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Written By Julie Menanno MA, LMFT, LCPC

How Attachment Styles Affect Intimacy in Relationships with @Julie Me

We’ve got a medical professional in the studio today! Julie Menanno is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, as well as a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and author of The Secure Relationship: Quick Tips - A Guide to Getting Unstuck from a Negative Cycle and Finding Attachment Security with Your Partner. Her mission is to make the insights and practical skills she uses to treat couples in her private practice more accessible to a wider population. 

In the episode you will learn about:

  • Attachment styles in relationships 

  • How avoidant attachment style impacts relationships

  • How anxious attachment style impacts relationships

  • How to develop healthy emotional intimacy

  • What a secure relationship feels like 

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Living a pleasure positive lifestyle is Clit Talk’s expertise. As the hosts of Clit Talk - Lindsey, Katie, and Sugar - have spent the last 250+ episodes interviewing everyone from doctors, sexperts, celebrities and even porn stars. The girls next door go out, try all the boundary-pushing sexcapades, confronting and disrupting their shame, then hop on the air to tell all the gritty details. They will try almost anything ONCE. Like getting pregnant at a sex party... #truestory. After 4 successful years of a top rated sexuality podcast now as Intimacy Coaches, they have launched their very own, Sex & Empowerment Signature Masterclass: A roadmap to regain self-love, harness your true voice, and live a turned on life.

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Julie Menanno MA, LMFT, LCPC

Julie Menanno, MA is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, and Relationship Coach. Julie operates a clinical therapy practice in Bozeman, Montana, and leads a global relationship coaching practice with a team of trained coaches. She is an expert in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) for Couples and specializes in attachment issues within relationships.

Julie is the author of the best-selling book Secure Love, published by Simon and Schuster in January 2024. She provides relationship insights to over 1.3 million Instagram followers and hosts The Secure Love Podcast, where she shares real-time couples coaching sessions to help listeners navigate relational challenges. Julie also hosts a bi-weekly discussion group on relationship and self-help topics. A sought-after public speaker and podcast guest, Julie is dedicated to helping individuals and couples foster secure, fulfilling relationships.

Julie lives in Bozeman, Montana, with her husband of 25 years, their six children, and their beloved dog. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, skiing, Pilates, reading psychology books, and studying Italian.

https://www.thesecurerelationship.com/
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