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Attachment in Indian Families: Enmeshment, Duty, and the Cost of Closeness — A warm, contemporary header image showing a thoughtful young Indian woman seated apart while her extended family interacts in the background inside a traditional home. The composition illustrates the tension between family closeness, personal boundaries, duty, and emotional independence. The image accompanies an article by Dr. Prerna Kohli, Clinical Psychologist, exploring how attachment patterns are shaped within Indian families, how enmeshment and family expectations influence emotional development, and how healthy boundaries can coexist with love, respect, and cultural values.

Attachment in Indian Families: Why the Western Model Doesn’t Quite Fit

ByDr. Prerna Kohli July 25, 2026 Uncategorized
Attachment Styles › Attachment in Indian Families Attachment in Indian Families: Why the Western Model Doesn’t Quite Fit By Dr...
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Attachment Styles in Arranged Marriages: Building a Bond From Scratch — A warm, contemporary header image depicting a young Indian couple in traditional attire nurturing a small plant together, symbolizing the gradual growth of trust, communication, and emotional intimacy. Stacked books labelled Trust, Communication, Understanding, and Shared Dreams reinforce the foundations of a healthy relationship. The image accompanies an article by Dr. Prerna Kohli, Clinical Psychologist, exploring how attachment styles influence arranged marriages, how emotional bonds develop over time, and practical ways couples can build secure, lasting relationships.

Attachment in Arranged Marriages: When the Bond Forms After the Wedding

ByDr. Prerna Kohli July 25, 2026 Uncategorized
Attachment Styles › Attachment in Arranged Marriages Attachment in Arranged Marriages: When the Bond Forms After the Wedding By Dr...
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Where Attachment Styles Come From: The Childhood Blueprint — A warm, contemporary header image showing a young child drawing quietly on the floor beside a teddy bear, while a larger silhouette reveals a family walking together through a sunlit landscape. The double-exposure artwork symbolizes how early caregiving experiences shape lifelong attachment patterns, emotional security, trust, and relationships. The image accompanies an article by Dr. Prerna Kohli, Clinical Psychologist, explaining how attachment styles develop during childhood, how early family relationships influence adult emotional patterns, and how these patterns can change through greater self-awareness and evidence-based psychological approaches.

How Attachment Styles Form: What You Learned Before You Could Speak

ByDr. Prerna Kohli July 25, 2026 Uncategorized
Attachment Styles › How Attachment Styles Form How Attachment Styles Form: What You Learned Before You Could Speak By Dr...
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What's Your Attachment Style? A Self-Reflection Guide — A warm, minimalist header image featuring an open journal filled with self-reflection questions about relationships, trust, conflict, emotional needs, and support beside a cup of coffee, candlelight, and handwritten notes. A silhouette with a glowing heart symbolizes emotional awareness, healing, and personal growth. The image accompanies an article by Dr. Prerna Kohli, Clinical Psychologist, explaining how to identify your attachment style, recognise recurring relationship patterns, and develop greater emotional security through self-awareness and evidence-based psychological insights.

A Guided Self-Reflection on Your Attachment Pattern

ByDr. Prerna Kohli July 25, 2026 Uncategorized
Attachment Styles › Self-Reflection Guide A Guided Self-Reflection on Your Attachment Pattern By Dr. Prerna Kohli, PhD & M.Phil ·...
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How to Recognise Your Own Attachment Style — A clean, contemporary header image showing a woman looking into a round mirror, symbolizing self-reflection and emotional self-awareness. Reflected around her are the four major attachment styles—Secure, Anxious, Avoidant, and Fearful-Avoidant—inviting readers to identify their own relationship patterns. The minimalist design uses warm natural light and calming tones to represent insight and personal growth. This image accompanies an article by Dr. Prerna Kohli, Clinical Psychologist and Founder of MindTribe, explaining how to recognize your attachment style, understand the behaviours and emotional patterns associated with each style, and begin developing healthier, more secure relationships.

How to Recognise Your Own Attachment Style

ByDr. Prerna Kohli July 25, 2026 Uncategorized
Attachment Styles › How to Know Your Style How to Recognise Your Own Attachment Style By Dr. Prerna Kohli, PhD...
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Fearful-Avoidant Attachment: Wanting Closeness and Fearing It at Once — A contemporary, minimalist header image showing a young woman with her eyes closed and arms wrapped around herself, symbolizing the emotional conflict of craving intimacy while fearing vulnerability. Double-exposure imagery reveals solitary figures standing in expansive landscapes, representing the push-pull dynamic of seeking connection yet retreating from it. The image accompanies an article by Dr. Prerna Kohli, Clinical Psychologist and Founder of MindTribe, explaining fearful-avoidant attachment, how it often develops from inconsistent or traumatic relationships, how it affects trust, intimacy, emotional regulation, and self-worth, and how evidence-based therapy can help build healthier, more secure relationships.

Fearful-Avoidant Attachment: Wanting Closeness and Fearing It at Once

ByDr. Prerna Kohli July 25, 2026 Uncategorized
Attachment Styles › Fearful-Avoidant Attachment Fearful-Avoidant Attachment: Wanting Closeness and Fearing It at Once By Dr. Prerna Kohli, PhD &...
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Avoidant Attachment: Why Closeness Can Feel Like a Threat — A minimalist, warm-toned header image depicting a man turned away from the viewer, symbolizing emotional distance and self-protection. Within his silhouette, a lone figure stands overlooking a quiet lake at sunrise, representing independence, isolation, and the internal conflict between longing for connection and fearing intimacy. The image accompanies an article by Dr. Prerna Kohli, Clinical Psychologist and Founder of MindTribe, explaining avoidant attachment, how it develops through emotionally unavailable or rejecting caregiving, how it influences adult relationships, vulnerability, trust, and emotional expression, and evidence-based ways to develop greater emotional security.

Avoidant Attachment: Why Closeness Can Feel Like a Threat

ByDr. Prerna Kohli July 25, 2026 Uncategorized
Attachment Styles › Avoidant Attachment Avoidant Attachment: Why Closeness Can Feel Like a Threat By Dr. Prerna Kohli, PhD &...
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Anxious Attachment: The Fear of Not Being Enough — A contemplative, minimalist header image showing a young woman in profile with her eyes closed, expressing worry, vulnerability, and emotional longing. A tangled scribble above her head symbolizes racing thoughts, fear of rejection, and relationship uncertainty, while a distant solitary figure blended into her silhouette represents loneliness and emotional distance. Warm sunlight contrasts with the inner emotional turbulence, reflecting the hidden nature of anxious attachment. This image accompanies an article by Dr. Prerna Kohli, Clinical Psychologist and Founder of MindTribe, explaining anxious attachment, its roots in inconsistent caregiving, how it affects adult relationships, self-worth, reassurance-seeking, abandonment fears, and emotional regulation, along with evidence-based strategies for developing a more secure attachment style.

Anxious Attachment: The Fear of Not Being Enough

ByDr. Prerna Kohli July 25, 2026 Uncategorized
Attachment Styles › Anxious Attachment Anxious Attachment: The Fear of Not Being Enough By Dr. Prerna Kohli, PhD & M.Phil...
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Secure Attachment: What It Looks Like and How It's Built — A calming, minimalist header image featuring warm natural light, a ceramic coffee mug resting on stacked books, an olive branch in a glass vase, and a smooth stone engraved with a heart. The image symbolizes emotional safety, trust, connection, and personal growth. Text highlights secure attachment as the foundation for healthy relationships, emotional resilience, independence, and effective conflict resolution. This illustration accompanies an article by Dr. Prerna Kohli, Clinical Psychologist and Founder of MindTribe, explaining how secure attachment develops in childhood and adulthood, why it influences relationships and mental health, and practical ways to build a more secure attachment style through self-awareness, healthy communication, and therapy.

Secure Attachment: What It Looks Like and How It’s Built

ByDr. Prerna Kohli July 25, 2026 Attachment Styles
Attachment Styles › Secure Attachment Secure Attachment: What It Looks Like and How It’s Built By Dr. Prerna Kohli, PhD...
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Emotional Affair or Just Friendship? Minimal editorial illustration showing two married people having coffee while exploring the subtle line between close friendship and emotional infidelity. Expert guidance by Dr. Prerna Kohli.

Emotional Affair or Just Friendship? Where the Line Really Is

ByDr. Prerna Kohli July 20, 2026 Uncategorized
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