66th Annual Conference

Friday, February 20

Afternoon Workshops

2:30 - 5:00 P.M.

Workshop 58

Building Strong Foundations for Secure Attachment

Chairs:                

Sarah K. Brandel, Ph.D., CGP, Private Practice, Washington, DC

Trish Cleary, M.S., LCPC- MFT-ADC, CGP, FAGPA, Individual/Group Psychotherapist, Solo-Private Practice, Chevy Chase, Maryland

If you have ever remodeled an old house, you know lasting structural changes are possible.  Using group theory as a blueprint, this workshop considers the group and leader as architects in co-constructing secure attachments.  Group offers space for remodeling outdated attachment styles into healthy relationships with room for vitality and passion.

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Learning Objectives:

The attendee will be able to:

1. Identify group members’ dominant attachment styles.

2. Explain how the group leader and group support building secure attachments.

3. Discuss how group members can renovate outdated relationship patterns.

4. Describe how vitality and passion support structural changes.

Course References:

1. Cortina, M. & Marrone, M., (Eds.) (2003).  Attachment Theory and the Psychoanalytic Process.  London and  Philadelphia. Whurr Publishers.

2. Grossmark, R. (2007). The edge of chaos:  Enactment, disruption, and emergence in group psychotherapy.  Psychoanalytic Dialogues, 17(4), 479-499.

3. Parkes, CM, Stevenson-Hinde, J., Marris, P., (Eds.) (1991) Attachment Across The Life Cycle Routledge. NY.