Preoccupied Attachment
Fear of Abandonment and Chronic Insecurity
NOW CLOSED
Saturday 3 December 2022
A live webinar or in person event with Linda Cundy
CPD Credits: 3.5 hours
- Attend live webinar OR in person at Confer’s premises (Please see our FAQ)
- Bookings close at 9:00am GMT Wednesday 30 November
- Includes a subtitled recording of the event with access for a year (14 days post the event)
Preoccupied people are anxiously attached and feel chronically insecure. Their relationships are often marked by intense emotion, anger and enmeshed dynamics. They can be passionate but also be experienced as needy, demanding, sometimes manipulative, and have been referred to as “borderline borderline”.
READ MORE...As clients they can be challenging to work with, and therapy often feels stuck or ends badly. Our attachment patterns lay the foundations of unconscious beliefs about ourselves, and expectations we hold of other people and relationships. These belief systems are played out in the therapeutic relationship, affecting transference and countertransference, attitudes to boundaries, and how the therapy is used.
This day will focus on individual therapy with adults, outlining how preoccupied attachment develops and what it looks like in the consulting room. It will highlight difficulties common difficulties that arise in therapy with this client group and propose a specific focus and clear aims for therapeutic work with preoccupied clients. The impact of trauma on those with a Preoccupied core pattern of attachment will also be outlined.
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Please ensure you have up to date Confer membership before proceeding with this ticket type. If you are unsure you can login to your account and check your membership status, or email support@confer.uk.com.