#171 How your Attachment Style Influences Sex & Intimacy?

Are you struggling with making a connection with somebody? Do you feel embarrassed when it comes to talking about sex with your partner? Pushing them away whenever the topic arises? If so, it’s time to explore your attachment style.

In this episode, I’ll cover the influence of attachment styles on your relationships, how they were formed in your childhood, and how this relates to adulthood. Understanding attachment styles and intimacy.

Covered in this episode:

• Attachment styles and how they affect your relationship
• Benefits of understanding attachment styles
• How attachment styles form during childhood
• An emotionally and physically satisfied child will have secure attachments
• A child will have insecure attachments if they do not get their needs met
• The four attachment styles
• First type: Anxious attachment style
• Second typet: Dismissive Avoidant attachment style
• Third type: Disorganized/Fearful Avoidant attachment style
• Fourth type: Secure attachment style
•  A child’s perspective of attachment styles
•  Dismissive avoidant children did not learn how to take care of themselves
• The idea of needing help from others makes them feel insecure
• Fearful avoidant children display controlling and manipulative behavior
• Sex for them is an expression of affection
•  Understand that you can work through your attachment style and become secure
•  Become more aware of yourself in relationships
• Difference between sex and intimacy

Join me in a virtual workshop alongside my good friend and therapist, Julie Ingber. We talk about walking you through your attachment styles and how they affect your sex and intimacy on a deeper level. For more information 

https://drkristieoverstreet.com/attachment-intimacy-workshop

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