- Understand the development of healthy attachment
- Diagnose attachment styles and identify generational attachment patterns
- Identify how trauma impacts attachment and how to restore felt safety
- Recognize attachment dysfunction in personality disorders and apply techniques to teach healthy relationship skills
Repairing Attachment Trauma in Adulthood
Dr. Christina Reese, Clinical Professional Counselor
Master evidence-based strategies to help clients rebuild secure attachments and heal from relational trauma through targeted therapeutic interventions
Excerpt:
- 3h of continuing education
- 20 lessons that last from 5 to 15 minutes each
- 1 certificate of achievement
- 1 PowerPoint
- 1 bibliography
- 1 course evaluation
- 4 months access - automatically extended until you complete the course
- 7-day money back guarantee
- 97% of participants who completed the satisfaction survey declare they would recommend this course to a colleague
Overview
Attachment trauma fundamentally shapes how clients approach relationships, regulate emotions, and experience intimacy. When left unaddressed, it can significantly impact therapeutic outcomes across various presenting problems.
This advanced clinical training equips you with concrete therapeutic tools to address both developmental and adult-onset attachment trauma. Through detailed case conceptualization and practical interventions, you'll strengthen your ability to:
- Implement targeted strategies for repairing attachment ruptures and rebuilding relational safety
- Apply evidence-based techniques for emotional regulation and secure attachment development
- Integrate attachment-informed approaches when working with personality disorders and complex trauma
- Utilize specific interventions to address generational attachment patterns
Dr. Reese draws from over two decades of clinical experience to demonstrate how these approaches can be effectively integrated into your existing therapeutic framework. You'll examine real clinical cases that illustrate the practical application of attachment theory in adult trauma treatment.
This training bridges theoretical understanding with concrete clinical skills, enabling you to facilitate meaningful change in your clients' attachment patterns and relational capabilities.
Accreditation
About the expert
Dr. Christina Reese brings over 20 years of specialized experience in attachment-based trauma treatment and clinical supervision. As a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor practicing in Maryland, Maine, and Pennsylvania, she has developed extensive expertise in addressing complex trauma and attachment disorders.
Her research and clinical work focus on the intersection of trauma, attachment, and behavioral change, as evidenced in her study "A Qualitative Study of Gang Desistance in Former Gang Members." Dr. Reese holds a Ph.D. in Counselor Education from George Washington University and has authored several influential works including "Attachment," "The Attachment Connection," and "Trauma and Attachment."
As a TBRI (Trust-Based Relational Intervention) Practitioner, she integrates cutting-edge attachment-based approaches with trauma-informed care. Her work particularly emphasizes practical, implementable strategies for repairing attachment trauma in both clinical and supervisory contexts.
Learning objectives
Learning material
A theoretical course illustrated with clinical examples. This course is composed of videos of 5 to 15 minutes each. The PowerPoint of the course to download.
Syllabus
- PowerPoint
- 1. Introduction
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Understanding Healthy Attachment
- 2. Attunement-Meeting Needs
- 3. Trust Development & Vulnerability
- 4. Healthy Attachment
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Generational Attachment
- 5. Internal Working Models
- 6. Experiments on Attachment
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Attachment Styles in Relationships
- 7. Avoidant Attachment Style
- 8. Anxious Attachment Style
- 9. Disorganized Attachment Style
- 10. How Different Attachment Styles React to Each Other
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How to Repair and Heal
- 11. Ruptures and Repairs
- 12. Childhood Trauma
- 13. Death Trauma
- 14. Divorce or Separation Trauma
- 15. Abuse Trauma
- 16. Personality Disorders
- 17. Emotion Regulation
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Attachment and Mental Health Disorders
- 18. Depression and Anxiety
- 19. Bipolar, Schizophrenia, ADHD
- 20. Conclusion
- Bibliography
CE Credits
Download a certificate of successful completion.
Audience
This course is intended for mental health professionals.
Registration
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