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When someone gets close, you might hold on tighter, need more room, lean in, then away, or stay steady.

Attouch shows you your attachment style, then gives you daily modules, exercises and a journal for it. You can use them alone, or invite someone close to share a Bond with you.

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The four attachment styles

The assessment places you on a map with two axes, anxiety and avoidance. Each of the four quadrants of the map is one attachment style.

  • You
  • Someone close

The map places the four attachment styles by anxiety and avoidance. Secure sits where both are low. Disorganized sits where both are high.

  1. Secure

    Relaxed and engaging

    Your answers show low anxiety and low avoidance.

    The Secure track has 13 modules, including these three.

    Modules

    • Emotional Intelligence
    • Keeping Balance
    • Deepening Connection

  2. Anxious

    Anxious and engaging

    Your answers show high anxiety and low avoidance.

    The Anxious track has 13 modules, including these three.

    Modules

    • Building Self-Reliance
    • Calming Emotional Storms
    • Clear Communication Skills

  3. Avoidant

    Relaxed and avoidant

    Your answers show low anxiety and high avoidance.

    The Avoidant track has 13 modules, including these three.

    Modules

    • Recognizing Emotional Shutdowns
    • Effective Communication of Boundaries
    • Embracing Healthy Dependency

  4. Disorganized

    Anxious and avoidant

    Your answers show high anxiety and high avoidance.

    The Disorganized track has 13 modules, including these three.

    Modules

    • Gradual Trust-Building Exercises
    • Setting Boundaries for Emotional Safety
    • Achieving Emotional Stability

What the assessment measures

The 36 statements fall into three areas of 12 statements each. Anxiety and avoidance place you on the map. Regulation adds a third score, shown as one of three levels.

The 36 dots stand for the 36 statements, in three rows of 12 for anxiety, avoidance and regulation.

  • Anxiety

    The statements include "I worry about being replaced or forgotten by people I care about."

  • Avoidance

    The statements include "I avoid deep emotional conversations when possible."

  • Regulation

    The statements include "My feelings toward someone can change suddenly without a clear reason."

    • Stable
    • Mixed
    • Variable

Your result is a snapshot of the answers you give. You can retake the assessment from your profile.

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How Attouch works

Each day you read one module, do its exercises and can write a journal entry.

  1. This sample assessment screen shows one statement, a slider from disagree to agree and the progress counter.

    You move the slider to choose an answer. In the app, you can go back and change your answers.

    Assessment

    You answer 36 statements, one per screen, on a slider from completely disagree to completely agree. The app shows your result when you answer the last statement.

  2. In this sample, you have completed 3 of 13 modules.

    Daily modules

    Your result sets your track of 13 modules. Each day, one new module opens in your track. Most modules take 5 to 8 minutes to read and have around two exercises.

  3. Journal

    Each entry has a title and text, with an optional mood and tags that you define. Your profile counts your days on the journey, your completed modules and your journal entries.

Practice together in Bonds

Invite someone close with a code. You read together first, then each exercise opens once both of you finish the previous one.

  • A Bond is for 2 people.
  • The invitation code has 8 characters and works for 7 days.
  • You choose the type of Bond: romantic, friendship or family.
  • The app picks the reading and 10 exercises from your style and the style of someone close.

Because the content depends on both styles, someone close may infer your style.

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What is in the app

  1. Attachment assessment

    Your result shows your position on the map and a regulation level.

  2. Daily modules

    You read each module in pages and then do its exercises.

  3. Exercises

    Exercises explain why they work and give instructions, and most of them end with a reflection.

  4. Journal

    The journal list shows your total entries and your average mood.

  5. Bonds for two

    You can belong to several Bonds and leave any of them.

  6. Control over your data

    Export your data as a file, delete your account any time, or withdraw consent for health data.

    Read the app privacy policy

Join the beta

You leave your name and email address, and Attouch emails you about beta access.

  • Confirmation by email

    You confirm your email address once. Every email has an unsubscribe link.

  • Your signup data

    Attouch keeps your name and email address until you unsubscribe or ask for deletion.

Where the approach comes from

The modules draw on attachment theory, and the exercises use techniques from four therapies. Attouch has not tested the approach in formal trials.

Attachment theory

The assessment scores the two dimensions of attachment theory, anxiety and avoidance.

Techniques used by the exercises

Cognitive behavioral therapy
One exercise challenges thought patterns such as mind-reading and fortune-telling.
Dialectical behavior therapy
A skill for strong emotions starts with cold water on your face or an ice cube in your hand.
Schema therapy
An exercise uses visualization to meet emotional needs such as safety and consistency.
Acceptance and commitment therapy
One exercise asks you to frame an anxious thought as a passing mental event.

How your data is handled

Attouch stores your data in Germany
Attouch runs its servers in Germany, and your data stays in the EU.
Attouch never sells your data
The app privacy policy also rules out using your data for advertising.
Attouch asks for your consent to use health data
Your assessment results and journal entries need a separate consent. If you withdraw your consent, Attouch deletes your assessment results, journal entries and mood data.
Attouch deletes accounts after 12 months without a login
Attouch sends reminder emails 30, 60 and 90 days before the deletion. A login restarts the 12 months.
In the app, only you see your journal
Attouch logs access to health data.
The app and the website encrypt your connection
This covers the app, the website and the beta signup form.

Questions about Attouch and the beta

Is the beta free?

Yes, beta access is free of charge. You sign up with your name and email address.

Is Attouch therapy or a diagnosis?

Attouch is a wellness and self-help app, not therapy. For a diagnosis or treatment, you need a professional.

Who can use it?

You need to be at least 16. Between 16 and 18, you need the consent of your parents or legal guardians. The app screens are in English and German, and the content is in English.

How do I sign in?

You sign in with your email address and a 6-digit code that Attouch emails to you.

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