Trauma can affect nearly every part of daily life. A difficult experience may leave a person struggling with anxiety, ...

Habits like avoiding triggering situations and seeking constant reassurance can lead to one becoming less adept at dealing ...

Anxiety itself isn't a malfunction. Everyday anxiety helps us respond to situations that feel uncertain or threatening, with ...

Estrangement often happens to protect one’s mental or emotional well-being, especially in toxic or abusive family situations.

Therapy can help people overcome insecure attachment by addressing distorted thoughts and negative behaviors. Building secure relationships in adulthood can change how a person views relationships and ...

Psychoanalytic therapy helps people understand their unconscious thoughts and feelings. This type of therapy can be used to treat depression and anxiety disorders. Techniques like transference ...

Our Ask the Therapist columnist, Lori Gottlieb, advises a reader whose avoidant communication style is making a breakup more complicated. By Lori Gottlieb Lori Gottlieb, a psychotherapist and ...

In relationships, understanding your partner’s attachment style can be crucial to fostering a meaningful connection. Avoidant attachment style is characterized by a strong desire for independence and ...

Beyond avoidance of people, places, or activities, avoidance as a psychological process refers to the various ways a person distances themselves from intolerable thoughts, feelings, memories, wishes, ...

At 6 months, stereotactic radiation was associated with a mean change in MDASI-BT score of −0.32. Stereotactic radiation reduced symptom burden and improved daily functioning for patients with more ...