styles: Anxious, Avoidant, Fearful, and Secure. In my last two posts, I discussed anxious attachment and avoidant attachment styles in friendship. In today’s post, I’ll discuss the fearful attachment style and how it show up within the context of friendship. Fearful Attachment in Friendship: Have you ever been told you…

  • Avoidant Attachment in Friendship

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    There are four relationship attachment styles: Anxious, Avoidant, Fearful, and Secure In my last post, I wrote about anxious attachment in friendship. This week, I’ll discuss the avoidant attachment style and how it manifests within the context of friendship. Avoidant Attachment in Friendship: Have you ever been told you have “a wall up” been called…

  • Anxious Attachment in Friendship

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    There are four relationship attachment styles: Anxious, Avoidant, Fearful, and Secure. Over the next few weeks, I am going to discuss the four different attachment styles, starting with Anxious attachment, and discuss how each attachment style manifests, specifically within the context of friendship. Anxious Attachment in Friendship: Have you ever been told that you are…