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Attachment and Interpersonal Neurobiology in Couples Therapy

Apply the principles of Interpersonal Neurobiology to your couples therapy practice through the lens of attachment to bring about deep transformation for your clients. 

Why Study Attachment and Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB)? 

Connection to our caregivers 

The connections we have with our caregiving attachment figures shape the very structure of our brain in ways that can free us or imprison us. 

Who we are now in our lives is influenced by both our genetically-shaped temperament and the experiences we’ve had, especially with others early in our lives. In turn, those experiences have shaped us both directly, and in how we adapted as best we could to those interactions.  If you’ve ever wondered why attachment is so important in our lives, this course will offer you—in your personal growth or your professional work—insights and practical applications that can transform imprisoning patterns into empowering mental capacities to engage life in new and more rewarding patterns of being in the world. 

When we combine attachment studies to the broader effort to understand the mind in interpersonal neurobiology, what emerges is a rich, complex, and practical view of how relationships and the brain interact to “shape” who we are—to form the foundations of our mental experience, from how we regulate our emotions to the sense of our identity in life. 

Neuroplasticity and the Brain 

In this course, you’ll not only learn how the brain responds to the various categories of attachment patterns, but you’ll also see how, as adults, we can learn to support our own as well as others’ growth. Throughout life, the brain remains open to changing its structure and functioning in response to new experiences, so it is never too late to embark on a journey of self-discovery and transformation. 

Building Secure Relationships 

We can actually move from a pattern of non-secure attachment toward the freedom of security. How amazing would that be for you and those around you?  With the relational science now available to understand how who we are is both fully embodied and fully relational, this journey of discovery offers a research-inspired trek into the deepest realms of memory, narrative, and emotion to free us from often hidden patterns of adaptation.  The great news is that no matter our age, transformation through reflection and learning new ways of connecting, interpersonally and internally, is possible. The key is to know the steps of such a reflective path that offer ways of tapping into these processes and integrating them into our lives. I hope you’ll decide to join me on this transformative journey. 

Program Information

Objectives

  1. Identify how the mind can be viewed as both an embodied and relational process 
  2. Define the self-organizing aspect of mind 
  3. Identity two states outside the river of integration’s flow of harmony 
  4. Define the mental and relational state of presence 
  5. Identity the difference between Implicit and Explicit Memory 
  6. Define “narrative coherence” as a way of making sense in the AAI 
  7. List the three S’s of attachment that lead to security 
  8. Determine what differentiation in a couple is. 
  9. Distinguish between differentiation and linkage.
  10. Determine the role of attunement in relationships.
  11. Examine characteristics of a non-integrative relationship.
  12. Determine the concept that is central to the idea of Interpersonal Neurobiology in couples therapy.

Outline

Module 1: Foundations of IPNB, Integration and the Mind

  • Get a deep grounding on the basic principles of Interpersonal Neurobiology, integration and the nature of the mind
  • Learn about “Couples’ mind” and how to move it towards harmony
  • Identify the role that mindsight – insight, empathy, and integration – plays in well-being and rewarding relationships
  • Learn about the reactive states (Fight, Flight, Freeze and Faint) and how to move couples towards receptive states
  • Learn how to strengthen the mind using monitoring and modifying

Module 2: Presence, Attunement, Resonance and Trust (PART)

  • Learn how to help couples go from individuals to an interconnected We using PART
  • Experience the Wheel of Awareness practice and how it helps us cultivate more presence
  • Learn about attunement, the felt subjective experience, and it’s importance in secure relationships
  • Learn about trust, its relationship to our social engagement system, and the importance of repair
  • Explore the brain and attachment dynamics of a clinical case of a couple’s experience that leads to loss of trust

    
Module 3: Adult attachment interview

  • Learn about the Adult Attachment Interview and its application in couples therapy
  • Differentiate among secure, ambivalent, avoidant, and disorganized attachment categories
  • Learn about the 4S’s of secure attachment
  • Learn about the importance of memory systems, narratives, and making sense of your life

Module 4: Trauma, Attachment and Integration
Dive deep into development trauma, attachment, and its impact on the brain and neural integration
Learn about the Window of Tolerance and how to widen it by strengthening the mind’s capacity for monitoring and modifying energy and information flow
Learn how unresolved trauma and/or loss impacts couples relationships
Shame and its role in attachment and trauma
Explain the role of implicit and explicit memory in trauma resolution and health

Module 5: Together yet Differentiated: Role of Integration in Relational Health

  • Understand the 9 domains of Integration and how you can help a couple explore each of these domains to enhance their well-being and cultivate secure relationships
  • Learn about neuroplasticity and the four ways in which experience changes the brain

Module 6: Create Healthy, Integrated and Rewarding Relationships

  • Explore a clinical case study on how to work with a couple struggling with ambivalent/preoccupied and avoidant/dismissing dynamics
  • Learn about interventions and approaches that bring about deep transformations to live a life of vitality and not just free of symptoms
     

Target Audience

  • Counselors
  • Marriage and Family Therapists
  • Social Workers
  • Psychologists
  • Physicians

Copyright : 01/01/2019