Establishing Hope and Relational Safety – Avoidant Attachment

This webinar is the third in a 3-part live series exploring insecure attachment patterns — preoccupied, disorganised, and avoidant — as defined by Bowlby, Ainsworth, and Main.

Clinicians Linda Cundy, Sarah Benamer, and Stephanie Davis will discuss the relevance of these patterns in clinical work through case studies, while also examining the risks of reducing human relationships to fixed categories.

The series highlights the importance of mutuality, recognition, affective attunement, transference, and cycles of rupture and repair, with space for questions and discussion in each session to support your clinical practice.

Seminar Content

Speaker: Linda Cundy

“I decided that I would never ask for anything because of what would be unleashed if I made myself visible.”
Ayesha

Linda will illuminate how avoidant attachment often develops from emotionally unavailable or rejecting caregivers in early childhood.

These caregivers may have discouraged emotional expression or failed to respond when the child sought comfort, leading the child to learn that depending on others isn’t safe or effective.

It is marked by emotional distance, a strong need for independence, and discomfort with closeness, intimacy or vulnerability in relationships.

Linda will then discuss a case study of ‘Ayesha’.