As therapists, we are often working with clients who have difficulty in maintaining satisfying, balanced, and close relationships. Clients’ struggles with boundaries, asking for and receiving help, and sharing are significant barriers to the progress of therapy. Many of these struggles are rooted in clients’ attachment history and negative, pessimistic perceptions (i.e., internal working models) of themselves or their significant others.
Given how often we face relationship difficulties in our clients in a clinical setting, this brief course will provide therapists with the opportunity to understand attachment theory, how to assess attachment, and how to use attachment-informed therapy to help our clients create more secure, sustaining relationships.The course is 1.5 hours and must be completed within 6 months of purchasing it.
DBN Elite is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. DBN Elite maintains responsibility for the program.
Psychotherapists who would like to have a deeper insight into their client’s relationship difficulties and those who seek to apply an attachment-informed approach in their practice are encouraged to take this course
By the end of this course, students will learn about:
The course is pass/fail, no numeric grade will be provided. A passing grade is 75%.
Development of Attachment Theory
Early contributions: Strange Situation and Attachment Styles
Assessment Methods
Attachment and Brain Development
Attachment and Psychotherapy
