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Attachment theory explains how early relationships between children and their primary caregivers shape emotional, social, and cognitive development and behavior across the lifespan. This course provides a comprehensive review of attachment theory and focuses on practical applications to psychotherapy and counseling across the lifespan and with different therapeutic orientations and treatment modalities. It consists of three parts, available in both written and audio formats.
The first section provides an overview of attachment theory, including its origins, key theorists, concepts, and manifestation across the lifespan. It also addresses the current applications of attachment theory and nine fundamental questions that clinicians and researchers continue to grapple with in the decades since attachment theory’s inception.
The second section explores the ways in which attachment is a predictor and mechanism of change in psychotherapy and counseling. Specific therapeutic tasks are reviewed within an attachment perspective. These include engaging in treatment, facilitating the exploration of relationships, promoting emotional regulation, revising internal working models, and fostering healthy relationships. The section concludes with an in-depth discussion of the ways in which the client’s and therapist’s attachment affect the psychotherapy process and outcome and the ways in which attachment can be measured within the therapeutic relationship.
The third section applies attachment to psychotherapy and counseling across the lifespan and across various theoretical orientations and treatment modalities. Diagnoses, assessment measures, and attachment-based interventions are included for infants and young children, school-aged children, adolescents, and adults. A sample case is presented with hypothetical session transcripts for attachment-based psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, emotion-focused, and client-centered therapies.
This course will teach the participant to
Overview of Attachment
Attachment as Predictor and Mechanism of Change in Psychotherapy and Counseling
Applying Attachment to Psychotherapy and Counseling Across the Lifespan and Across Therapeutic Orientations