Live Event: Unlock the Secrets of Addiction and Attachment

"Addiction, therefore, can be viewed as an attachment disorder. Since it is biologically impossible to regulate our own affect for any extended period of time, individuals who have difficulty establishing emotionally regulating attachments are more inclined to substitute drugs and alcohol for their deficiency in intimacy." As a result of a person's difficulty maintaining emotional closeness with others, certain vulnerable individuals are more likely to turn to drugs and alcohol as a substitute for that consistent, soothing attachment figure. Join us as we explore addiction as an attachment disorder and the effective treatment from an attachment perspective. Date and Time TBD - Offered by Donation Only

What You'll Learn

View addiction as a disorder of the natural attachment system

Explore the neurobiology of attachment and addiction

Apply Integrative Attachment Therapy to address addiction symptoms directly

Identify common issues in early and late stage treatment

Key Speaker

Dr. Zack Bein

Psychologist, Founder of The Adult Attachment Program, Speaker, Author

Dr. Zack Bein is a psychologist, a professor, a certified meditation instructor, group therapist, one-on-one therapist, couples & family therapist, and the Founder of the Adult Attachment Program. He did his training at Tarzana Treatment Center, where he designed an 8-Week Mindfulness Treatment for veterans with substance use disorders and co-occurring PTSD. After graduating, he was trained by Dr Dan Brown in the Ideal Parent Figure (IPF) method for several years and currently works closely with Dr David Elliott, the co-author to the seminal attachment text, "Healing Attachment Disturbances in Adults (Brown & Elliott, 2016). He relies heavily on Brown & Elliot’s “Three Pillar” model of repairing attachment difficulties which includes the Ideal Parent Figure method. He has completed Level I Training in Integrative Attachment Therapy (IAT), and plans to be a trainer in the model. Dr. Zack has done thousands of hours of attachment repair with patients and clients from all over the world. His clinical group, The Adult Attachment Program, has become a state-of-the-art institute that uses the latest empirical research to inform and guide treatment, with impressive results. Dr Zack also has particular expertise in the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI), publishing a chapter establishing a standard of care for implementing the AAI into 3 Pillar work.

What you'll learn

Section I: Foundational Concepts

What is Attachment? Seminal Studies - John Bowlby, Mary Main, Mary Ainsworth. Adult Attachment, some of the assessment measures used for adults, categories of attachment experience.

Section II: Addiction x Attachment

Addiction as an Attachment Disorder, neurobiology of addiction, addiction as a failed means of self-soothing, treatment for an attachment lens

Section III: Why Secure Attachment?

We'll explore why "earning" secure attachment is such a transformative experience for people suffering from addiction, the details about what secure attachment is, how it is formed and maintained, what prevents it from forming, and how it is the ultimate protective factor against addiction and obsessive behaviors of all kinds, case study and examples

Uncover the Link Between Attachment and Addiction

Join us for our first in a series of Webinars. We will be covering a wide array of topics from the Attachment perspective. Webinar I - "Addiction as an Attachment Disorder." Gain practical skills and knowledge to address addiction symptoms from an attachment perspective effectively, and understand the underlying neurobiology of addiction and the unmistakeable crossover with the attachment system.

Dana

This webinar will be offered for "dana" only. Dana is the Pali word for "generosity." In many Eastern Traditions, generosity is emphasized as part of the direct route to awakening. The suggested donation for this class is $25 but you are free to give as much or as little as you wish.

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