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Alix Williams

Alix Williams

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and founder of ARW Counseling in Texas, specializing in anxiety, maternal mental health, EMDR, and high-achieving women.

Aug 7, 2026

13:14
... periods?
13:15
Yeah.
13:15
So when I think about, like, what an attachment style is, kind of at its core it's your nervous system trying to answer this question, like, am I safe? Is love safe? Is this safe? Um, so a lot of it's about safety.
13:27
What we think about as, like, secure is that person who can communicate their needs, can feel comfortable within themselves, and comfortable in the relationship, in the relationships that they have.
13:37
And then there's what are the insecure attachment styles.
13:41
One is avoidant, which is that person who sees independence as, like, their strength and has difficulty getting close to others and feeling intimacy.
13:49
So it's people who, like, who run.

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30:16
How does the identity shift of new motherhood interact with the woman's attachment style and, and her relationship with her partner?

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