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The Anxious-Avoidant Trap
How to Overcome the Push and Pull of Different Attachment Styles and Build Lasting Connection with Y
Annie Tanasugarn(0)
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A powerful, attachment-based guide to help you and your partner spark true and lasting connection.
Do you and your partner have different needs when it comes to your relationship? Perhaps you desire more intimacy and reassurance, while they value independence and tend to keep you at arms-length? Or maybe you feel "trapped," while they act "clingy?" If this sounds familiar, you and your partner may have opposing attachmentstyles-ways of relating to one another based on your unmet childhood needs.
Written by a behavioral psychologist and relationship specialist, this groundbreaking guide offers evidence-based strategies to help you break free from this toxic push-pull pattern so you can build trust, security, and a deeper connection with your partner. Grounded in behavior therapy and attachment theory, The Anxious-Avoidant Trap will help you and your partner gain a better understanding of each other, so you can improve communication, avoid emotional triggers, and bring joy back into your relationship.
With this compassionate guide, you will:
• Discover how attachment styles are formed in childhood
• Identify three "core wounds" of attachment trauma
• Recognize signs of anxious or avoidant attachment in adulthood
• Develop skills to respond to your partner while reducing emotional triggers
Fostering a deeper connection with your partner requires recognizing your own unique attachment style and specific needs-as well as your partner's. The tools in this go-to guide will help you both heal the invisible wounds caused by your past-so you can build a bond together that truly stands the test of time. When one partner anxiously seeks reassurance and intimacy in a romantic relationship and the other avoids intimacy to maintain autonomy and space, it can create a toxic push-pull dynamic that can lead to resentment, frustration, and dissatisfaction in your relationship. Written by a behavioral psychologist and expert in attachment theory-an in-depth psychological study of the dynamics of interpersonal relationships-this book offers evidence-based strategies to help couples break free from this destructive dynamic and build trust, security, and deeper connection.
Annie Tanasugarn, PhD, is a trauma-informed clinician, and the owner of Behavior Thrive, LLC. She is clinically certified as a trauma and addiction specialist, including expertise in Adverse Childhood Experiences, and addictive patterns that lead to self-defeating behavior. She additionally holds advanced training in the Gottman Method for couples, which is a leading intervention designed to help cultivate a deeper, lasting connection between partners. Tanasugarn has revolutionized how her clients heal from attachment disturbances, maladaptive behavior patterns, and toxic relational dynamics using her Self-Healing Through Self-Discovery Approach™, which is a method she created that includes tools to cultivate self-awareness, personal boundaries, and emotional regulation.
Tanasugarn's mission is to provide clients with a safe place for reflection that fosters insight and self-discovery in helping them reach a place of self-empowerment that promotes lasting, positive growth. She is a distinguished member of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), the Association for Contextual Behavior Science (ACBS), and is an avid contributor on Psychology Today. Tanasugarn resides in Buena Park, CA.
Do you and your partner have different needs when it comes to your relationship? Perhaps you desire more intimacy and reassurance, while they value independence and tend to keep you at arms-length? Or maybe you feel "trapped," while they act "clingy?" If this sounds familiar, you and your partner may have opposing attachmentstyles-ways of relating to one another based on your unmet childhood needs.
Written by a behavioral psychologist and relationship specialist, this groundbreaking guide offers evidence-based strategies to help you break free from this toxic push-pull pattern so you can build trust, security, and a deeper connection with your partner. Grounded in behavior therapy and attachment theory, The Anxious-Avoidant Trap will help you and your partner gain a better understanding of each other, so you can improve communication, avoid emotional triggers, and bring joy back into your relationship.
With this compassionate guide, you will:
• Discover how attachment styles are formed in childhood
• Identify three "core wounds" of attachment trauma
• Recognize signs of anxious or avoidant attachment in adulthood
• Develop skills to respond to your partner while reducing emotional triggers
Fostering a deeper connection with your partner requires recognizing your own unique attachment style and specific needs-as well as your partner's. The tools in this go-to guide will help you both heal the invisible wounds caused by your past-so you can build a bond together that truly stands the test of time. When one partner anxiously seeks reassurance and intimacy in a romantic relationship and the other avoids intimacy to maintain autonomy and space, it can create a toxic push-pull dynamic that can lead to resentment, frustration, and dissatisfaction in your relationship. Written by a behavioral psychologist and expert in attachment theory-an in-depth psychological study of the dynamics of interpersonal relationships-this book offers evidence-based strategies to help couples break free from this destructive dynamic and build trust, security, and deeper connection.
Annie Tanasugarn, PhD, is a trauma-informed clinician, and the owner of Behavior Thrive, LLC. She is clinically certified as a trauma and addiction specialist, including expertise in Adverse Childhood Experiences, and addictive patterns that lead to self-defeating behavior. She additionally holds advanced training in the Gottman Method for couples, which is a leading intervention designed to help cultivate a deeper, lasting connection between partners. Tanasugarn has revolutionized how her clients heal from attachment disturbances, maladaptive behavior patterns, and toxic relational dynamics using her Self-Healing Through Self-Discovery Approach™, which is a method she created that includes tools to cultivate self-awareness, personal boundaries, and emotional regulation.
Tanasugarn's mission is to provide clients with a safe place for reflection that fosters insight and self-discovery in helping them reach a place of self-empowerment that promotes lasting, positive growth. She is a distinguished member of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), the Association for Contextual Behavior Science (ACBS), and is an avid contributor on Psychology Today. Tanasugarn resides in Buena Park, CA.