Attachment in Adults-How Infant Attachment Security Affects Adult Relationships – Onno van der Hart

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Over the years, therapists have struggled to help their clients heal from their traumatic experiences. Often using techniques that cover up the symptoms, but never help the client truly heal. Creating a vicious circle of disconnection between the client and therapist.

But TODAY there is hope!

After many studies and in-depth research, the attachment theory is considered one of the best tools in psychotherapy, for it allows you to hone in on your client’s issues and understand what the “next step” is.

“We have a map to the basic emotions, the basic fears, the basic needs, and the basic ways we have of dancing, and these patterns are very predictable, and very reliable, and you can change them in set ways.”
~Susan Johnson

As infants, we learn how to heal and protect ourselves based on the connection with our caretakers. It is well-known that if that caretaker connection is broken, this can predict a pattern of insecure attachment styles. In this recording you will discover the importance of attachment history in your clients and the various attachment styles that can help you tailor the therapeutic techniques to your client.

“I think the attachment system needs much more attention. And again, it’s how do bodies feel safe, how do bodies feel safe by themselves, how do bodies feel safe with other bodies. Is a much more complex issue.”
~Bessel van der Kolk

This video will guide you through the essentials of the attachment theory that no skills training manual can measure up to. Dive deep and transform your practice with Linda Curran , BCPC, LPC, CACD, CCDPD and premier clinicians, including…

• Bessel A van der Kolk, MD, New York Times best-selling author and the world’s leading expert on psychological trauma
• Peter Levine, Ph.D., developer of Somatic Experiencing®
• Susan Johnson, Ed.D., primary developer of Emotionally Focused Therapy
• Terry Real, LMFT, founder of the Relational Life Institute
• Diane Poole Heller, Ph.D.
• Louis John Cozolino, PhD
• Lance Dodes, MD
• Lisa Ferentz, LCSW-C, DAPA
• Gabor Maté, MD
• Mary Lou Schack, PhD

What the attachment theory has taught us can revolutionize not just how we parent our kids; how we connect with our partners; how we create our families; but how we do psychotherapy.

1. Evaluate the traits of insecure attachment styles to more effectively treat symptoms of challenging behaviors in your clients.
2. Explore the neurobiological basis of attachment theory and utilize this information to inform clinician’s choice of treatment interventions.
3. Determine the implications of insecure attachment in couples and family therapy.
4. Utilize clinical strategies to prioritize your own therapeutic presence with your clients.

• Introduction to Attachment
  • Internal Working Model
    • Functions
  • Harvard Study of Adult Development
• Introduction of the Master Clinicians
• Attachment Styles
  • Assessment
• Attachment Questionnaire
• Attachment Styles and Attitudes
  • Avoidant Attachment
  • Anxious/Ambivalent Attachment
  • Disorganized Attachment
• Research
• Pursuers & Distancers
• Boundaries
• Clinicians not Technicians
• Relational Life Therapy
• Clinical Example