Healing Attachment Trauma: The Power of Creating a Coherent Narrative

In this 2-hour continuing education presentation for therapists, Dr. Lisa Firestone will focus on methods for helping clients create coherent narratives of early attachment trauma. This allows them to develop a sense of inner security through resolving, unresolved trauma. Dr. Firestone will integrate findings from attachment research, Interpersonal Neurobiology, and separation theory. Additionally, Dr. Firestone will draw upon the latest research and outline the process of writing a coherent narrative. Latest findings in neurobiology show that when a person writes a coherent narrative, they actually rewire their brain to feel more secure within themselves and their relationship. Creating a coherent narrative also contributes to developing earned secure attachment.

This introductory web conference is designed to help mental health professionals:

1. Describe, using cutting edge neurobiological research, how clients can rewire their brains to feel more secure.
2. Identify a client's early attachment style.
3. Apply step-by-step guidelines for how to help clients develop a coherent narrative.

Course Outline:

• Introduction and overview of attachment theory.
• Methods for healing attachment trauma through the process of creating a coherent narrative.
• The intersection between interpersonal neurobiology, separation theory and attachment.
• Understand attachment and the brain: how writing a coherent narrative leads to integration.
• Exercises based on the adult attachment interview for identifying attachment patterns.
• How these questions can enhance the process of therapy.
• How to help clients identify and create a coherent narrative.
• Exercises for moving towards a coherent narrative.

Statement of program material's accuracy, utility, and risks: A list of references supporting the course content will be provided to participants.

Declaration identifying any potential conflict of interest and/or commercial support: No conflict of interest indicated.

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Continuing Education (CE) Information

2 CE contact hours will be provided by GoodTherapy for attending this web conference in its entirety. 

GoodTherapy is an NBCC-Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEPTM) and may offer NBCC-approved clock hours for events that meet NBCC requirements.

GoodTherapy.org, provider #1352, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. GoodTherapy.org maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 3/30/2022 – 3/30/2025. Social workers completing this course receive 2 continuing education credits.

GoodTherapy is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. GoodTherapy maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

GoodTherapy, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0395. GoodTherapy, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0022 and for licensed mental health counselors #MHC-0031.

To receive CE credit hours for an archived event, you will need to complete a survey as well as a 12 or 15-question exam, verifying that you listened to or watched the event in its entirety. Archived CE events generally are considered "homestudy" by licensing boards.

Registration Information

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Mental health professionals who are not members can attend this live web conference for $30.95 or access the homestudy recording for $15.50. Sign up here to purchase this CE course and earn a CE certificate.

If the event is canceled by GoodTherapy, registrants who purchased the event will be notified and the charge for the event will be refunded

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