Learn the basics of attachment system dynamics and get to the root of unresolved trauma to restore secure attachment for yourself and others.
Imagine a client sharing their distress over a recent argument or feeling misunderstood in their relationship. They’re anxious. They’re hurting. You hear it in the quiver of their voice.
They clearly crave the connection and intimacy of a close relationship, yet they’re afraid to trust themselves and others… including you.
Your client can’t understand: why does this happen over and over?
Why do some people stay caught up in the same challenging patterns and behaviors, no matter what partner they are with or relationship they are in?As their therapist, you know that seeing the pattern isn’t enough. You need to know WHY your clients react the way they do?
Could some corrective exercises or interventions be more effective than others? And how does your own communication style promote or interfere with helping your clients heal?
You know that there must be a better way to help people—that keeps them feeling safe and honors the way they need to be heard.
That’s because early experiences in childhood create the blueprint or template for how we interact as adults, shaping our expectations and behaviors in relationships. If our initial attachments are secure, we’re more likely to form healthy, trusting connections.
However, if those early bonds were inconsistent, neglectful, or even unsafe––we adapt to survive––and these adaptations become our patterns of insecure attachment.
As adults, attachment issues usually come to the forefront when traumatic events or stress activate our fear, anger, isolation, or helplessness. These negative responses can affect our health and wellbeing, or cause lasting damage to a relationship with someone we love.
When we seek intimacy and connection as adults, we seek a return to secure attachment.
The paradox is that we often find ourselves drawn to a partner or significant other who reinforces or recreates the challenging emotional climate of our childhood.
And while we may not have had a say in whether our needs would be met (or unmet) in childhood, the good news is that attachment styles are not fixed.
That’s because our innate attachment system is highly adaptable—and since we are already biologically wired for secure attachment, we simply need to learn techniques and tools that get to the root of trauma and support permanent change, recovery and growth.
By understanding the basics of attachment system dynamics, it becomes possible to restore secure attachment, radically change the nature of relationships, and experience greater intimacy, wholeness and joy.
Fortunately, humans are relational beings… and healing happens in the very place that the initial attachment wound occurred—in relationship.
And since we rarely heal in isolation, it’s much harder for you or your clients to do this alone.
In this course, Dr. Heller will teach you a powerful, proven and pragmatic approach that gives you concrete tools to shift destructive relationship patterns into constructive behaviors and communication.
When you understand the fundamental differences between secure and insecure attachment styles, it’s much easier to address old emotional wounds—so you can help yourself and clients break out of unhealthy patterns once and for all—freeing them to experience the joy, intimacy and connection they need and deserve.
Each module includes both recorded training and LIVE teaching––with in-depth reviews of client demos, experiential exercises, mastery practices, Q&A, and optional breakout group discussions.
Enrollment is now open. This course is only offered once a year.
Try the Fundamentals of Attachment Styles course 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 March 20, 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.
“One thing that I really appreciated about this training was that it did a really comprehensive job of talking about our different attachment styles and helping us understand them. Then, we took it one step further… with real, practical ways to teach it to our clients, not just from the top-down, but also to understand attachment and really grow from the bottom-up. That gave me a much richer experience than I’d known before.”
Loren Roth, Waynesville, NC
Learn the basics of attachment system dynamics and get to the root of unresolved trauma to restore secure attachment for yourself and others.
Each week, you’ll get access to a newly recorded training video, including downloadable audio and transcripts and course companion guide—plus a LIVE 90-minute call with Dr. Heller.
The first four weeks we explore each of the four attachment styles in depth through live teaching, client demo reviews and debriefs, experiential exercises, mastery practices, Q&A and optional breakout group discussions.
We close the program by showing you how to integrate theoretical insights into practical strategies and interventions you can implement into clinical practice immediately.
Can’t attend live? All calls are recorded and posted to your personal learning portal within 48 hours, where they’re yours to keep for the life of the program.
Each week, you and your colleagues join Dr. Diane Poole Heller for a 90-minute LIVE call where you learn an experiential exercise, discuss the week’s teachings, and review actual client demos.
At the end of the calls, there’s always time set aside for your questions and answers––plus new, optional breakout sessions.
Join DARe-trained Associate, Daniel Vose for a special Case Study Integration Lab.
Daniel will facilitate case study reviews and help you explore potential ways to handle real-world client scenarios. You’ll gain new insights as you learn how to integrate the DARe approach into your clinical practice.
Dive into newly recorded training module videos, complete with course companion guide, additional resources, and audio—all accessible in the course learning portal.
Support your learning with downloadable and printable written transcripts for easy reference and note-taking, to reinforce your understanding.
Remember, this course is only offered once a year!
Enroll now and join us for the first session on March 13th
Attachment to a primary caregiver is the foundation for all future relationships. When you experience secure attachment, you learn how to trust others, ask for what you need and respond to stress or conflict in emotionally appropriate ways.
In this module, we examine how early life experiences—including trauma—set the blueprint for our lifelong attachment patterns and beliefs.
We’ll also explore which practical strategies to use in building our capacity for secure attachment and relationship repair.
People with avoidant attachment often find it challenging to form close relationships because they were ignored consistently, rejected, or even punished for seeking connection with their primary caregivers. These interactions set the stage for a pattern of self-reliance and emotional distancing in adult relationships.
In this module, we explore avoidant attachment patterns —examining how they develop and which common behaviors manifest when in a relationship with a different attachment style. We’ll also cover corrective exercises and experiences that address underlying issues and encourage a return to secure attachment.
Ambivalent attachment develops in childhood when caregivers respond inconsistently, leading to doubt, insecurity, and a longing for connection. As adults, individuals with ambivalent attachment may experience intense emotions, have trust issues, and struggle with a prevalent fear of abandonment.
In this module, we will focus on mindfulness, self-orientation, and embodiment exercises that are specifically designed to help those with ambivalent attachment. These exercises aim to strengthen their ability to connect with others while maintaining a strong sense of self.
Disorganized attachment adaptation develops in early childhood environments when primary caregivers engage in scary, threatening, or abusive behaviors.
This creates a conflict for children who feel the need to both seek comfort from and flee from their caregivers, which can lead to frequent dysregulation.
In this module, we explore disorganized attachment patterns—with a special focus on the “immobility response,” (feeling stuck or frozen) a common reaction that emerges when the attachment system becomes reactivated in an adult relationship.
Once you have all the fundamental knowledge, you’re ready to integrate and apply new skills, techniques, and interventions with existing modalities to help yourself and your clients build healthier, more fulfilling lives.
Creating a safe therapeutic space for others may require you to first strengthen your own secure attachment skills.
In the final module, you’ll learn to recognize your patterns and stay regulated during therapy sessions, enabling you to build trust, instill confidence, and engage more effectively with clients.
Our first session starts March 13, 2024
Enrollment only opens up once a year. Be sure to save your spot!
In this hands-on workshop led by Dr. Diane Poole Heller, you’ll learn physiological skills through three practical relational resource exercises.
These exercises are designed to help you understand and manage your body’s response in relationships, including proximity, lingering fight/flight reactions, and feeling stuck or frozen.
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 practice techniques to safely distance from perceived threats, resolve incomplete threat responses, and overcome states of immobilization—leading to stronger and more secure connections in relationships.
In this focused workshop, watch as Dr. Diane Poole Heller reviews and debriefs an in-depth recorded client demo session—showing you how to apply the DARe framework.
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, techniques, and resources 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 avoidant attachment wounding.
During this 60-minute live session, DARe-trained Associate, Daniel Vose will guide you through the practical application of the DARe framework to real-world scenarios.
You’ll have the opportunity to discuss clinical case examples, ask questions, and share insights with colleagues.
You’ll see how Dr. Heller’s Dynamic Attachment Repatterning experience (DARe) equips therapist (and their clients) with skills that break unhealthy relational patterns, restore secure attachment, and support deeper connections, meaning and joy in adult relationships.
You’ll expand your ability to handle complex cases, deepen your understanding of attachment theory, and improve client outcomes by integrating the work into your therapeutic practice.
And don’t worry if you can’t make it live.
All 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 this recorded, 90-minute video supplemental course training, Dr. Heller examines the broader aspects of grief, including the loss of something that never was, such as a happy childhood.
When we don’t grieve or go through the grieving process, childhood wounds often come up later in life—and we risk continued suffering. Grieving is a necessary and fundamental step for anyone on a healing journey. Yet each attachment style grieves in their own way.
In this bonus module, you’ll explore why its so important to grieve our past more actively to find a path through the pain into the future.
Because people who have the disorganized attachment adaptation often exhibit inconsistent behaviors or have a hard time trusting others, navigating the complexities of this attachment style can be particularly challenging for therapists.
In this two-part video interview, Dr. Stan Tatkin and Dr. Diane Poole Heller explore the intricacies of the disorganized attachment style—including various approaches and strategies that promote better healing outcomes.
Don’t miss out on these essential resources!
Try the Fundamentals of Attachment Styles course 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 March 20, 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.
“Classes with Diane are so rich and full. She presents the material so that anyone can “get it” and it doesn’t make the client wrong—or that something’s “wrong” with them. Attachment work has a very thorough, deep and profound way of helping someone transform whatever trauma they may be carrying.”
Julie Manwiller, Seattle, WA
Get to the root of unresolved attachment trauma.
Help yourself and clients break out of unhealthy patterns.
Join Dr. Heller for 5 LIVE, 90-minute online sessions that include teaching review, real client demos (with reviews and debriefs), experiential exercises, mastery practice, and time for Q&A—and optional breakout group discussion.
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 provides the foundation of attachment theory, so you can better understand the origins, patterns, and needs of each attachment style.
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.
Every live training (including bonus sessions) will be recorded. The recorded replay will be available in video, audio, and written format––so you’ll have lifetime access to content 24/7/365.
The course portal is also a terrific place to ask questions, grow your network and receive support directly from Dr. Heller.
Expert guidance for real-world clinical applications—an $1,879 value!
NEW! Join Diane for two, live hands-on implementation-focused sessions.
• Embodied Relational Resilience where Diane will teach you physiological skills using three relational, resourcing exercises.
• Demo & Debrief Workshop: Cultivating Connection in Avoidant Attachment where Diane reviews and debriefs an in-depth recorded client demo session—showing you how to apply the DARe framework to therapy sessions.
During this 60-minute LIVE session, DARe-trained Associate Daniel Vose, will guide you through the practical application of attachment theory to real-world scenarios.
Discuss clinical case examples, ask questions, and share insights with colleagues—expand your ability to handle complex cases and improve client outcomes.
In this recorded, 90-minute course supplemental training module, Diane examines the broader aspects of grief, including the loss of something that never was in attachment wounding—a happy childhood.
In this bonus module, you’ll explore how to work through grief and loss, particularly arousal spikes and feelings of anger, shame and guilt.
Because people who have disorganized attachment adaptation often exhibit inconsistent behaviors or have a hard time trusting others, navigating the complexity can be particularly challenging for therapists.
In this two-part video interview, Dr. Stan Tatkin examines the disorganized attachment style—including various approaches and strategies that promote hope and healing.
Do you need CE credits? This course includes 7.5 CE credits for eligible licensed mental health professionals at NO EXTRA COST.
Please note, only the live online sessions are approved for CE credits. To be eligible, professionals must attend all five live sessions. Attendance will be taken to verify eligibility.
Don’t miss out on these essential resources!
Try the Fundamentals of Attachment Styles course 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 March 20, 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.
“The exercises were great! The specific clinical ways of working with the different types of attachment were revealing and transformative. There were very clear explanations of attachment styles and dynamics of what happens as the person separates from the wound pattern. What wonderful work you are bringing to the world!”
A. Morris
Do you need CE credits?
This course includes 7.5 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 FIVE 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.
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 7.5 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 7.5 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
At the end of this course, participants will be able to:
This course is ideal for both novice and experienced therapists, life coaches, bodywork practitioners and other mental health or behavioral professionals who work with both individuals and couples in a clinical setting—and who need a pragmatic and proven approach to resolve trauma, navigate insecure attachment adaptations and guide clients back to secure attachment do they can experience healthier and more fulfilling lives.
Of course! You’ll have access to ALL training materials, including videos, transcripts, worksheets, demos, resources and bonuses for the lifetime of the program. The only thing you cannot download are client demos—because we need to honor and respect client privacy and confidentiality.
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.
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 7.5 credit hours.
The LIVE, ONLINE sessions for this course have been approved for a total of 7.5 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 5 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, June 9, 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.
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 Fundamentals of Attachment Styles 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, March 20, 2024. Refunds will be issued in the same form of payment made, and may take up to four weeks to process.
Don’t miss your chance to learn directly from Dr. Diane Poole Heller in this course that’s only offered once a year!
Try the Fundamentals of Attachment Styles course 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 March 20, 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.
