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Are you Anxious, Avoidant or Secure? How the science of adult attachment can help you find – and keep – love

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By: Amir Levine, Rachel Heller
Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
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Three million copies sold.

An insightful look at the science behind love, Attached offers listeners a road map for building stronger, more fulfilling connections.

‘Revelatory’ – The New York Times

'Essential' – Sunday Telegraph


Is there a science to love? In this groundbreaking audiobook, psychiatrist and neuroscientist Amir Levine and psychologist Rachel S. F. Heller reveal how an understanding of attachment theory – the most advanced relationship science in existence today – can help us find and sustain love.

Pioneered by psychologist John Bowlby in the 1950s, the field of attachment explains that each of us behaves in relationships in one of three distinct ways:

  • Anxious people are often preoccupied with their relationships and tend to worry about their partner’s ability to love them back.
  • Avoidant people equate intimacy with a loss of independence and constantly try to minimize closeness.
  • Secure people feel comfortable with intimacy and are usually warm and loving.


With fascinating psychological insight, quizzes and case studies, Dr Amir Levine and Rachel Heller help you understand the three attachment styles, identify your own and recognize the styles of others so that you can find compatible partners or improve your existing relationship.

'A groundbreaking book that redefines what it means to be in a relationship' – John Gray, PhD., bestselling author of Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus

'For its many, many fans, Attached has been life-changing' – Stylist


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Critic reviews

Should be essential reading for everyone. Reading this book I understood for the first time why my love life was the way it was . . . Such a vital read to help you understand your own behaviour and that of others. (Marianne Power)
Revelatory (The New York Times)
A groundbreaking book that redefines what it means to be in a relationship. (John Gray, PhD., bestselling author of Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus)
Chock-full of tips, questionnaires, and case studies, this is a solidly researched and intriguing approach to the perennial trials of looking for love in all the right places and improving existing relationships.
A practical, enjoyable guide to forming rewarding romantic relationships.
A valuable tool whether you are just entering a relationship with a new partner or – as in my case – even after you've been married twenty-one years, and had thought you knew everything about your spouse.
For its many, many fans, Attached has been life changing.
Anyone who has been plagued by that age-old question – 'What is his deal?" – could benefit from a crash course in attachment theory.
A fascinating and enormously useful guide to one of life's most important ventures – finding and sustaining a secure, satisfying love relationship. (Phillip R. Shaver, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, University of California, Davis and Past President, International Association for Relationship Research)
I have lost count of the number of times that I have recommended this book to clients. In it, the authors explain a complicated subject in brilliantly accessible terms, to help us better understand ourselves and the way we form relationships, enabling us all to heal from past wounds and build better futures. (Emma Reed Turrell, author of What am I Missing?)
This book is both fascinating and fun. Attached will help every reader understand whom they are attracted to as partners, why, and what they can do to reach fulfillment in love. I enjoyed every moment. (Janet Klosko, PhD., co-author of the bestselling Reinventing Your Life)
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I think everybody should read this book and I certainly wish I had read it sooner. I'd done a little reading about attachment theory before, but this book really spells it out to you with clear examples. It does a great job of letting you know that there are reasons behind your behaviour and they are not your fault, but shows you ways to change them for the better. It's made me feel more confident about dating and about being in relationships and asking for what I need rather than trying to hide it.

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This book is so helpful in many ways. Understanding my attachment style already helped me communicate better with my loved ones. I also feel more tolerant about others. About to re read (or rather listen) again! Great work.

Mind blowing!

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i now have a better understanding about my needs in my relationship and how to communicate these effectively. thank you to the authors

better understanding

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A "must read" if you have struggled with relationships constantly going wrong, especially if you constantly become unhappy in a relationship, this will help you to understand why.

Brilliant

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I think they're on to something and their advice is clear and practical. Makes sense of current and past relationships I have experienced or observed.

Makes a lot of sense to me as a psychiatrist.

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