Becoming Secure in Therapy: What do we know?
By Dr Kevin Keith
About This Webinar
Becoming secure is a reasonable goal for an attachment-informed therapy. Nonetheless, research to support change in attachment security as a consequence of therapy has been harder to generate. The basic idea of becoming secure has historically been grounded in the notion of ‘earned security’, but the lack of supporting evidence suggest otherwise. More recent studies have shown that more robust approaches, especially in terms of therapeutic relational dynamics and affect regulation allow emergence and growth of security within therapy.
The webinar will focus on the concept of security, how therapy generates security, processes that may shift less secure and disorganised states to earned security with therapist as alternate attachment figure. Webinar will also look at Mikulincer & Shaver’s broaden and build model on development in attachment, especially in adulthood. A few specific approaches and applications to enhancing security will also be discussed. The webinar will also look at questions of stability and change in attachment, especially longitudinal studies and how they may also inform becoming secure in therapy.
Strengthen Your Clinical Impact Through Attachment Science
Explore the relational dynamics, affect regulation processes, and practical interventions that help clients become more secure over time
THE COURSE CURRICULUM
Transform Attachment Insecurity into Therapeutic Growth
Self-paced module: 3 lessons · 2 hours video · slides · quiz · 90 day access · instant 2-hour CPD certificate.
Strengthen Your Clinical Impact Through Attachment Science
Integrate Mikulincer & Shaver’s broaden-and-build model and evidence-informed strategies to enhance security in adult psychotherapy
About Dr Kevin Keith
Kevin Keith, PhD, is a therapist, supervisor, educator and academic/researcher. He has a distinct interest in the study of human emotions, derived in part from his PhD study of attachment theory completed in 2017 at the University of Sydney. He is a member of several/academic research societies, including, the International Society for Psychotherapy Research (ISPR), Association for the Advancement of Philosophy & Psychiatry (AAPP), International Society for Study of Traumatic Stress (ISSTS), International Society for Emotion Research (ISER) and the Society for History of Emotions (SHE).