IPF Archives - The Adult Attachment Program https://adultattachmenthealing.com/product-tag/ipf/ Healing Generational Trauma with an Evidence Based Approach Thu, 22 Jan 2026 17:49:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/adultattachmenthealing.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-aap-logo.png?fit=32%2C32&quality=80&ssl=1 IPF Archives - The Adult Attachment Program https://adultattachmenthealing.com/product-tag/ipf/ 32 32 219440608 The AAP’s Level 1 Training – Adult Attachment Theory – The Science of Relationships https://adultattachmenthealing.com/product/integrative-attachment-therapy/ https://adultattachmenthealing.com/product/integrative-attachment-therapy/#respond Fri, 21 Nov 2025 11:46:06 +0000 https://adultattachmenthealing.com/?post_type=product&p=509054 Attachment Theory – The Science of Relationships   Preview the Course Curriculum Introduction and Early Years of Attachment Theory Hi from Dr Zack Bein The Early Years of Attachment Theory Assessment of Attachment Styles in Adults Assessment of Attachment Styles in Adults – The Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) An Even Stranger Situation The Varieties of […]

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Attachment Theory – The Science of Relationships

 

Preview the Course Curriculum

  1. Introduction and Early Years of Attachment Theory

    1. Hi from Dr Zack Bein

    2. The Early Years of Attachment Theory

  2. Assessment of Attachment Styles in Adults

    1. Assessment of Attachment Styles in Adults – The Adult Attachment Interview (AAI)

    2. An Even Stranger Situation

  3. The Varieties of Attachment Experience – Secure Attachment

    1. The Securely Attached Journey – From Infancy to Adulthood

    2. Assignment 1

  4. The Preoccupied Attachment Style – In Relationship and Parenting

    1. The Preoccupied Attachment Style

  5. The Dismissing Attachment Style – In Relationship and Parenting

    1. The Dismissing Attachment Style

    2. Assignment 2

  6. The Unresolved State and Cannot Classify Category

    1. Unresolved and Cannot Classify (CC) in Adulthood

  • $89.99
  • 11 lessons
  • 2 hours of video content
  • This is a self-paced course where we use evidence based research in Adult Attachment Theory to transform your life and your relationships.

Upon Registering and Purchasing Level 1, you’ll receive a link where you can access it at your own leisure.

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  • Module 1 - A Therapy of Collaboration

    1. Welcome from your Instructor

    2. Level II Module I: Three Pillars - A Therapy of Collaboration

    3. Level II Module I - Continued

    4. Relational Healing - A Paper from David Elliott

    5. Powerpoint- A Therapy of Collaboration

    6. IPF Demonstration - Going Through All 5 Qualities

    7. First Assignment - Journal Entry #1

  • Module 2 - Enhancing Metacognitive Abilities and Reflective Functioning

    1. 2nd Pillar - Metacognition, Mentalizing, & Reflective Functioning

    2. Level II Module II - Metacognition, Mentalizing, & Reflective Functioning

    3. On the Origins of Reflective Functioning

    4. Reflective Functioning Manual

    5. 2nd Assignment - Journal Entry #2

  • Module 3 - Ideal Parent Figure (IPF) as a Means to Restructure the Old Internal Working Model

    1. Presentation on Play

    2. The Importance of Play

    3. Play Demonstration

  • Module 4: Activations & Restructuring the IWM

    1. Activations and Restructuring Old IWMs

    2. All About Activations with Demonstration

    3. Activations Demonstration

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    Level II Self-Paced Training

    • Mastery of the 3 Pillar Model and Ideal Parent Figure (IPF)
    • Level II Training for Clinicians
    • 19 lessons
    • 4.5 hours of video content
    • Developed by Brown and Elliot (2016) the Three Pillars model for healing attachment disturbances in adults has become quite popular amongst clinicians. This model was intended to offer a comprehensive way to resolve the structural core of attachment insecurity by restructuring and re-mapping the internal working model of attachment in clients using imagined ideal parent figures, guided by the five conditions that create secure attachment (now the 3rd pillar). Often by this process alone, the client begins strengthening several developmental capacities that were impeded by the insecure upbringing (Elliot, 2021). Two specific capacities that are often not nurtured in children with insecure attachment styles are the development of metacognitive capacity (2nd pillar) and enhancing collaborative abilities (1st pillar). This course will explain how we, as helpers and clinicians, can assist our clients/patients to heal from these attachment wounds.

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    View addiction as a disorder of the natural attachment system

    Explore the neurobiology of attachment and addiction

    Apply Integrative Attachment Therapy to address addiction symptoms directly

    Identify common issues in early and late stage treatment

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    Addiction as an Attachment Disorder
    Treatment from an Attachment Lens
    Zack Looking Right

    Speaker: Dr. Zack Bein

    “Addiction, therefore, can be viewed as an attachment disorder. Since it is biologically impossible to regulate our own affect for any extended period of time, individuals who have difficulty establishing emotionally regulating attachments are more inclined to substitute drugs and alcohol for their deficiency in intimacy.” (Flores).  Because of a person’s difficulty maintaining emotional closeness with others, certain vulnerable individuals are more likely to turn to drugs and alcohol as a substitute for that consistent, soothing attachment figure. Join us as we explore addiction as a an attachment disorder and the effective treatment from an attachment perspective.

    What You’ll Learn

    Learn how addiction can be viewed as a disorder of the natural attachment system

    Learn the neurobiology of attachment x addiction

    An introduction to Integrative Attachment Therapy (IAT), the 3-Pillars model, and Ideal Parent Figure imagery.

    Apply the principles of Integrative Attachment Therapy as a means of directly addressing addiction symptoms

    Learn some of the common issues that arise in early and late stage treatment

    Ongoing treatment

    Research

     Module 1 – Foundational Concepts

    What is Attachment?  Seminal Studies – John Bowlby, Mary Main, Mary Ainsworth.  Adult Attachment, some of the assessment measures used for adults, categories of attachment experience.

    Module 2 – Addiction x Attachment

    Neurobiology, addiction as an attachment disorder, treatment from an attachment lens

    Module 3 – Addiction Treatment from an Attachment Lens

    We’ll explore why secure attachment is such a transformative goal for clients and patients and ourselves, the details about what secure attachment is, how it is formed and maintained, and what gets in the way of it forming, and how we can use IAT to cultivate it.

    Sunday, January 4,

     11:30 AM – 1:00 PM PST

    Experience the power of secure attachment imagery and take the first step towards relational healing and self-discovery.

    This class is offered by donation only.  There is a $25 suggested donation for the teacher and for keeping the program running. Nobody will be turned away for lack of funds.  If you can give more, you’re free to give more.  Register with the button below.

    Since this webinar is completed, you can still view it by “registering” here for the full recording.

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