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Secure Parents, Secure Child

Research demonstrates (Dr. Mary Main) that if you know the Adult Attachment of the parent you can predict with a high degree of accuracy the attachment of the child. This means that if a parent has an insecure adult attachment her/his child is likely to have an insecure attachment as well. If this is the case, why do therapists and counsellors continue to teach parenting techniques rather than help a parent develop Secure Adult Attachment.

This workshop will focus on how to assess for Adult Attachment, how to help a parent understand his or her Adult Attachment and how their Attachment affects their parenting. A model of therapy will be offered to help parents redevelop Secure/Autonomous  Adult Attachment and ensure a more in-depth and lasting model of healthy parenting.

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Description

Sometimes the early life trauma for parent/caregivers has an adverse impact on their current family system, specifically on the child/parent relationship, the co-parenting relationship, and the marital dyad. As such, we recognize the importance and benefit of interventions that will engage the parent/caregiver in “doing their work” so that healing and repair can happen for the individual and the family system.

There is clear evidence from research that the Adult Attachment of the parents, particularly the primary caregiver, is a predictor of the Attachment of the child. Parents may take Parenting Courses, but without understanding and integrating their understanding of their Adult Attachment, unresolved issues from their childhood will prevent parents from creating a secure parenting environment, essential for secure infants and children.

The training will help participants learn the Adult Attachment Categories, based on the research of Dr. Mary Main and how each category affects parenting.  Participants will learn how to determine a parent’s adult attachment and how to reflect this to the parents with whom they are working, non-judgementally.  The therapy model will help parents understand how their attachment affects their parenting, how to parent from a secure Adult Attachment and how they can redevelop Secure Adult Attachment.

  1. Categories of Adult Attachment based on the research of Dr. Mary Main
  2. How each category affects parenting
  3. How to redevelop Secure Adult Attachment and pass this on to children

This is a valuable and non-judgemental approach to ensure that all children have the potential to become secure adults and for those parents with Insecure Adult Attachments to develop better self-understanding.

Case examples and interactive exercises will be presented.

Learning Outcomes

  1. Gain an impression of the Adult Attachment of a parent
  2. Understand how the Adult Attachment Category affects parenting
  3. Help parents understand their Attachment Category, without self-judgement
  4. Understand a model of therapy to redevelop Secure Adult Attachment
  5. Learn Parenting interventions based on Secure Adult Attachment

Price

Member Fee:  135.60 (includes HST)

Non-Member Fee: 169.50 (includes HST)

GROUP DISCOUNT: Save 20% off individual fee with group registration of 4 or more participants. Contact: angela@safeguards-training.net

 

Course Dates & Location

New Dates: TBA 

This is a webinar series using Zoom

Instructor

Annette Kussin, MSW, RSW

Annette is a registered Social Worker, registered Marriage and Family Therapist and advanced attachment focused therapist. She has worked in children’s mental health as a therapist, supervisor, manager and clinical director and was the owner/director of the Leaside Therapy Centre, a multi-discipline clinic in Toronto until 2012. She presently has a private practice where she specializes in attachment focused therapy for adults, couples and adoptive families.

Annette has received advanced training in attachment focused therapy and training in the adult attachment interview.  She offers consultation to agencies and individual professionals and regularly provides training to organizations throughout Ontario including Wilfrid Laurier University’s Faculty of Social Work, Mission Empowerment, SickKids Centre for Mental Health Training Institute and many children’s mental health services and child welfare agencies in the area of attachment, trauma and brain development.  Annette has written her first book, ‘It’s Attachment, A New Way of Understanding Yourself and Your Relationships’, published by Guernica Editions.

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