64th Annual Conference

Thursday, March 8

Afternoon Workshops

2:45-6:00 P.M.

Workshop 24

Identifying the Instinctive Behavioral Attachment Systems

Chair:   

Una McCluskey, Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow, University of York, Department of Social Policy and Social Work, York, England

This workshop presents a theory of interaction and a model of intervention for individual and group psychotherapy based on extended attachment theory (careseeking, caregiving, interest-sharing, sexuality, self defense, external environment).  Identifying the vitality affects associated when one system infiltrates the other, will be demonstrated in the context of group.

didactic, demonstration, sharing of work experiences, experiential

Learning Objectives:

The attendee will be able to:
1. Identify the instinctive process of care-seeking as it manifests in individual psychotherapy.
2. Compare typical care-seeking styles and typical care-giving responses and the associated patterns of interaction.
3. Review the process of goal-corrected empathic attunement between leader and member in the context of a group.

Course References:

1. McCluskey, U. (2005). To Be Met as a Person: The dynamics of attachment in professional encounters. London: Karnac Books.

2. Heard, D. and Lake, B. (!997). The Challenge of Attachment for Caregiving. Routledge.

3. Siegel, D. (1999). The Developing Mind: How relationships and the brain interact to shape who we are. NY, New York: Guilford.