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Dark Side of Perfectionism Revealed by Attachment Theory

I just found the following article over at LiveScience.com by Rachael Rettner: The Dark Side of Perfectionism Revealed. In my opinion, the information presented in this article not only agrees with but could be easily framed by attachment theory. I’m not sure why researchers are not making more of an effort to tie their work […]

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New Relationship Test Similar to AAI (Adult Attachment Interview)

I just happened upon an article over at LiveScience.com entitled Test Predicts Whether Relationships Will Last. No name was given for the test so I’ll call it Relationship Test for the remainder of this post. As I read this article I found myself saying, “Hey, this new Relationship Test sounds a lot like the AAI (Adult […]

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The California Homeless Youth Project (CHYP) Releases Report—Relationships Beget Relationships

I had the pleasure of hearing Nell Bernstein speak up in Santa Fe back in 2007 (or thereabout). If memory serves, Nell had just released her book entitled All Alone in the World: Children of the Incarcerated. I remember asking Nell if she had spent any time looking at the attachment issues surrounding children of […]

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Losing Insecure Attachment With Jillian (Part 2)

At the end of part one, I talked about how we tend to build walls around the type of loss that goes beyond the human pale, like the death of a one-month-old infant. We do so in an attempt to not go through an experience of all-consuming loss—a loss that would feel as if we […]

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