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Courtney Armstrong. Attachment Styles & Complex Trauma: from the archives

The Trauma Therapist

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How to Survive Anxiety and Attachment

Anxious or ambivalent attachment, we call it preoccupied as adult because they're always preoccupied with the other person in relationships. The bulk of your case load, especially if you're a private practice, these people tend to go to therapy. They are usually going to be in therapy for current relationship or self esteem issues. But when you start to begin to confront them about maybe something they could do differently in a relationship he can suddenly feel like you're criticizing and rejecting them. He'll either get angry with you or defensive or no show or, you know, try to get your love even more.

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