Attachment: What’s Love Got To Do With It?

Preoccupied, insecure, dismissive and fearful attachment styles are correlated with mental health problems, addiction and chronic relational problems. Helping clients understand these historic patterns and creating a secure attachment in the therapeutic relationship are the keys to healing and creating healthy connections with others.

Learning Objectives

Those who attend will be able to:

1. Explain how patterns of childhood attachment continue to impact people throughout their lives.
2. Describe how the therapeutic relationship can help promote secure attachment in other relationships
3. Identify how love and attachment are related
4. State what blocks attachment and learn strategies to unblock it
5. Explain the essential connection between the presence of love in a therapeutic relationship and the client’s ability to heal

Tuition

• $80 –  Regular
• $60 – Alumni, Field Instructor, FFL, Current Adelphi University School of Social Work Adjunct Fee
• $45 – Veterans Rate/Adelphi University School of Social Work Students

About the Speaker

Connie Palmer

Connie Palmer, a licensed clinical social worker, is an experienced teacher, presenter, therapist, and school counselor who has spent more than thirty years of working with children, youth, and families. She is the owner of Therapeutic Learning Connections which offers social, emotional learning workshops to community organizations, schools, and workplaces. She is also a Grief Education Consultant for Imagine, a Center for Coping with Loss in Mountainside, NJ which offers grief support groups and grief education.

Credentialing Information

To receive approved continuing education credits, participants must attend the entire training or workshop and submit a completed evaluation form. completed evaluation form.

CEs: 3

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Cancellation Policy

Unfortunately, we cannot provide refunds for cancellations made seven working days or fewer before the event for any reason—or for no-shows. We can provide credit towards a future workshop up to 24 hours before the event. After that, no credit will be issued.

Accessibility Statement

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Adelphi University require that all events be accessible. To request a reasonable accommodation, please contact the event host identified on the event webpage; please allow for a reasonable time frame. The event host, when necessary, will collaborate with the Student Access Office.