Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find--And Keep--Love

What does it mean to understand your attachment style—to discover why some people navigate relationships effortlessly while others struggle with intimacy, anxiety, or avoidance? Amir Levine and Rachel Heller's Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find—And Keep—Love is one of the most transformative works on relationship science ever written, a book that reveals how adult attachment theory explains our patterns in love and offers a roadmap for building stronger, more fulfilling connections. This is not abstract psychology but an accessible guide by a psychiatrist and psychologist who understand that we already rely on science for health and wellness—why not use it to improve our relationships? Levine and Heller illuminate the three attachment styles—anxious, avoidant, and secure—and show how understanding your style and your partner's can transform your love life, helping you find and keep the relationship you deserve.

Levine and Heller write from their clinical experience and deep study of attachment research pioneered by John Bowlby in the 1950s. The book asks: What is your attachment style, and how does it shape your relationships? Why do anxious people worry about their partner's love while avoidant people equate intimacy with loss of independence? How do secure people create warm, loving relationships, and what can we learn from them? How do different attachment styles interact in relationships, and which pairings work best? Through scientific research, real-life examples, and practical guidance, Levine and Heller show us that attachment is not destiny—we can understand our patterns, choose compatible partners, and build the secure, loving relationships we seek.

For readers seeking contemplative wisdom and evidence-based relationship guidance, Attached serves as both a penetrating exploration of adult attachment science and a practical guide to finding and keeping love. This New York Times-acclaimed book includes attachment style assessments, relationship advice, and strategies for building secure connections. This is a book for anyone seeking to understand their relationship patterns, for those navigating dating and partnership, for anyone interested in attachment theory and relationship psychology. It's a reminder that our attachment styles shape our love lives, that understanding these patterns empowers us to make better choices, and that with awareness and effort, we can create the secure, fulfilling relationships we desire.

What You'll Discover

• The three attachment styles: anxious, avoidant, and secure
• How to identify your attachment style and your partner's
• Why some relationship pairings work better than others
• Practical strategies for building secure, loving connections
• Scientific insights from decades of attachment research

Amir Levine, MD, is a psychiatrist and neuroscientist at Columbia University, and Rachel S. F. Heller, MA, is a psychologist and researcher. Together, they have made attachment theory accessible to millions of readers seeking to understand their relationship patterns. Drawing on John Bowlby's pioneering work and decades of attachment research, they offer practical, science-based guidance for navigating modern love. Attached, first published in 2010, has become a beloved classic in relationship psychology, helping countless readers find and keep the love they seek through understanding the science of adult attachment.

Perfect for: Anyone seeking to understand their relationship patterns and attachment style, readers navigating dating and looking for compatible partners, those in relationships wanting to improve intimacy and connection, students of attachment theory and relationship psychology, anyone struggling with relationship anxiety or avoidance, readers interested in the science of love and connection, therapists and counselors working with couples, students of developmental and social psychology, anyone interested in John Bowlby's attachment research, readers who loved Hold Me Tight by Sue Johnson, those seeking evidence-based relationship guidance, anyone ready to build secure, fulfilling, and lasting love.

TarcherPerigee paperback edition. Amir Levine and Rachel Heller's beloved guide to adult attachment—offering scientific insights into the three attachment styles, practical tools for identifying your patterns, and a roadmap for building stronger, more secure, and deeply fulfilling relationships.