Sex Talks With Emma-Louise Boynton

Are you anxiously attached? Psychotherapist, Jessica Baum tells us how to navigate different attachment styles

Sex Talks With Emma-Louise Boynton

Show Notes

So we’ve all heard of attachment styles right?

Attachment theory tells us that the emotional attachments we form with our primary caregivers in infancy can influence our interpersonal relationships later in life.

Whether we’re anxious, secure, avoidant or disorganised, our attachment style can have a pretty big impact on how we show up in our romantic relationships.

Since attachment styles have of late been getting a lot of airtime on social media and we wanted to understand more about the science behind the theory and delve a little deeper into the research underpinning the internet’s favourite relationship theory.

To help us do just, Emma was joined in the podcast this week by psychotherapist and author of ‘Anxiously Attached: Becoming More Secure in Life and Love’, Jessica Baum.

You can take the attachment style quiz here; find out more about Jessica's work here and buy her brilliant book here.

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