Understanding Attachment Theory and Attachment Trauma

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About this course
This course will look at attachment theory and attachment trauma, including the effects on mental health and relationships, and the clinical implications of this.
  • Online
  • 6 hours
  • Self-directed

What you will learn

  • Understand the development of early attachment patterns and their lifelong significance

  • Understand attachment trauma and its manifestations across an individual’s life

  • Explore self and client attachment styles and their clinical implications

Early life attachment patterns and problems can have an enduring effect on an individual’s life. This course will look at attachment theory and attachment trauma, including the effects on mental health and relationships. The notion of a safe and secure therapeutic relationship will be addressed, and the ways in which clients try to navigate this will be explored. Therapist reflection on their own attachment and the attachment styles of their clients will be encouraged.