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Working with Dysregulated Couples (’08)
[12 Credits]
Jan 14 - Feb 03, 2008
The attachment drive for a secure base involves neurological and neuroendocrine systems and subsystems that determine such things as proximity seeking and contact maintenance. Couples most commonly enter therapy due to repeated, anticipated, and intense periods of mutual dysregulation whereby attachment injuries and adaptations become reanimated. In order to make the most of attachment theory, the psychotherapist must incorporate a working knowledge of the neurobiological processes that underlie all primary attachment relationships.
Dr. Tatkin will focus on the crucial role of arousal and affect regulation in the adult primary attachment relationship. His approach integrates mother-infant attachment, developmental neuroscience, psychobiological regulatory systems, therapeutic enactment, as well as the therapeutic frame and therapeutic stance necessary to such an undertaking.
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