Family

Attachment theory was first developed by psychiatrist and psychoanalyst John Bowlby, who recognised that the relationships we experience in early childhood play an important role in shaping how safe and secure we feel in the world.

None of us arrives in adulthood with a blank slate. Long before we're able to understand ourselves, we're learning about the world through our earliest relationships.

Healthy standards encourage us to learn, grow and take pride in what we do. They allow room for mistakes because we understand that nobody gets everything right all the time. Perfectionism is different.