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Attachment Based Relationship Tips
Looking to strengthen your relationship? Our blog offers expert relationship tips rooted in attachment theory and Emotionally Focused Therapy. Learn how to identify your attachment style, communicate more effectively, and foster emotional safety with your partner. From overcoming conflict to building deeper trust, our practical advice and tools, created by couples therapist Julie Menanno, are designed to help you move toward a secure and fulfilling connection. Dive in and start transforming your relationships today!
Your Attachment Style Has So Much to Say…
Each attachment style holds a story—about fear, need, and connection. When we give those stories words, we begin the process of healing, connection, and secure attachment.
How Disorganized Partners Can Feel Safe in Relationships
Disorganized attachment can create intense emotional highs and lows in relationships. For these partners to feel safe, they need emotional validation, understanding, clear boundaries, and a partner committed to self-care and honest communication.
Being Emotionally Supportive is NOT the Same as Being Your Partner's Therapist
Being emotionally supportive in a relationship is a skill that can be learned by both partners, not just a job for therapists. Discover how emotional support and engagement can be practiced to strengthen your connection.
Your “Window of Tolerance”
Your window of tolerance is your internal safe space for emotional balance. Learn how to find and stay in this space to improve your well-being, regulate emotions, and build healthier relationships.
Feeling Triggered In Your Relationship?
Feeling triggered in your relationship? Learn these five steps: look inward, self-regulate, balance your perspective, assess timing, and follow through.
How to Help Soothe Your Distressed Partner
Discover how to support your distressed partner effectively with self-regulation, validation, and timing, creating a safer emotional environment for both of you.
When You Have To Ask the Question...Should I End My Relationship?
Wondering 'should I end my relationship'? This guide explores 7 essential steps to evaluate your connection, from unhealed wounds to hope for change.
Why self regulation might not be working
Discover why self regulation might feel out of reach, the barriers that hinder it, and actionable steps to build emotional resilience and connection.
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Julie walks through a framework she uses with couples, illustrating how unresolved emotions, personal wounds, and attachment insecurities impact communication and relationship dynamics. She emphasizes the necessity of emotional awareness, healthy assertion, and processing difficult feelings rather than avoiding or acting out on them.
For those interested in learning how to navigate emotional wounds, assert boundaries, and cultivate healthier relationship dynamics, this session provides valuable insights and practical tools.