{"id":2365,"date":"2023-01-13T18:56:08","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T18:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hearttoheartcounseling.biz\/?page_id=2365"},"modified":"2023-07-03T22:28:11","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T02:28:11","slug":"dimension-4-attachment-childhood-development","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hearttoheartcounselingla.com\/dimension-4-attachment-childhood-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Dimension 4 – Attachment & Childhood Development"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dimension 4 \u2013 Attachment and Childhood Development<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Do you refer to your partner as your better half<\/em> or your other half<\/em>? Although you may be \u2018half\u2019 joking, thinking about your relationship in this way may validate your belief that you need your partner to be complete. Thinking of yourself as only half complete without your partner is tantamount to giving up your personal power and causes you to live in a co-dependent reality. When we deeply care and intimately connect with another person, we form an emotional attachment to that person. This is ubiquitous in human development throughout the world. We can define attachment as a deep and lasting bond between two people, where both are able to feel a sense of security when they are with the other.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each of our parents (or caregivers) brought with them their own unique style of childrearing, which included how they attached to each other, and to their child. Realizing how we attached to our parental figures can shed an enormous amount of light on how we attach to our romantic partners. Attachment issues in relationships are a vital area to be both explored and understood if we desire true intimacy to develop.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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