Amir also has a passion for working with patients and it is in this context, while working with mothers and children in a therapeutic nursery, that he first discovered the power of attachment theory. He graduated from the residency program at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University and for the past few years Amir has been conducting neuroscience research at Columbia under the mentorship of Nobel Prize Laureate Eric Kandel. is an adult, child, and adolescent psychiatrist and neuroscientist.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio. With fascinating psychological insight, quizzes and case studies, Dr Amir Levine and Rachel Heller help you understand the three attachment styles, identify your own and recognize the styles of others so that you can find compatible partners or improve your existing relationship. Secure people feel comfortable with intimacy and are usually warm and loving. Pioneered by psychologist John Bowlby in the 1950s, the field of attachment explains that each of us behaves in relationships in one of three distinct ways:Īnxious people are often preoccupied with their relationships and tend to worry about their partner’s ability to love them back.Īvoidant people equate intimacy with a loss of independence and constantly try to minimize closeness. Heller reveal how an understanding of attachment theory – the most advanced relationship science in existence today – can help us find and sustain love. Is there a science to love? In this groundbreaking audiobook, psychiatrist and neuroscientist Amir Levine and psychologist Rachel S. 'A groundbreaking book that redefines what it means to be in a relationship.' – John Gray, PhD., bestselling author of Men Are from Mars, Women Are from VenusĪn insightful look at the science behind love, Attached offers listeners a road map for building stronger, more fulfilling connections.

Attached by Amir Levine