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EFT rightly places emotional safety at the center of secure attachment. But what becomes possible once safety is established?
In this talk, Andrea Medaris explores secure attachment not as the endpoint of therapy or of intimate partnership, but as the foundation for continued growth, exploration, and desire. Drawing on attachment theory, self-expansion research, and clinical work with couples, she will argue that lasting desire depends not on preserving novelty at a distance, but on remaining capable of discovering one another from within a secure bond.
We’ll look at how partners become both a source of comfort and a catalyst for change, why familiarity does not have to mean stagnation, and how the cycle of reaching, leaving, changing, and returning may provide a renewable source of erotic and relational vitality.
EFT rightly places emotional safety at the center of secure attachment. But what becomes possible once safety is established?
In this talk, Andrea Medaris explores secure attachment not as the endpoint of therapy or of intimate partnership, but as the foundation for continued growth, exploration, and desire. Drawing on attachment theory, self-expansion research, and clinical work with couples, she will argue that lasting desire depends not on preserving novelty at a distance, but on remaining capable of discovering one another from within a secure bond.
We’ll look at how partners become both a source of comfort and a catalyst for change, why familiarity does not have to mean stagnation, and how the cycle of reaching, leaving, changing, and returning may provide a renewable source of erotic and relational vitality.