Protest Not Perfection
01/04/22 • 67 min
The first of a four episode series on attachment theory, Lauren and Rebecca cover the anxious attachment style. Negative self/positive other positioning, protest behavior, the need to acknowledge and accept your true needs, the anxious - avoidant trap, activating strategies, hypervigilance to social cues, core beliefs, and how attachment injuries occur. On Patreon they discuss anxious relationship behaviors they've witnessed and acted out.
Bibliography: Attached by Amir Levine & Rachel Heller
The first of a four episode series on attachment theory, Lauren and Rebecca cover the anxious attachment style. Negative self/positive other positioning, protest behavior, the need to acknowledge and accept your true needs, the anxious - avoidant trap, activating strategies, hypervigilance to social cues, core beliefs, and how attachment injuries occur. On Patreon they discuss anxious relationship behaviors they've witnessed and acted out.
Bibliography: Attached by Amir Levine & Rachel Heller
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