Free Taster - ABC 1 - Attachment Based Counselling - Introduction
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An Intro to the attachment-based developmental paradigm applied to therapy
Increasingly research from attachment science, neuroscience, as well as psychological theories, highlight the need for human connection for us to flourish as human beings. Afterall, we are all creatures of attachment and when we are securely attached, we feel safe to explore the world and know where to run back to when things get too overwhelming for us. Classical Attachment theory, espoused by Bowlby in the 1950s and developed since then by many great researchers (Cassidy and Shaver (2008), Obegi and Berant (2009), Wallin (2007), Johnson (2019) remind us that human flourishing happens best when secure attachment (or at least Good Enough attachment) is present. But very few of these clinical researchers present the theory from an intuitive, not a problem-saturated perspective. In these series of online courses Ruth is going to outline how healthy attachment develops, how it can be healed within a therapeutic relationships (earned secure attachment) and what are the optimal conditions for human thriving.
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Attachment-based Counselling (ABC) Level 1: Introduction to the attachment-based developmental paradigm applied to counselling.
In this seminar you will be introduced to the Attachment-based Developmental paradigm, based on the work of Dr Gordon Neufeld (2004,) which is more intuitive than the classical, diagnostic-focused Attachment theory. You will learn how healthy attachment is meant to develop across the lifespan based on the premise that, when attachment hunger is satiated at 6 progressive levels of deepening attachment, it leads to psychological rest and full maturation. You will be introduced to the three processes of maturation that are the result of a 'good enough' attachment: the adaptive, integrative and emergent processes of maturation. Other questions include: how can developmental stuckness show up in our or client’s stories? From these insights, instead of asking what is wrong with our clients, or even what happened to them, we enquire around who was there for them. This re-framing comes from a trauma-informed perspective rather than a reductionistic, diagnostic perspective. Other key questions which will be addressed include: can our clients be too attached? What leads to defensive detachment? What is involved in attachment/relational healing? How can our clients gain earned secure attachment, leading to psychological rest, first with us, the therapist, with themselves and their own bodies and then other significant relationships?
This seminar is a vital introduction for anyone new to the Attachment-based Developmental paradigm (based on Gordon Neufeld’s work). It is the first of a 3-part series, which explains sequentially the principles of Neufeld’s Attachment-based Developmental paradigm. Ruth applies these principles to healing attachment ruptures or deficits throughout the lifespan, in what she has termed Attachment-based Counselling (ABC)(mainly with adults but the principles are transferable and applicable to working with children and youth). In order for you to gain the most out of this training, it is best that you go through all the levels in sequential order as the material presumes you know foundational constructs before applying them to specialist sub-groups of clients or specific therapeutic issues (i.e. depression in ABC 2 and anxiety in ABC 3, etc).