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Attachment and its impact on Affect Regulation and Dysregulation
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In this part of the training, we will explore the four main attachment patterns children can experience in early childhood. We will discuss the pivotal role that secure versus insecure family of origin attachment has on a child’s subsequent ability or inability to self-soothe, regulate their emotional states, and allow for trust and vulnerability in all their subsequent relationships. Participants will learn about the profound reverberating emotional and neurological impact of neglect as well as dismissive, ambivalent, and disorganized attachment patterns. We will also process the challenge that abused and neglected children face, and the price they pay, when they are forced to attach to caretakers who are emotionally unavailable or toxic. We will address the window of tolerance and its impact on hypo-arousal and hyper-arousal. Therapists must make sure that clients are in the optimal window during sessions, otherwise, insight and integration cannot occur.
Lisa Ferentz, LCSW-C, DAPA
Lisa Ferentz, LCSW-C, DAPA, is a recognized expert in the strengths-based, de-pathologized treatment of trauma and has been in private practice for over 40 years. She has been an adjunct faculty member at several universities, and is the founder of The Ferentz Institute, now in its seventeenth year of providing continuing education to mental health professionals and graduating several thousand clinicians from her two certificate programs in advanced trauma treatment. In 2009 she was voted the “Social Worker of the Year” by the Maryland Society for Clinical Social Work. She is the author of Treating Self-Destructive Behaviors in Trauma Survivors: A Clinician’s Guide, now in its second edition, Letting Go of Self-Destructive Behaviors: A Workbook of Hope and Healing and Finding Your Ruby Slippers: Transformative Life Lessons from the Therapist’s Couch.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Lisa Ferentz maintains a private practice and is the Founder and President of the Ferentz Institute. She receives royalties as a published author. Lisa Ferentz receives a speaking honorarium and product royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Lisa Ferentz is a member of the National Association of Social Workers and the American Psychotherapy Association.
