Attached The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find-and Keep-Love

Amir Levine, Rachel Heller

eBook - 2010

“Over a decade after its publication, one book on dating has people firmly in its grip.”—The New York TimesWe already rely on science to tell us what to eat, when to exercise, and how long to sleep. Why not use science to help us improve our relationships? In this revolutionary book, psychiatrist and neuroscientist Dr. Amir Levine and Rachel Heller scientifically explain why some people seem to navigate relationships effortlessly, while others struggle.Discover how an understanding of adult attachment—the most advanced relationship science in existence today—can help us find and sustain love. Pioneered by psychologist John Bowlby in the 1950s, the field of attachment posits that each of us behaves in relationships in one of three ...distinct ways: • Anxious people are often preoccupied with their relationships and tend to worry about their partner's ability to love them... more