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Presenting Secure Attachment
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Explore practical techniques designed to offer clients with attachment injuries an emotionally corrective experience. You’ll learn how to:
- Identify and assess the different styles of troubled attachment.
- Increase your non-verbal skills for creating a secure attachment bond and safety in the therapy room.
- Create rapport with clients by speaking the distinctive “language” of the various attachment styles.
- Incorporate well-timed humor and playfulness into your style.
- Use experiential exercises like “Kind Eyes,” “Welcome to the World,” and “Beam Gleam.”
OBJECTIVES
- Distinguish between the four basic attachment styles.
- Explain how to create safety in a client’s first interview.
- Describe how to adapt your therapeutic style with an avoidant-attached client.
OUTLINE
- Talk Therapy Limitations
- Presencing Secure Attachment
- Listening and Reflecting to the Client
- Exercises of Secure Attachment
Richard Simon, Ph.D.
Richard Simon, PhD, was a clinical psychologist and the late editor of Psychotherapy Networker, the most topical, timely, and widely read publication in the psychotherapy field. During his career, he received every major magazine industry honor, including the National Magazine Award.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Rich Simon is the President of Psychotherapy Networker, Inc. and the editor of Psychotherapy Networker magazine. He is a published author and receives royalties. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Rich Simon has no relevant non-financial relationships.
Diane Poole-Heller, PhD, Trauma Solutions
Diane Poole Heller, Ph.D., is an internationally-recognized speaker, author, and expert in the field of attachment theory and trauma resolution. She developed a signature series on adult attachment called DARe (Dynamic Attachment Re-patterning experience), that facilitates more fulfilling adult relationships.
In 1989, she began working with Dr. Peter Levine, teaching for 25 years for SEI.
She's authored 3 books: Crash Course, on auto accident trauma; Healing Your Attachment Wounds: How to Create Deep and Lasting Relationships; and The Power of Attachment: How to Create Deep and Lasting Intimate Relationships. Her film, "Surviving Columbine," supported community healing after the Columbine High School shootings.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Diane Poole Heller receives a speaking honorarium from Trauma Solutions. She is a published author and receives royalties. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Diane Poole has no relevant non-financial relationships.
