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Certificate in attachment-focused adult psychotherapy: Advanced course

human head with blocks showing therapist shifting blocks for adult attachment

Create transformative change by supporting your clients in developing secure attachments.

All therapists will find it extremely useful to understand their clients from the perspective of adult attachment. This perspective offers a non-judgmental and hopeful means for both the therapist and clients to understand problems in self-perception and problems in relationships. Although adult attachments develop as a continuum of child attachment and are deeply formed by adulthood, they can be changed so that adults can feel more secure and create mutually satisfying relationships.

This training will help participants assess the adult attachment category of their clients, by understanding the behaviour of each category and offering a formal adult attachment assessment.

This training will empower you to:

  • Gain expertise in assessing adult attachment categories.
  • Learn an attachment-focused therapeutic model with specific strategies for each category.
  • Understand the neurology of adult attachment and its application to mental health diagnoses.
  • Improve your therapeutic relationships by recognizing your own attachment style.
  • Develop skills to help clients achieve secure adult attachment or earned security.
  • Apply attachment paradigms to common mental health issues, including BPD.
  • Enhance your ability to create meaningful change through the therapist-client relationship.

This comprehensive program will equip you with advanced tools and knowledge to transform your practice and significantly improve client outcomes. Gain a deeper understanding of secure and insecure adult attachment, and learn how to effectively guide your clients towards healthier, more satisfying relationships.