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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!

Julie Menanno MA, LMFT, LCPC Julie Menanno MA, LMFT, LCPC

Your Partner Doesn’t Want Help With Their Feelings?

When your partner avoids emotional support, it can feel confusing and lonely. But it often stems from shame, fear, or past conditioning—not rejection. Learn five reasons this happens and how to respond with compassion.

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Julie Menanno MA, LMFT, LCPC Julie Menanno MA, LMFT, LCPC

Hope: 8 Ways to Grow Secure Attachment in Your Relationship

Secure attachment doesn’t just happen—it’s created moment by moment, through emotional safety, self-awareness, and commitment. Here are 8 hopeful and practical ways to build a stronger, more connected relationship.

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Julie Menanno MA, LMFT, LCPC Julie Menanno MA, LMFT, LCPC

Can You Have Both an Anxious and Avoidant Attachment Style?

Attachment styles can be confusing, but in most cases, people lean heavily toward one attachment style in their closest relationships. Learn why you might feel like you have both anxious and avoidant tendencies and what that really means.

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Julie Menanno MA, LMFT, LCPC Julie Menanno MA, LMFT, LCPC

Validating Anger: For Yourself and Your Partner

Anger is not the problem—how we respond to it is. Learning to validate your own anger and your partner’s can lead to emotional regulation, deeper understanding, and stronger communication.

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Julie Menanno MA, LMFT, LCPC Julie Menanno MA, LMFT, LCPC

Enneagram and Marriage

Whether you're navigating anxious or avoidant patterns, or seeking to build deeper trust, this episode offers hope and concrete steps toward secure, lasting connection.

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Julie Menanno MA, LMFT, LCPC Julie Menanno MA, LMFT, LCPC

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.

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Julie Menanno MA, LMFT, LCPC Julie Menanno MA, LMFT, LCPC

What Is Your Sense of Self?

A strong sense of self allows you to move through life with confidence, authenticity, and emotional resilience. Learn how to develop a deeper connection to yourself, accept your flaws, and build more fulfilling relationships.

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Validation: The Key to Emotional Connection

Validation is the foundation of emotional safety in relationships. Learn how to practice validation to strengthen connection, improve communication, and create a deeper bond with your partner.

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Julie Menanno MA, LMFT, LCPC Julie Menanno MA, LMFT, LCPC

Resolve Conflict Using the D.E.A.R M.A.N. Method

Learn how the D.E.A.R M.A.N. method can help you express yourself clearly, set boundaries, and resolve conflict while maintaining emotional connection in your relationship.

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How Do Secure Partners Do That?

Securely attached partners communicate effectively, regulate emotions, and maintain strong boundaries while fostering connection. Learn how these behaviors create thriving relationships.

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Julie Menanno MA, LMFT, LCPC Julie Menanno MA, LMFT, LCPC

Why Do Disorganized Partners Do That?

Disorganized attachment can make relationships feel unpredictable and overwhelming. Learn how survival strategies formed in childhood impact adult relationships and discover steps for healing.

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