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Adult Attachment Trauma Repair | Clinical Training

Overview

Attachment patterns established in the first years of life continue to govern adult relationships, emotional regulation, and intimacy—yet these deeply embedded relational blueprints remain accessible to clinical intervention. This paradox defines the therapeutic challenge: working with unconscious models formed before language while addressing their manifestations in adult dysfunction.

In this advanced clinical training, you will develop refined diagnostic skills for identifying attachment styles in adult clients. You will learn to recognize how anxious, avoidant, and disorganized patterns manifest across presenting problems. You will strengthen your ability to trace generational transmission of attachment dysfunction using established assessment frameworks.

You will deepen your understanding of foundational attachment research—from Bowlby's internal working models to Ainsworth's Strange Situation methodology. You will implement targeted interventions for rupture repair, including specific techniques for apology, trust rebuilding, and conflict resolution. You will learn to restore felt safety in trauma survivors, whether the trauma originated in childhood or adult experiences of loss, divorce, or abuse. You will integrate attachment-informed approaches when treating personality disorders, applying concrete methods for teaching emotion regulation and healthy relationship skills.

Dr. Reese will demonstrate how attachment dysfunction intersects with common mental health presentations including depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and ADHD. You will examine how to adapt your interventions based on these diagnostic complexities. You will strengthen your capacity to facilitate attunement, appropriate vulnerability, and secure relating in clients with severely compromised relational foundations.

These evidence-based tools will enable you to address attachment disruption regardless of your clients' primary presenting concerns. You will leave equipped to facilitate meaningful shifts in relational patterns that have persisted for decades. Your enhanced clinical precision will support deeper therapeutic outcomes across your entire caseload.

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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
7-day money back guarantee
Unlimited access
97% of participants who completed the satisfaction survey declare they would recommend this course to a colleague

Accreditation

Ordre des Psychologues du Québec

Canadian Psychological Association

Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association

Collège des médecins du Québec

For physicians who practice psychotherapy, training recognized by the Ordre des psychologues du Québec is automatically considered as activities adopted by the Collège des médecins, in accordance with Article 3 of the Regulation.

For physicians who do not practice psychotherapy, the College evaluates each recognition request based on the following criteria:

the relevance of the activity to the practice of the profession
the skills and experience of the trainer
the quality of the content and its adequacy with the physician's practice
the pedagogical framework of the activity
the quality of the documentation provided
compliance with the training objectives set out in the regulation
the presence of a certificate of participation or an evaluation

About the expert

Dr. Christina Reese is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor with over 20 years of experience treating attachment trauma across the lifespan. Licensed in Maryland, Maine, and Pennsylvania, she serves as a clinical supervisor specializing in complex trauma and attachment-based interventions for adults, adolescents, and families.

Dr. Reese earned her Ph.D. in Counselor Education from George Washington University, where her dissertation research explored attachment disruption and behavioral change in adults. Her study "A Qualitative Study of Gang Desistance in Former Gang Members" examined how individuals with severe attachment trauma develop capacity for relational transformation. She holds a Master's degree in Community Counseling from McDaniel College.

As a TBRI (Trust-Based Relational Intervention) Practitioner, Dr. Reese integrates attachment theory, neuroscience, and trauma-informed practice to help clients rebuild secure relationships and emotional regulation. She has authored six books translating attachment research into clinical practice: "Attachment," "The Attachment Connection," "Trauma and Attachment," "The Socially Confident Teen," "Leveling Up," and "Puzzle Pieces."

Dr. Reese's clinical approach draws on foundational attachment researchers including Bowlby, Ainsworth, and Harlow while applying contemporary evidence-based interventions for rupture repair, emotion regulation, and relational healing. Her work addresses attachment dysfunction across diagnostic presentations including personality disorders, depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and ADHD. She provides practical, implementable strategies that clinicians can apply immediately with adult clients experiencing relationship difficulties, trauma histories, and insecure attachment patterns.

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Learning objectives

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

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
Understanding Healthy Attachment
2. Attunement-Meeting Needs
3. Trust Development & Vulnerability
4. Healthy Attachment
Generational Attachment
5. Internal Working Models
6. Experiments on Attachment
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
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
Attachment and Mental Health Disorders
18. Depression and Anxiety
19. Bipolar, Schizophrenia, ADHD
20. Conclusion
Bibliography

Audience

This course is intended for mental health professionals.

Your comments

"Really appreciated the practical suggestions for using attachment theory with clients. Courses are often very informative about the topic but not practical implications. This course gave me some tangible tools to use with clients through an attachment lens." (automatically translated)
A psychologist

Registration

$120.00 - Individual price Group price

Download the program

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
7-day money back guarantee
Unlimited access

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Frequently asked questions

Is there an evaluation at the end of the course?

To validate the achievement of the learning objectives, a final evaluation in the form of true/false questions is required. It must be completed in order to obtain the certificate of completion.

In addition, an optional self-assessment is offered at the beginning and end of the course, allowing you to measure your progress on the targeted skills.

These evaluations are not graded and are intended primarily to support your professional reflection.
How long do I have access to the course?

After your registration, the course is accessible anytime and from anywhere with unlimited access.
When does the course start?

That is entirely up to you! When you buy a course, you'll receive an access link that you can activate when you want.
Is there a student rate?

Yes there is! Learn more and request your student discount.

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Repairing Attachment Trauma in Adulthood

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