The Role of Attachment in Achieving Satisfaction and Love in Long-Term Relationships

Course overview

Research demonstrates that when couples are critical, contemptuous and defensive or use stonewalling with each other, their relationship is likely to end. Negative and self-protective thoughts about oneself, as well as critical suspicious attitudes toward ones partner often drive the acting out of these behaviors that sabotage relationships. Early experiences and attachment patterns are often at the root of these dynamics. Workshop participants will learn how to help couples challenge defensive behaviors, remnants of their attachment patterns that interfere with closeness and intimacy. Elements of emotion focused therapy, which has been used to address adult attachment issues as they manifest in adult romantic relationships, will be integrated into the workshop.