Three questions: do you know your attachment style, have you seen the movie Love Jones, AND have you ever been in a Love Jones type relationship? Nina and Darius had their ups and downs but the love story was epic. In this episode, join your two favorite black therapists as we talk about anxious and avoidant attachment styles and how it affects communication and relationships, pattern cycles, and how to recognize it and heal.

00:00 Intro

01:40 Overview of the attachment styles

05:44 Love Jones overview

08:00 Did Darius have anxious attachment?

13:55 Communication issues between attachment styles -

-assumptions

-keeping a back up roster

-not showing all your cards

-fantasizing about ex

-not resolving issues

-not having accountability

-being reactive

-having different emotional regulation and conflict styles

25:30 Why recognizing your attachment is so important & being attracted to a partner with different attachment

29:05 therapists thoughts on avoidant and anxious couple conflict resolution

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