Attachment Trauma 2.0

Course overview

Attachment Trauma 2.0 provides advanced training on the clinical understanding and treatment of attachment trauma. The course examines developmental trauma, complex trauma, early relational trauma, cumulative developmental trauma, interpersonal trauma, and abandonment trauma. Participants study Bowlby's attachment theory, the stages of separation, proximity maintenance, haven of safety, secure base, and separation anxiety. Ainsworth's Strange Situation and the development of secure, anxious-avoidant, anxious-ambivalent, and disorganized attachment styles are explained. Content also addresses frightened and frightening caregiving, dyadic dysregulation, dissociation, and internal working models. Clinical application includes assessment of children and adults for developmental trauma disorder, reactive attachment disorder, disinhibited social engagement disorder, complex PTSD, and dissociative disorders, using observation procedures, interviews, and trauma screening tools. Treatment emphasizes safety, attunement, repair of misattunement, dyadic regulation, the 6 R's of Healing, narrative development, connected relationships, and strategies that strengthen regulation and resilience.