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Understanding Attachment - the Circle of Security® Approach
Two
Day Training
Rationale
for workshop
The
Circle of Security Project is an internationally acclaimed intervention protocol
designed to support secure attachment in high-risk populations. Current
university and clinical research is making it clear that for individuals with
an unhealthy attachment the basic capacities for emotional health are severely
compromised. For this reason mental health professionals throughout the world
are showing a dramatic interest in evidence-based studies regarding attachment
in children and adults. Proper diagnosis and treatment of this population is
thus becoming a priority for those involved with intervention and prevention.
This
two day video-based seminar will utilise the acclaimed Circle of Security
approach to bring answers to the following questions:
“Just
how important is a child's quality of attachment with primary caregivers?”
“What
are the essential characteristics of a parent/child relationship that will
promote emotional well-being and mental health across the life span?”
“What
are the danger signs and implications of an unhealthy attachment?”
“Once
established, can unhealthy attachment patterns be altered?”
The
objectives of the seminar will be to offer a comprehensive and user-friendly
overview of attachment theory and it’s clinical implications. Particular
attention will be given to the essential features of both healthy and unhealthy
attachment and a description of interventions used to treat disturbances of
attachment.
The
findings shared will clarify how the Circle of Security approach can support
parent/child relationships and alter negative patterns of behaviour. Medical
professionals, mental health practitioners, educators, maternal and child
health nurses, social workers, lawyers, clergy, child care providers, parents,
foster parents, and other child service professionals can benefit from such a
view by harnessing the fundamental interpersonal processes that promote
emotional well-being and mental health throughout the life of every individual.
Eight-Day
Training
The
Circle of Security Project is an innovative, first-of-its-kind parent education
program designed to alter the developmental pathway of parents and their young
children (birth to five years). This evidence-based protocol integrates over
fifty years of attachment research into a video-based intervention to
strengthen parents' capacity to observe and improve their parenting. The use of
videotaped interaction allows each parent to focus on specific personal
strengths and limitations, rather than relying on the traditional
'one-size-fits-all' approach to parenting education. Attachment theory taught
in this way, gives each parent an individualised parenting 'road map', a clear
pathway to providing a secure relationship for her/his child.
This
eight-day video based training is designed to provide participants with an
understanding of attachment theory, current affective neuroscience, and
developmental psychopathology. This training is being planned for practicing
clinicians who are interested in experiencing a "user-friendly"
approach to the complexity and specificity inherent within these fields of
research and treatment for infants and young children. The focus will be upon
attachment-oriented issues in the client population, from securely attached
parent/child dyads experiencing short-term crises, to those struggling with
insecure and disorganised attachment.
The
following themes will be central to this time of study:
Fundamentals
of Developmental Psychopathology
Fundamentals
of Treatment
Reflective
Dialogue as the Conduit of Treatment
All
training will be done within the context of the 'learner-friendly'
accessibility provided by the Circle of Security Protocol. The underlying focus
will be upon a practical application for the treatment of parent/child dyads
(birth to five years). Central to this approach will be an emphasis upon
differential diagnosis. An attachment oriented understanding of personality
defences will allow for a specific and unambiguous means of communicating with
the underlying capacities available beneath the defensive process for each
parent.
Upon
completion of this eight day training, participants will have access to a
systematic approach for evaluating parental states of mind, identifying precise
strengths and lynchpin difficulties in parent/child interactions, creating
specific treatment plans tailored to the unique themes of each parent/child
dyad, and a detailed protocol for the implementation of core treatment themes.
It
is essential to emphasise that this training is not, in itself, a certification
program for the Circle of Security Protocol. There are two levels of certification for Circle of Security;
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