Welcome from Dr. Zack
I personally and professionally welcome you to the Adult Attachment Program! Personally, because I, too, have been a client in Three Pillars therapy. I, too, have seen, and now cultivated and embodied the five qualities of secure attachment. To feel safe and protected, to feel seen and known, to feel soothed if you get upset or hurt, to feel your soul delighted in, and to feel supported and encouraged to bring out my truest, most authentic, most unique sense of self. It’s an exciting time at The Adult Attachment Program. We have expanded our capacity to meet the needs of our community by adding quality clinicians, quality people, with diverse backgrounds and experience to our team. We also have a wide variety of offerings; assessment, one-on-one therapy, coaching, groups, classes, workshops, and trainings. These are all expanded upon below elsewhere on the website. Please reach out to us if you have questions or if you are interested in this work.
– Dr. Zack Bein
Interested in this Work?
1. Newsletter
A good place to start with the Adult Attachment Program is by signing up for our email newsletter. We’ll send you regular updates on upcoming offerings and guidance for learning about attachment and becoming more secure.
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2. One-on-One Therapy with a Specialist
The best way to repair your attachment is through one-on-one work with a trained therapist or coach.
But before you go there, it may be wise for you to invest in a good assessment of attachment style(s) so you know what you’re starting with — It’s for that reason that — while not mandatory — we prefer to start with the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) as it is considered the “gold standard” assessment of attachment strategies in adults and Dr. Zack is “reliable” through the AAI Institute to score and interpret these interviews, and then you and your therapist will determine the next steps and if any of the offerings, either one-on-one or group, would be useful for you. Learn more about our flagship attachment repair program or get in touch to get started.
3. Live Online Groups
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Self Paced Groups
A Self-Paced Online Introduction to Adult Attachment Theory – Level I Training
With 4.8/5 stars on Udemy, this self-paced course provides a scientific background to attachment and relationship patterns. The Adult Attachment Program’s Online Level I Self-Paced Study Class is called Adult Attachment Theory: The Science of Relationships. It covers the major studies that have shown us how attachment patterns develop, an overview of each attachment style in adulthood, and how attachment style in adulthood is assessed. It also gives evidence-based techniques that are accessible to students, as well as providing opportunities to engage with the learning through Homework assignments and activities.
The Adult Attachment Program’s Level II Training is Now Available
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 the theory and practice of Three Pillars therapy and IPF using videos, powerpoint presentations, articles, and supplemental readings and exercises.
4. Articles from the Blog
We have quite a few free resources to help you learn about insecure attachment styles and how to become secure. Here are a few useful foundational articles to learn more about attachment.
- Assessment Methods
- The Four Styles of Attachment
- Our Approach to Repairing Attachment: The Three Pillars Approach with Ideal Parent Figures Imagery
- Attachment Repair is Hard Work, But It’s the Most Important Thing I’ve Ever Done for My Self Development