
Heller reveal how an understanding of attachment theory can help us find and sustain love. Is there a science to love? In this groundbreaking book, psychiatrist and neuroscientist Amir Levine and psychologist Rachel S. Your only gripe will be that you wish you'd read it sooner.' - Jessie Stephens, author of Heartsick

Attached is the kind of book that makes its way through friendship circles, a gift from one person to another. It gives us a new vocabulary by which to understand ourselves and others. In this book Levine and Heller guide readers in determining what attachment style they and their mate-or potential mate-follow, offering a road map, starting from the first date, for building stronger, more fulfilling connections with the people they love.'This book is nothing short of life changing.

SECURE people feel comfortable with intimacy and are usually warm and lovingĪlso central to the science of attachment is the discovery that our need to be in a close relationship is embedded in our genes so, contrary to what many relationship experts today may tell us about the importance of remaining emotionally “self-sufficient”, attachment research shows us that our need to be close to our partner is essential.AVOIDANT people equate intimacy with a loss of independence and constantly try to minimize closeness.ANXIOUS people are often preoccupied with their relationships and tend to worry about their partner’s ability to love them back.Pioneered by psychiatrist and psychoanalyst John Bowlby, the field of attachment posits that each of us behaves in relationships in one of three distinct ways:

Amir Levine and Rachel Heller reveal how an understanding of adult attachment-the most advanced relationship science in existence today-can help us find and sustain love.

In Attached, psychiatrist and neuroscientist Dr.
