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Adam Lane Smith

Disciplines:
psychology/attachment theory
clinical psychology
coaching/relationship coaching
masculinity

Summary

American therapist specializing in attachment theory applied to adult relationships and masculine psychology — making academic attachment research practically accessible to men navigating relationships.

Core Contribution

Applies Bowlby and Ainsworth's attachment framework to practical adult relationship issues with a particular focus on men's attachment patterns — translating secure versus anxious versus avoidant attachment into actionable relationship guidance.

Key Spikes & Highlights

  • Attachment as Men's Issue (repositioned attachment theory — historically framed around maternal bonding and childhood — as a framework for understanding modern male relationship failures, arguing that avoidant attachment is epidemic among men raised without secure male models)

Notable Works & Achievements

Be the Lighthouse

Historical Influences

John Bowlby Mary Ainsworth Jordan B. Peterson

Intellectual Lineage

Attachment Theory Clinical Psychology Men's Psychology Movement

Contemporaries & Peers

John KimEsther Perel Sue Johnson

Minds Influenced

Modern Wisdom audience interested in attachment

Intellectual Posterity

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