Velcro Love: A Podcast About Attachment Theory, Relationships, Therapy, and Sex
Velcro Love: A Podcast About Attachment Theory, Relationships, Therapy, and Sex
This podcast is place where we discuss all things attachment theory and relationships and therapy and sex.
These are some of the questions that we address on the podcast:
- Why is the podcast called "Velcro Love"? (Hint: Because Velcro holds things together tightly, but it not rigid)
- What is Attachment Theory and why is it so important?
- What is Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and why is is so great and so helpful?
- Why are safety and trust so important in relationships?
- What are the differences between the attachment styles: secure attachment, anxious-ambivalent attachment, anxious-avoidant attachment, dismissive-avoidance attachment, and disorganized/disoriented attachment?
- Can attachment styles shift and change in adulthood? And if so, how does that happen?
- What is emotional vulnerability and why is it important?
- How does attachment style affect sex and sexual connection?
- What are the key negative sexual cycles that keep people in suffering instead of in healthy and enjoyable sexual connection?
- Advice for dating: what does attachment theory teach us about how to start a relationship?
- What is an attachment wound, and how are they cause, and how can they be healed?
- What are the key things that make up a secure, safe, and trusting relationship?
- What is Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and why is it effective?
- What does it mean to work in the "present process of emotion" in therapy?
- What are some parenting tips that come out of attachment theory?
- How can I best connect emotionally with my teenage children?
- What do the terms "persuer" and "withdrawer" mean in relationships and why are these terms important?
- What is the most healthy way to work through a divorce or a breakup?'
- What are some tips for dating, talking about sex with your partner, improving sex, and more?
- what are some tips for living with or working with difficult or manipulative people?
Velcro Love: A Podcast About Attachment Theory, Relationships, Therapy, and Sex
Episode 3: Dr. Teri Murphy, PhD, on Teaching EFT & Attachment & Her Personal Journey
In episode #3, we talk with with Dr. Teri Murphy, a certified Trainer, Supervisor, and Therapist of Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT). In this episode Dr. Teri discusses love and creativity, and teaching and joy and sadness. She gets very personal about many of the hard things she has been through, her “dark nights of the soul” and gives helpful advice to anyone who is also struggling to deal with darkness or depression.
On Dr. Teri’s website, she described herself and her work this way:
“My mission is to help people live as the fullest version of who they are. Anything that gets in the way of wholeness and love is what we focus on in our work. My favorite thing in the world is helping you re-ignite your spark.”
It was an honor to sit with Dr. Teri and learn more about her journey. There is something for everyone in what Dr. Teri shares!