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Modern Attachment Theory: A Clinically Integrated Paradigm

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1 CE Hour

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Attachment theory has undergone a profound evolution since its inception over 70 years ago. For clinicians to remain effective, they must adapt their understanding and application of attachment concepts to integrate contemporary research and the shifting complexities of the modern world. This cutting-edge workshop provides a reconceptualization of attachment that builds on its history and addresses nuances that have emerged across decades of study and clinical practice. Rather than relying on attachment categorizations, this new framework examines attachment activation as a dynamic process that varies across the lifespan, relationships, and contexts. By weaving in the latest findings from relational neurobiology, trauma science, and cultural studies, this approach offers a holistic perspective that keeps practical clinical application as the central focus. It recognizes how societal systems and lived experiences of oppression based on race, ethnicity, social class, gender and gender expression, and sexual orientation can contribute to feelings of “insecurity” in ways that go beyond the individual or family unit. This inclusive, affirmative paradigm provides clinicians with powerful tools to enhance therapeutic attunement, build secure relating abilities, and improve outcomes for all clients, regardless of their clinical background. Deeply informed by years of clinical experience, this workshop will equip you with immediately applicable strategies while expanding your understanding of attachment through a contemporary lens.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Examine the limitations of traditional attachment categorizations within today's clinical landscape.

  • Explore an alternative, spectrum-based framework of attachment activation.

  • Analyze how defensive activation patterns present neurologically and learn targeted interventions.

CE Policy
This course is fiscally sponsored by Exchange Events. There may be potential biases or conflicts of interest inherent to this relationship, and it must be disclosed to participants. These conflicts of interest have no bearing on the course content and have been resolved.
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Sue Marriott and Ann Kelly
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