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How Attachment Styles Fundamentally Affect ALL Relationships (+ Understanding Your Attachment Style) w/ Jessica Baum

Jun 14, 2024

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Licensed Mental Health Counsellor and Relationship Expert Jessica Baum discusses adult attachment styles and their impact on relationships. Topics include understanding anxious attachment, altering attachment styles, effective communication, and couple therapy. Insights on dependency versus interdependency, healing trauma, and therapy techniques. Recommendations for books like 'Anxiously Attached' and 'Attached' are also shared.

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Attachment styles impact relationships based on early caregiving experiences.

Therapeutic approaches like Imago dialogue help couples understand attachment patterns.

Cultural norms and societal expectations influence expression of emotions and attachment styles.

Deep dives

Importance of Early Care in Forming Attachment and Shaping Behavior

Our early care experiences in the first 18 months significantly impact attachment and relationship patterns, influencing how we perceive threats, safety, and connect with others. Attachment wounds from childhood, such as those leading to narcissism, shape our behaviors and personality, showcasing the profound influence of early caregiving on later relationships.

Healthy Regulation and Co-Regulation for Emotional Well-being

00:54

Attachment Theory and Attachment Styles

01:24

Understanding Memory and Sensations in Relationships

01:37

Importance of Attachment Styles

01:06

Intro

2min

Exploring Adult Attachment Theory and Attachment Styles

4min

Understanding Avoidant Attachment and Regulation Mechanisms

11min

Exploring Dependency and Interdependency in Relationships

2min

Exploring Attachment Styles and Healing Trauma

6min

Exploring Adult Attachment Styles and Their Impact on Relationships

17min

Attachment Styles, Therapy Techniques, and Neuroplasticity

15min

Exploring Adult Attachment Styles and Book Recommendations

4min

Uncover the reasons behind your behaviour patterns and what to do about it.

Attachment is a core part of human instinct that is formed incredibly early yet impacts our whole life.

Jessica Baum is a Licensed Mental Health Counsellor, Relationship Expert and author.

Expect to learn:

Why anxious attachment styles develop
How to alter an attachment style
How to communicate effectively with each attachment style
What happens in couple therapy

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Jessica Baum

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Website and coaching - BeSelfFull.com
Anxiously Attached - UK Book - US Book

Other Reading

Attached - Amir Levine - UK Book - US Book
Body Keeps the Score - UK Book - US Book

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Chapters

00:00 Introduction to Attachment styles

01:41 Attachment Styles and Growth Mindset

01:53 The Origins of Attachment Theory

05:37 Metacognition in Development

08:12 Couples Therapy for Attachment Issues

12:09 Self-Regulation and Co-Regulation

15:19 Dependency vs Interdependency

19:07 Catastrophizing and Attachment Styles

21:40 Mirror Neurons and Attunement

25:32 Cultural Impacts on Attachment

27:24 Attachment as an Evolutionary Feature

31:22 Signs You Need to Explore Attachment

32:51 Steelmanning Attachment Theory

35:13 Gender Differences in Attachment

37:22 Narcissism and Attachment Wounds

39:09 ADHD vs Disorganized Attachment

42:46 The Imago Dialogue

45:16 Expectations in Attachment Therapy

46:25 Areas for Future Attachment Research

47:49 Boundaries and Implicit Memory

49:28 Neuroception and Building Awareness

51:42 Closing Thoughts and Resources

52:31 Earliest Memories

53:02 Kindest Thing

55:05 Wrap up

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