Attachment styles influence how we connect. Would you identify your attachment style as securely attached? We’ll get some clarity on what secure attachment versus insecure attachment might look like in our relationships.

This episode focuses on attachment theory and the dynamic-maturation model. We’ll talk about what they are and how they show up in our connections with ourselves and others.

Resources

Conflict Science Institute. (2020). Is the DMM too simple, too complex, or robust? Conflictscienceinstitute.com. https://www.conflictscienceinstitute.com/is-the-dmm-too-simple-too-complex-or-robust/

Crittenden, P. M. (2006). A dynamic‐maturational model of attachment. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy, 27(2), 105-115.

Family Relations Institute. (n.d.) DMM Model. Family Relations Institute. https://familyrelationsinstitute.org/dmm-model/

Fern, J. (2020). Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy. Thornapple Press.

Parker, & Campbell, K. (2017). Infidelity and Attachment: The Moderating Role of Race/Ethnicity. Contemporary Family Therapy, 39(3), 172–183. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10591-017-9415-0