#1257 Jeffry Simpson: Attachment Styles and Interpersonal Relationships

Hello everyone, welcome to a new episode of The Decenter. I'm your host as always, Ricardo Lopes, and today I'm joined by Dr. Jeffrey Simpson. He is distinguished university teaching professor and chair of the Department of Psychology at the University of Minnesota, where he also directs the doctoral minor in interpersonal relationships. And today we're going to talk

uh about interpersonal relationships but focusing mostly on attachment theory, attachment styles and how they manifest in interpersonal relationships. So Dr. Simpson, welcome to the show. It's a pleasure to have you one. It's a pleasure to be here.

Thank you. So um before we get into attachment theory itself. Uh let me just ask you, because of course we're going to apply it to interpersonal relationships, what are the most basic aspects of interpersonal relationships? Where exactly do their foundations start getting built in life? I think the most important aspects are in the way that relationships kind of allow people to live their lives and navigate their social worlds in a way that feels as comfortable and flexible to them as possible.

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