About the Course
Understanding & Working with Attachment Disorder Training
This training course introduces healthcare staff, social care workers, and educators to attachment theory and its influence on behaviour, emotional development, and relationships. The session explores how early experiences shape attachment patterns and how unresolved attachment difficulties can continue to affect individuals throughout their lives.
Participants will examine how attachment challenges present in both children and adults, why forming trusting relationships can be difficult, and how trauma and early adversity contribute to insecure attachment styles. The course provides practical, trauma‑informed strategies for supporting individuals with attachment difficulties and encourages reflective practice to strengthen professional responses.
Course Content
The syllabus includes:
Understanding attachment and its lifelong impact How early attachment experiences shape emotional development and adult relationships
Attachment difficulties in adulthood Recognising symptoms and how unresolved childhood experiences can influence behaviour
Breaking trans‑generational cycles Exploring how patterns of insecure attachment can be repeated across generations
Types of insecure attachment Understanding avoidant and anxious/ambivalent attachment styles
Attachment and loss theory Reflecting on how loss, separation, and trauma influence attachment patterns
Working with individuals with attachment difficulties Practical approaches for building trust, supporting regulation, and strengthening relationships
Course Details
Suitable for: Healthcare staff, social care workers and educators
Delivery method: Face‑to‑face / Virtual training
Course length: 1 day
Maximum attendees: 15 delegates