PSR Podcast How to Move from Anxious Attachment to Secure Attachment
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Jul 30, 2025 Trevor Hansen, a licensed marriage and family therapist and founder of The Art of Healing, dives into attachment issues that affect relationships. He shares his personal journey from anxious to secure attachment, emphasizing the potential for change. The conversation explores the origins and fluidity of attachment styles, the signs of anxious attachment, and practical methods for transformation using his TEMPO framework. Trevor also highlights the importance of emotional experiences and self-compassion in the healing process, making for a deeply insightful discussion.
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From Personal Breakdown To Therapeutic Calling
- Trevor Hansen describes his anxious attachment history, emotional abuse in a relationship, job loss, and panic symptoms that led him to therapy.
- That journey led him to become a marriage and family therapist focused on helping others move from anxious to secure attachment.
Childhood Programming Shapes Adult Attachment
- Early caregiving experiences program your nervous system to expect either safety or threat in relationships.
- Those patterns create secure or insecure attachment beliefs like "love must be earned" that shape adult behavior.
Attachment Styles Can Change Over Time
- Attachment styles are fluid and can change because they were formed by emotional experiences.
- You can create new emotional experiences to rewire your nervous system toward security.