#260: Avoidant Attachment Style: Why Your Partner Shuts Down and How to Respond (Part Two)

About this episode

This episode explores the avoidant-anxious attachment dynamic and offers strategies for couples to break the cycle of emotional withdrawal and anxiety.

Send us Fan Mail If you or your partner struggles with avoidant attachment, shutting down, going quiet, disappearing emotionally when things get intense, this episode is for you. And if you're the anxious attachment partner on the other side: the one who leans in harder, panics when your partner withdraws, and feels like you can never quite reach them, this is for you too. This is Part 2 of our ongoing series on the avoidant-anxious dynamic and what couples can actually do to break the cycle....

People in this episode

Host: Staci Bartley

Topics covered

• avoidant attachment
• anxious attachment
• relationship dynamics
• emotional withdrawal
• communication in relationships
• couples therapy

Keywords

• avoidant attachment
• anxious attachment
• relationship help
• emotional shutdown
• couples communication
• relationship advice

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