NICABM – The Neurobiology Of Attachment

Description Of The Neurobiology Of Attachment

The Neurobiology of Attachment and How that Profoundly Impacts the Treatment of Trauma

Helping patients heal from trauma is one of the most challenging things we do. But it becomes infinitely more challenging when your patient is missing one key experience – a stable, secure relationship.

The lack of these steady, caring, attachment relationships can prolong a patient’s suffering after trauma. It can make it more difficult for your client to regulate emotions or build a trusting bond with you, so that you can help them heal.

But what is it that makes an attachment experience so profoundly protective, and how do we work with the many patients we treat who are missing these cherished relationships? To get into those issues, we created this new short course.

The course features five of the world’s top experts in the treatment of trauma. They’ll take you through the neurobiology of attachment and share their best strategies for working with a client’s attachment history to help them heal from trauma.

What You’ll Learn In The Neurobiology Of Attachment

The Neurobiology of Attachment

The “Safety Miscue” That Can Come Up with Clients After Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, MD

• One Fundamental Misunderstanding Practitioners May Have About Working with Trauma
• Why Being Nice to Clients Will Not Always Evoke Feelings of Safety
• Practical Ways to Help Clients Feel Safe Without Being a Trigger
• Allan Schore, PhD, Expert in Neuroscience, Attachment Theory, and Psychiatry

What Part of the Brain Develops First (and Why That’s Important When It Comes to Trauma)
Allan Schore, PhD

• The Neuroscience Behind Trauma and Attachment Relationships
• Why Childhood Trauma Can Make a Client More Vulnerable to Stress Dysregulation
• How a Mother’s Trauma Can Impact a Developing Baby In Utero

Why Connecting with the Right Brain Can Be Key to Regulation
Allan Schore, PhD     Dan Siegel, MD

• The Common Brain “Bias” That Could Lead to Misattunement with Your Client
• How to Help a Client Stay Emotionally Connected – Even When They’re Dysregulated
• Why the Right Brain Is Vital to the Client’s Core Sense of Self
• Why It’s Important to Communicate Directly with Your Client’s Right Brain

How Attachment Styles Can Become a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy for a Client’s Future Relationships
Dan Siegel, MD     Allan Schore, PhD

• Four Attachment Styles Explained – and How They Play Out Throughout a Client’s Lifetime
• When Dysfunctional Interactions Can Be the Key to Healing
• Epigenetics and How It Can Affect Work with Clients Who’ve Experienced Trauma
• The Problem with Staying Neutral – the Role of the Practitioner in Helping Patients Co-Regulate After Trauma

How Secure Attachment Can Be the Basis for Emotion Regulation
Ruth Lanius, MD, PhD     Pat Ogden, PhD

• How to Foster Secure Attachment with a Client Who Has Never Felt Safe with Another Person
• How to Use Choice to Create a Sense of Safety During Sessions
• Helping Clients Connect with Others Through Proximity-Seeking Actions
• One Powerful Approach to Empower Clients to Move Beyond Feelings of Victimhood

Critical Insights: Working with Different Attachment Styles
Ron Siegel, PsyD     Ruth Lanius, MD, PhD     Ruth Buczynski, PhD

• Why Connection with Others Is Essential for Emotional Regulation
• Understanding When the Care Itself Can Be Threatening for a Client
• How to Upregulate Positive Emotions (without Overwhelming the Client)
• Specific Ways to Engage a Traumatized Client’s Curiosity

Expert Strategies for Building Secure Attachment
Joan Borysenko, PhD     Bill O’Hanlon, LMFT     Ruth Buczynski, PhD

• Three Methods for Drawing Out a Client’s Strengths and Coping Skills
• How to Mindfully Help Clients Manage Physical and Emotional Pain
• Two Questions That Can Reignite a Client’s Hope for the Future
• Case Study: Adverse Childhood Experience and Long-Term Effects of Childhood Trauma

About NICABM

We proudly provide continuing education for practitioners who are dedicated to being the best in their craft. Our goal is to develop programs that connect you with the top experts and the latest strategies in the field, to help you achieve better outcomes, more quickly with each of your clients.

About Course Director: Ruth Buczynski, PhD

Dr. Ruth Buczynski is a licensed psychologist and founder and president of The National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine (NICABM). NICABM helps physicians, nurses, psychologists, social workers, and counselors – practitioners who have some of the most significant and life-changing missions on the planet – provide cutting-edge, research-based treatment strategies to their patients. For more than 25 years, NICABM has offered accredited training and professional development programs to thousands of practitioners worldwide.

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