For practitioners who have an interest in attachment theory and would like to think about how attachment works between partners.
Online
A three-hour webinar:
· For individual and couple therapists
· For practitioners who have an interest in attachment theory and would like to think about how attachment works between partners.
We will address these questions:
· How does attachment impact our selection of a mate?
· How do attachment strategies play out in a relationship over the years?
· What happens when two partners have ‘competing’ attachment patterns?
· What does a row between an avoidant and an anxious partner look like?
· What about two avoidant partners in a conflict-avoidant relationship?
· How does attachment impact a couple’s sexual relationship?
· How do neurodivergent and neurotypical partners cope together?
· How does attachment influence both care-seeking and caregiving skills?
Finally I will consider how we can help individual clients who bring their relationship to therapy. We will look at working with the ‘couple in mind’ as well as recognising instances where this may not be possible.
The approach I take is based on my own training at The Bowlby Centre, my systemic training with Relate and my most recent training and experience in EFT (Emotionally focused couple therapy). I will present with a PowerPoint presentation, discussion, question and answers, and there will be breakout rooms for specific exercises.
Anne Power has qualifications from The Bowlby Centre, Relate, WPF and Tavistock Relations. Most recently she has trained in Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFT).
She has published over twenty papers and two books which all draw on attachment to explore loss, retirement, boarding school, supervision and couple relationships.
After decades of working with clients in difficulty, she wanted to hear about contented relationships and she interviewed diverse couples including those who met online and those brought together through arranged marriage. She drew on their stories and used their words to write ‘Contented Couples’.
Her TEDx talk provides an overview of attachment theory https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9idayJyWCWs&t=23s
On her Instagram page she shares insights on relationships.