The Science of Close Relationships: Based on ATTACHED: THE NEW SCIENCE OF ADULT ATTACHMENT AND HOW IT CAN HELP YOU FIND AND KEEP LOVE
We rely on science to tell us everything, from what to eat to when and how long to exercise, but what about relationships? Is there a scientific explanation for why some people seem to navigate relationships effortlessly, while others struggle? According to psychiatrist and neuroscientist Dr. Amir Levine, the answer is a resounding “yes.”
In his talk, Dr. Levine, author of “Attached”, will address how one’s adult romantic partnerships have patterns resembling those one has as a child with one’s parents. Our need for attachment, he concludes, is hardwired into our brains, but each of us expresses it differently. Focusing on three main attachment styles (secure, anxious, and avoidant), Levine will present research that explains how our biology and our “attachment style” enormously impact our relationships. In his provocative work, the author shares revelatory findings from studies done on adult attachment and debunks many of the relationship myths by which we live, date, and mate. Although many books have addressed how these styles affect parent/child relationships, Levine’s book, Attached, was the first to translate the mountain of findings from adult attachment research into an applicable theory we can use in our everyday life. In his talk Levine will teach us how to identify our own and others’ attachment styles, how to avoid relationship pitfalls – including mismatched attachment styles, “protest behavior” and “deactivating strategies” – and adopt secure relationship strategies for building stronger, more fulfilling connections with the people we love.
Amir Levine is an adult, adolescent, and child psychiatrist and neuroscientist at Columbia University in New York. Dr. Levine studies gene regulation of various mental states with a special interest in the molecular processes that are unique to the developing adolescent brain. He is combining the study of molecular processes of adolescent neurodevelopment with risk factors (such as exposure to drugs) for developing mental illness, and ways to build resilience. Dr. Levine’s research findings have been patented and may lead to new approaches in the treatment of addiction and mood disorders in both adolescents and adults.
Dr. Levine became interested in the power of attachment when working with mothers with post-traumatic stress disorder and their children in the therapeutic nursery. This led Levine to co-author the book Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find—and Keep—Love, which has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Fox News, Scientific American Mind, The Sunday Times, Glamour, Elle, and other publications. It has been translated into ten languages. Dr. Levine has a private practice in which he is helping clients improve their close relationships.
6:00pm: Registration open
6:30pm: Lecture begins
7:30pm: Reception
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