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 2: Emotional Attunement with Dr. Ryan Rana, PhD
We’re grateful to have Dr Ryan Rana, PhD join us for episode two of the Velcro Love podcast. Dr. Rana is a brilliant teacher, therapist, supervisor, and trainer. Dr. Rana addresses the key topic of emotional attunement, shares with us his take on what attunement is, why it is so important, and how to achieve it. The things he shares are brilliant.
Dr. Rana is an expert in Emotionally Focused Therapy and all the things that this podcast is about: attachment theory, relationships, and sexuality. He is a certified Trainer and Supervisor in Emotionally Focused Therapy.
Dr. Rana is also the co-host of the amazing podcast “The Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy,” a podcast that he leads with Dr. James Hawkins (Dr Hawk) at The Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy