Trauma and Attachment: Theory and Practice

Having safe and secure emotional attachments as a child with parents and caregivers, and with our adult partners, is a basic human need. Attachment styles developed in childhood stay with us for a lifetime, and influence our emotional security, the personal meaning we give to experiences, and our ability to create and maintain closeness, trust, safety, and stability in intimate relationships.

In this course, taken from a training series, Dr. Levy, through didactic instruction and case studies guides you through underlying theories of both trauma and attachment therapy. He discusses the 4 models of attachment, how attachment and trauma are intertwined, and how psychosocial history and attachment patterns impact clients in a therapeutic setting.