The Attachment Theory Workbook: Powerful Tools to Promote Understanding, Increase Stability, and Build Lasting Relationships

Needs urgent editorial intervention. The content is mainly there and one can certainly recognise the sincerity of the intentions. Some of the questions do make you think deeply. But the address changes continuously between the person with the insecure attachment and the person dealing with another's insecure attachment, giving a whiplash and leaving the reader utterly confused. Also such errors like I'm stressed when I am...~list of feelings~ one of which is... stressed! Most of the examples feel trite and stilted. Over-representation of woke agenda. If the book had been good, this wouldn't have rankled at all, but as it isn't, it feels like more effort has been expended on the representation rather than content coherence.

Why I didn't buy it years ago? This book helped me a LOT. After first 50 pages I understood so much about my difficulties in relationships that my constant fights with my boyfriend completely stoped, we were close to break up now we are engaged. My life changed so much in many areas. This book point out my problems (anxious attachment style) and also showed me how to actually solve them. I improved also few others relationships in my life. I stopped fighting with my boss (got pay rise also). It all sounds like too good to be true, because most of "self-help books" are useless, but this one is something different. Highly, highly recommended!

Um bom livro sobre a teoria do apego, possui inúmeros exercícios para serem feitos e te ajudam a elaborar suas emoções e comportamentos sobre relacionamentos

After learning about my anxious attachment style, I had sought to try and "fix" it. Amusingly the book tells you not to get too obsessed with it from the get go and recognises that anxious styles can sometimes get hyperfocused on fixing/solutionising things. This workbook made me understand more about myself and the hurt, stress and pain that I directly and indirectly cause to others. It's written in easy to understand concepts with exercises that get to the root of you, your feelings in those moments that trigger your attachment style. There is less of the medical, psychological jargon as compared to other attachment theory books. In essence, it is more grounded as it hits the nail on its head versus going a roundabout way of explaining your anxious attachment style and then leave you hanging - which ironically is self soothing to me versus leaving an open ended answer of a medical journal or study. It is written in a highly reassuring way which anxious attachment styles crave for and thus allowing one to be more open to recognising, accepting, healing and making that change for themselves and eventually for others too.

Workbooks are great for self improvement. This book has very helpful information and is easy to understand and work through. I have gotten multiple workbooks recently. I think it’s important we all work on bettering ourselves and healing any trauma or wounds we have. Many of us have learned unhealthy behaviors growing up and books like these help us change and become healthier. Loving yourself is super important and I promise you when you heal yourself you attract better company. Some manipulative people can see vulnerability in people and that’s how we end up in toxic relationships. When we have healed and know boundaries we put ourself first and won’t stand for that crap. I find these books very helpful. I’m happy. 👍

Very helpful for clients, great exercises