Online Workshop

Orientation and attachment styles

”Attachment constrains our vision so that we are not able to see things from a wider perspective

Dalai Lama

Is it easy for you to share your deepest thoughts with your partner or best friend?

Do you feel comfortable when someone you have a romantic relationship with gets close to you emotionally?

Do you often look for the needs and wishes of (others) the other person and take little account of what you want?

Do you rather like to be alone then getting lost in a relationship?

As children, we learned skills to ensure our survival.  Depending on how our upbringing (parents, educators…) reacted, we adapted our tactics.  John Bowlby, a British psychiatrist, studied the attachment of children to their upbringing and classified it into 4 attachment styles.

Even as adults, these bonding styles appear in our dealings with others.

In this open training we take time to orient in the here and now.  The 4 attachment styles will be discussed and we will go deeper into each style with concrete exercises and practical examples.

No prior knowledge is needed.

For who?

  • You are interested in personal growth and want to learn the basics of attachment theory (and the four attachment styles) so that you can better understand how early childhood experiences or traumas affect your relationships.
  • You’ve noticed a pattern of unhealthy and emotionally challenging behavior – in yourself or in different partners or situations – and you feel you could benefit from examining the way you attach to people in your relationships.
  • You’re curious about how to better navigate and communicate in any relationship, not just your intimate ones – including parent-child, work or friendships.
  • You’re alone since a long time and you would like to enter into a new relationship?
  • You are someone who struggles with communication and intimacy in your current relationship – and you want to know what you can do to feel safe and attached to those you love.
  • You are a therapist and you would like to have additional methods and interventions that build relational resilience and help people overcome trauma.

Content

  • How attachment styles develop
  • Characteristics of the 4 attachment styles (secure, ambivalent, avoidant and disorganised), how they are expressed as children and how they evolve as adults
  • For each attachment style we explore strategies to strengthen our capacity for secure attachment and heal deep relational wounds
  • Concrete exercises (cognitive and body-based) per attachment style to create a sense of security and transform it step by step into a more secure attachment style.
  • Practical examples of misunderstandings due to different attachment styles
Dates and registration