Certificate in attachment-focused adult psychotherapy: Advanced course

Facilitators: Annette Kussin, MSW, RSW, RMFT, and Devra Igra, MSW, RSW.

Description: All therapists will find it extremely useful to understand their clients from the perspective of adult attachment. This perspective offers a non-judgmental and hopeful means for both the therapist and clients to understand problems in self-perception and problems in relationships. Although adult attachments develop as a continuum of child attachment and are deeply formed by adulthood, they can be changed so that adults can feel more secure and create mutually satisfying relationships.

This training will help participants assess the adult attachment category of their clients, by understanding the behaviour of each category and offering a formal adult attachment assessment.

Learning objectives:

• Participants will be offered an attachment-focused therapeutic model that offers both general stages for change and specific strategies for each attachment category. This model will be explored in depth, using case examples from each category of attachment.
• Participants will develop an understanding of the neurology of adult attachment. They will be able to apply an attachment paradigm to known problems and diagnoses in the mental health field, such as borderline personality disorder (BPD).
• The relationship between the therapist and client is the central vehicle for change. Therefore, participants will be encouraged to be aware of their own attachment category and how this influences their therapeutic relationships.

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