Improve your clinical skills, promote safety and facilitate deep healing and recovery for your clients with disorganized attachment.
Imagine the emotional weight your clients carry when unresolved trauma from disorganized attachment follows them into adulthood.
This burden, amplified by life experiences and relationship struggles, can leave them feeling lost, isolated, and unable to form healthy connections.
Anxiety. Stress. Fear. Confusion. Feelings of worthlessness. Anger. Lack of trust—even in YOU, their therapist.
As a mental health professional, you know that working with clients who have disorganized attachment is one of the most challenging aspects of your work. These clients often struggle to regulate their emotions and maintain healthy relationships because they don’t feel safe in the world.
This feeling stems from early painful or frightening memories (often implicit) that feel as if they’re happening in the present—making it especially difficult to think logically or stay grounded when both the body and mind are dysregulated.
For clients with disorganized trauma, the unresolved trauma surfaces as a variety of psychological and physical issues, where they feel like they’re on high alert 24-7-365.
The problem is… simply knowing about trauma isn’t enough to help your clients begin healing or experience real, lasting change.
To help clients heal and reconnect with their innate resilience, it’s essential to develop the skills to navigate and work through the complexities of trauma and disorganized attachment.
By addressing the root of attachment injuries, you can tailor your approach using effective tools, strategies, and interventions that promote true healing, build safety and trust, and help clients reshape their futures.
Two Implementation Workshop Sessions with Dr. Diane Poole Heller—including a LIVE Exercise-Led Workshop and a LIVE, all Demo Workshop.
+ Includes 9 CE Credit Hours for eligible professionals!
Enrollment is now open!
All LIVE sessions meet weekly on Wednesdays for 90 minutes from 11 am – 12:30 pm MT
In this comprehensive review of the disorganized attachment adaptation, we’ll explore its defining characteristics, origins in early childhood experiences and how those experiences continue to influence adult relationships, behaviors and emotional well-being.
Discover how “invisible influencers” conceal trauma and prolong suffering, making it difficult for both clients and clinicians to address fear and conflicted thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
You’ll be introduced to a variety of assessment tools, corrective exercises and practical interventions based on the DARe approach that will be demonstrated in the course—and can be applied in therapy—to promote emotional regulation, strengthen secure attachment and address both trauma and disorganized attachment.
Boundaries play a crucial role in our lives. They help us define and protect our sense of self, clarify our values, and guide many of the choices we make in our behaviors and relationships. Boundaries also set a standard for how we want to be treated and the relationships we will and won’t accept.
Often, trauma survivors who have experienced boundary violation and rupture enter therapy feeling vulnerable and mistrustful. This can sometimes hinder their ability to maintain or establish healthy boundaries within the therapeutic relationship as well.
To address boundary ruptures and foster safety, therapists must consistently respect clients’ boundaries, acknowledge any mistrust, and collaboratively create a space where trauma survivors feel empowered to rebuild their sense of security and trust.
When trauma lives in the autonomic nervous system as dysregulation, it affects our reactions to experiences, environments and sensations. It also causes us to misread cues for connection and interferes with our ability to co-regulate, communicate, and establish secure relationships with others.
By helping clients recognize the difference between emotional and physical safety, we empower them to take an active role in their therapy, make informed choices about their safety, and equip them with valuable skills that support conflict resolution, stress management, and self-care.
Additionally, when clients can articulate their feelings, boundaries, and concerns accurately, therapists can better address their needs and tailor interventions and exercises accordingly.
To fully heal from trauma (including the experiences or parts we may not be aware of consciously) we need to explore all aspects of ourselves—including how to connect with wounds that often originate in childhood trauma.
In this module, we explore the concept of the “Encapsulated Child,” understanding that traumatic experiences interrupt an individual’s emotional and psychological development at the age when the trauma occurred—and continue to influence our adult behaviors and relationships.
In a secure therapeutic environment, therapists help their clients process and release unresolved trauma so they recover a sense of openness, vitality, confidence, and connection.
In this module, we explore the threat response system, our body’s natural reaction to perceived danger. For people with disorganized attachment, unresolved trauma can activate emotions and physical sensations that prevent them from fully processing the threat.
This continuous re-experiencing can keep victims stuck in a specific stage of the sequence, hindering their ability to resolve the trauma and begin the healing process.
For therapists working with disorganized attachment, understanding the entire threat response sequence (and where incompletions occur) is vital, as it equips therapists with insights needed to formulate and apply therapeutic interventions that are more accurately attuned to their clients’ experiences and needs.
In therapy, clinicians must develop greater self-awareness to acknowledge and work through their own unresolved trauma—since these issues can potentially alter the relationship and dynamics between the therapist and client, and potentially hinder the client’s healing and progress.
In this module, you’ll learn how to build and strengthen your own secure attachment skills and practice consistent attunement during clinical sessions to work more effectively with clients who have the disorganized attachment adaptation.
You’ll also master techniques that cultivate safety and secure attachment, enable healthier communication, and encourage your clients to explore their feelings and responses without fear of judgment or dismissal.
Enrollment is now open! Save your spot and join us for our first LIVE class on October 9.
In this hands-on workshop led by Dr. Diane Poole Heller, we’ll teach you co-regulation skills using three practical, relational resourcing exercises.
Through these exercises, we’ll learn how to overcome fear of connection, strengthen secure attachment skills and address deep-seated attachment wounds.
After learning the techniques with Diane, we’ll break out into smaller groups to give every participant a chance to practice and truly embody the work.
You’ll get to practice interventions that shift trauma-related implicit memories—those subconscious and body-held reactions—into explicit (conscious) awareness for quicker and more effective healing.
In this focused workshop, watch as Dr. Diane Poole Heller reviews and debriefs several recorded demos featuring volunteer course participants.
You’ll see how to integrate the course material into your personal and professional life… including therapeutic interventions, corrective exercises, tools, and resources.
Diane will also open the discussion for personal exploration—sharing insights and techniques to protect ourselves as therapists when we feel activated during clinical sessions.
This workshop benefits therapists who want to address their own personal challenges, or practice role play for complex cases involving disorganized attachment trauma.
Both bonus sessions will be recorded and posted to your personal learning portal within 48 hours, where they’re yours to keep for the life of the program.
In 2+ hours of self-paced video training, you’ll get a quick refresher on the four attachment styles: secure, avoidant, ambivalent and disorganized.
Includes four video and audio recordings, plus transcripts—designed to help you begin your healing journey and strengthen secure attachment skills.
Inside, you’ll review:
In this recorded demo session, Dr. Diane Poole Heller works with a client to address unresolved generational trauma and disorganized attachment.
Through a combination of boundary-setting exercises and inner child work, the client begins to differentiate their emotions from those of a parent (who also had unresolved trauma).
You’ll learn how you can use the DARe approach to create emotional space and facilitate healing and self-awareness. This session demonstrates how addressing disorganized attachment using specific DARe techniques can support emotional regulation, build secure attachment, and help clients reconnect with their authentic selves.
We’re confident this program will be a valuable investment in your education and clinical practice.
Try “Healing Dual Wounds: Navigating Trauma and Disorganized Attachment” 100% risk-free.
If, for any reason, you don’t feel it meets your needs, please contact our friendly Customer Support Team within 7 days of the course start date (on or before Wednesday, October 16, 2024)––and we’ll happily issue you a refund.
For those with financial needs, a limited number of partial scholarships are available. Please contact our Customer Support Team for further information.
“I appreciate that Diane has taken this work on in such a kind, respectful way. The demos were very powerful.
I believe her work is making a big difference in our world. It’s made a big difference for me personally. Thank you!
––V.C.
“This course opened my awareness to new ideas and will really help me monitor how I interact with the client during sessions.
I learned new skills to monitor emotions, mind and the body, import repairing experiences, and build safety.”
––C.K.
“Seeing how Diane works with clients in the demos gave me a clear understanding of what really works.
Watching her techniques in real-time helped me implement them more quickly and effectively in my own practice.”
––K.J.
“I really appreciated the practical tips and the live demonstrations.
This is such a complicated topic that is quite overlooked and not fully understood in the field.
I meet and work with A LOT of people who fit into this category and might otherwise not be understood—or potentially made worse through assumptions.”
––R.L.
“Diane is an excellent and energetic teacher. I really learned so much from her demos and all the slides.
Really excellent information I will use again and again.
––D.S.
“This course taught me how to use the body as a guide.
The body provides so many valuable messages, and when you’re attuned to them, you can support your clients more effectively—and they can better support themselves.”
––T.K.
Uncover the hidden trauma behind disorganized attachment and pave the way to healing and connection
Includes 9 CE credits for eligible professionals!
Join Dr. Heller for 6 LIVE, 90-minute online sessions that include teaching review, real client demos (to show the work in action), experiential exercises, time for Q&A—and optional breakout group discussions.
Participate live or download the replay recording at your convenience if you cannot make the scheduled time. Learn concepts, frameworks, techniques, practical exercises and ways to apply the work to everyday practice.
Before each live session you’ll get access to a recorded video training module that covers core concepts on how to address unresolved trauma and disorganized attachment in clinical practice.
Each module is designed to equipped you with essential knowledge, proven strategies and practical corrective exercises that enhance your ability to support clients more effectively.
This course teaches more than just theoretical concepts. Through real case examples from clinical practice, Dr. Heller will show you how to facilitate healing with clients and apply the work to your personal and professional life.
The detailed debriefs deepen your understanding and provide insights into how you can integrate this work existing modalities during therapeutic sessions.
Network with colleagues, ask questions and receive support in our course portal.
Every live training will be recorded. The recorded replay will be available in video, audio and written format, so you’ll have lifetime access to all content 27/7/365.
If you miss a training session, want to download transcripts and use them for reference and note taking—or come back to trainings and demos at a later date—you’ll be able to do so at your convenience.
Plus, you’ll get additional complementary resources, worksheets and slide handouts to enhance your learning.
Join Diane for two, live hands-on practical workshop sessions.
• Co-Regulation in Action: An Exercise-Led Workshop where Diane will teach you co-regulation skills using three relational, resourcing exercises.
• Demo Workshop: Navigating Disorganized Attachment where Diane reviews and debriefs a recorded demo featuring volunteer course participants.
In 2+ hours of self-paced video training, you’ll get a quick refresher on the four attachment styles: secure, avoidant, ambivalent and disorganized.
Includes four video and audio recordings, plus transcripts—designed to help you begin your healing journey and strengthen secure attachment skills.
In this recorded demo session, you’ll see how to work with clients to address unresolved generational trauma and disorganized attachment.
Learn how to support clients in setting boundaries using DARe techniques that build secure attachment, emotional regulation, and self-awareness.
We’re confident this program will be a valuable investment in your education and clinical practice.
Try “Healing Dual Wounds: Navigating Trauma and Disorganized Attachment” 100% risk-free.
If, for any reason, you don’t feel it meets your needs, please contact our friendly Customer Support Team within 7 days of the course start date (on or before Wednesday, October 16, 2024)––and we’ll happily issue you a refund.
For those with financial needs, a limited number of partial scholarships are available. Please contact our Customer Support Team for further information.
Do you need CE credits?
This course includes 9 CE credit hours.
Course Level: Beginning to advanced practice professionals
Target Audience: Licensed mental health professionals
Continuing Education Credit has been approved for the following professions:
*ONLY THE LIVE ONLINE SESSIONS ARE APPROVED FOR CE CREDITS.
To be eligible, professionals must attend ALL SIX live sessions. Attendance will be taken to verify eligibility.
A Certificate of Completion is available to all participants at the end of the course at no additional charge upon request.
It is the participants’ responsibility to check their individual state boards to verify CE requirements for this state. For detailed information regarding CEs, please contact our Customer Support Team.
Credit Information
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Amedco LLC and Trauma Solutions. Amedco LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
APA Credit Designation Statement
This course is co-sponsored by Amedco and Trauma Solutions. Amedco is approved bythe American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Amedco maintains responsibility for this program and content.
Maximum of 9 hours.
The following state boards accept courses from APA providers for Counselors:
AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MD, ME, MO, NC, ND, NH, NE, NJ, NM, NV, OK*, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI, WY MI: No CE requirements.
*OK: Accepts APA credit for live, in-person activities but not for ethics and/or online courses.
The following state boards accept courses from APA providers for MFTs:
AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IN, KS, MD, ME, MO, NE, NC, NH, NJ, NM, NV, OK*, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WY
AL MFTs: Credits authorized by NBCC or any other state licensing agency will be accepted.
MA MFTs: Participants can self-submit courses not approved by the MAMFT board for review.
The following state boards accept courses from APA providers for Addictions Professionals:
AK, AR, CO, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IN, KS, LA, MD, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NJ, NM, NY (held outside NY Only), OK*, OR, SC, UT, WA, WI, WY
The following state boards accept courses from APA providers for Social Workers: AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, DE, FL, GA, ID, IN, KY, ME, MN, MO, NE, NH, NM, OR, PA, VT, WI, WY
ASWB Credit Designation Statement
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Amedco is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education(ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Amedco maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 9 continuing education credits.
The following state boards accept courses offering ASWB ACE credit for Social Workers:
AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NM, NV, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WI, WV, WY
* WV accepts ASWB ACE unless activity is in live in West Virginia then an application is required.
The following state boards accept courses offering ASWB ACE credit for Counselors:
AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MA, MD, ME, MO, ND, NE, NM, NH, NV, OK, PA, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI, WY
The following state boards accept courses offering ASWB ACE credit for MFTs:
AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, FL, IA, ID, IN, KS, MD, ME, MO, NC, NE, NH, NM, NV, OK, PA, RI, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI, WY
MA / MFTs:
Participants can self-submit courses not approved by the MAMFT board for review.
The following state boards accept courses offering ASWB ACE credit for Addictions Professionals:
AK, CA, CO, CT, GA, IA, IN, KS, LA, MO, MT, ND, NM, NV, OK, OR, SC, WA, WI, WV, WY
This course is ideal for both novice and experienced therapists, life coaches, bodywork practitioners and other mental health or behavioral professionals who work with clients in a clinical setting—and who need a pragmatic and proven approach to resolve trauma, navigate disorganized attachment and guide clients back to secure attachment do they can experience healthier and more fulfilling lives.
You’ll have lifetime access to ALL training materials, including videos, transcripts, worksheets, demos, resources and bonuses too. You may also download, print or save materials at any time to your professional reference library for personal use. In the interest of privacy, client demo videos are not downloadable.
Both. Each LIVE class will be streamed online for 90 minutes, via Zoom. Additionally, you’ll be able to submit questions each week and during the live session, which includes time for Q&A.
Instructional teaching material has been pre-recorded by Diane for each module (along with slide handouts, audio and transcripts), so that you may review it at your own pace in Kajabi. The recorded training provides background and additional training for what will be covered during each live session.
There are also two live BONUS hands-on, implementation workshop sessions with Diane. One will be an exercise-led workshop where Diane will teach you three relational resourcing exercises—and you’ll get a chance to break out into small groups for practice. The other workshop is a demo workshop where Diane reviews and debriefs a recorded demo featuring volunteer course participants.
Every live call and workshop will also be recorded and stored inside your personal learning portal (Kajabi), so you may review it at your own pace. However, to get the most out of this course, we highly recommend you attend the live sessions if you can.
We would love to have you join each session live, but if you are unable to do so, that’s ok—all sessions and training calls (including the Q&A) are recorded and stored in your professional reference library, so you can still receive the information and coaching you need.
Plus, you can always submit a question via Kajabi (the learning portal) outside of the live sessions.
It’s a great place to ask questions, share insights and get support from Diane and your colleagues at any time.
Just a quick reminder—if you need CE credits, only the live sessions for this course have been approved for a total of 9 credit hours.
The LIVE, ONLINE sessions for this course have been approved for a total of 9 CE credit hours. These credits are already included in your purchase price.
If you are a licensed clinical professional counselor or licensed social worker––and you need CE credits, you will need to attend all 6 live sessions (excluding the bonus implementation sessions).
Attendance will be taken at each session to verify your eligibility.
Upon completion of the course, you will be sent an activity evaluation link, which must be completed within 60 days after the last program session (by Monday, January 13, 2024). Upon submission of the activity evaluation, participants can print their certificate or statement of credit immediately.
Also, a Certificate of Completion is available to all students at the end of the course upon request at no additional charge.
Note: It is the participants responsibility to check their individual state boards to verify CE requirements for their state. For detailed information regarding CEs, please contact our Customer Support Team.
We do offer a limited number of partial scholarships for students who attend an accredited university. Reduced enrollment rates are also available for those with limited resources in countries defined as low and lower middle income by the World Bank. Please contact us for more information. Please contact us for more information.
If you have additional questions or need technical support, please contact our Customer Support Team. for help.
We’re confident this program will be a valuable investment in your education, personal growth and clinical practice.
If you enroll in Healing Dual Wounds: Navigating Trauma & Disorganized Attachment and you decide to withdraw from the course for any reason, you may cancel you participation within 7 days of the course start date and request either a full refund or credit for a future course.
You must make this request in writing to our Customer Support Team. on or before Wednesday, October 16, 2024. Refunds will be issued in the same form of payment made, and may take up to four weeks to process.
