Training Seminars
Michael Orlans, M.A., D.A.P.A., and Terry Levy, Ph.D., B.C.F.E., are internationally
respected teachers, trainers, and clinicians with an expertise in restoring
attachments in children, teens, adults, and couples. Read
more about the Trainers.
Attachment Training Institute
Come and join our treatment team in our Two-Week Training Program!
Clinical training occurs in conjunction with our two-week intensive Corrective Attachment Therapy Program. The primary goal is to learn theory, assessment, and therapeutic interventions via direct observation of an actual case with a child and family. Family members participate in treatment for approximately 30 hours over the two weeks.
Each day you will observe 3 hours of treatment, followed by a review of clinical videos, discussion, and processing. Therapeutic interventions focus on child, parent-child, adult (family-of-origin), marital and family system issues. Corrective Attachment Therapy interventions include: first year of life attachment cycle, therapeutic structure, contracting, cognitive rescripting, inner-child metaphor, psychodramatic reenactment, anger management, social skills training, attachment communication training and the holding-nurturing process.
Learning Issues
No fee for training when participating as referring and follow-up therapist. Please complete this online application.
Clinical training occurs in conjunction with our two-week intensive Corrective Attachment Therapy Program. The primary goal is to learn theory, assessment, and therapeutic interventions via direct observation of an actual case with a child and family. Family members participate in treatment for approximately 30 hours over the two weeks.
Each day you will observe 3 hours of treatment, followed by a review of clinical videos, discussion, and processing. Therapeutic interventions focus on child, parent-child, adult (family-of-origin), marital and family system issues. Corrective Attachment Therapy interventions include: first year of life attachment cycle, therapeutic structure, contracting, cognitive rescripting, inner-child metaphor, psychodramatic reenactment, anger management, social skills training, attachment communication training and the holding-nurturing process.
Learning Issues
- Historical Perspective
- Basic Theory and Research
- Basic Theory and Research
- Roots of Attachment
- Biology and Evolution
- Triune Brain
- Prenatal, Perinatal, and Postnatal Environments
- Developmental Stages: Zero to Three Years
- Biology and Evolution
- Secure and Disrupted Attachment
- Internal Working Model
- Empathy, Morality, and Resilience
- Trauma, Maltreatment, and Disorganized Attachments
- Internal Working Model
- Assessment
- Symptoms of Attachment Disorder
- Child, Parent, and Family Systems
- Differential Diagnosis
- Symptoms of Attachment Disorder
- Corrective Attachment Therapy (CAT)
- Structure of the Healing Process
- Holding Nurturing Process
- Therapeutic Style and Methods
- Goals, Contracting, and Managing Resistance
- Structure of the Healing Process
- Family Systems Intervention
- Basic Systems Principles
- The Traumatized Family
- The Adoptive Family System
- Modifying Family Patterns
- Parents and Family-of-Origin Issues
- Basic Systems Principles
- Corrective Attachment Parenting (CAP)
- Basic Concepts and Methods of Therapeutic Parenting
- Parenting Skills Training
- Basic Concepts and Methods of Therapeutic Parenting
- Child Welfare System
- Foster Care, Adoptions, and Daycare
- Early Intervention Programs
- Foster Care, Adoptions, and Daycare
- Observation of Therapy with Child and Family
- Review of Clinical Tapes
- Group Discussion and Processing
- Written Material Provided (handouts, joural articles)
No fee for training when participating as referring and follow-up therapist. Please complete this online application.
Scheduled Seminars for 2008
Contact the group listed directly for registration or details.
Reactive Attachment Disorder: Healing the Traumatized Child and Family
January 31 and February 1, 2008
Lexington, KY
Sponsored by Bluegrass Regional Mental Health Board
Contact: Christy Leaver, LCSW; cleaver@bluegrass.org; 859-806-9231
Treating Attachment and Trauma Issues in Children and Families
April 16, 2008; Minneapolis, MN
April 17, 2008; Madison, WI
Sponsored by Educational Services, Inc.
Contact: www.educationalservices.org; 800-724-9866
Healing Parents: Concepts and Skills of Corrective Attachment Parenting
May 13, 2008
Atlanta, GA
Sponsored by National Foster Parents Association
Contact: www.NFPAinc.org; 800-557-5238
Treating Trauma and Attachment Issues in Children and Families
May 14, 2008; Rocky Hill, CT
May 15, 2008; Trumbull, CT
May 16, 2008; Warwick, RI
Sponsored by PESI
Contact: www.pesi.com; 800-843-7763
Corrective Attachment Therapy
June 28, 2008; Tokyo, Japan
June 29, 2008; Kochi, Japan
June 30, 2008; Matsumoto, Japan
July 1, 2, 3, 4, 2008; Nagoya, Japan
Corrective Attachment Therapy
September 24, 2008; Concord, Charlotte, NC
20th Annual ATTACh Conference, Pre-conference Seminar
Contact: www.attach.org
Scheduled Seminars for 2009
Treating Trauma and Attachment Issues in Children and Families
March 6, 7, 2009; Phoenix, AZ
Sponsored by Arizona Association of Marriage and Family Therapy
Contact: Katherine Keuth
Reactive Attachment Disorder: Healing the Traumatized Child and Family
January 31 and February 1, 2008
Lexington, KY
Sponsored by Bluegrass Regional Mental Health Board
Contact: Christy Leaver, LCSW; cleaver@bluegrass.org; 859-806-9231
Treating Attachment and Trauma Issues in Children and Families
April 16, 2008; Minneapolis, MN
April 17, 2008; Madison, WI
Sponsored by Educational Services, Inc.
Contact: www.educationalservices.org; 800-724-9866
Healing Parents: Concepts and Skills of Corrective Attachment Parenting
May 13, 2008
Atlanta, GA
Sponsored by National Foster Parents Association
Contact: www.NFPAinc.org; 800-557-5238
Treating Trauma and Attachment Issues in Children and Families
May 14, 2008; Rocky Hill, CT
May 15, 2008; Trumbull, CT
May 16, 2008; Warwick, RI
Sponsored by PESI
Contact: www.pesi.com; 800-843-7763
Corrective Attachment Therapy
June 28, 2008; Tokyo, Japan
June 29, 2008; Kochi, Japan
June 30, 2008; Matsumoto, Japan
July 1, 2, 3, 4, 2008; Nagoya, Japan
Corrective Attachment Therapy
September 24, 2008; Concord, Charlotte, NC
20th Annual ATTACh Conference, Pre-conference Seminar
Contact: www.attach.org
Scheduled Seminars for 2009
Treating Trauma and Attachment Issues in Children and Families
March 6, 7, 2009; Phoenix, AZ
Sponsored by Arizona Association of Marriage and Family Therapy
Contact: Katherine Keuth
Comments from Previous Seminars
"Very informative and with significant substance to generalize to a practice.
Very well conceptualized."
"I am very grateful to have had this opportunity to experience and learn from the wealth of information and skill, and also insight, presented in this workshop."
"This was one of the best conferences I have ever attended. You guys do a great team presentation. Also, the humor really helped balance some of the inherent sadness of the topic."
"Excellent. Behind the factual information and ideas was wisdom - it was presented in a way that imparted some of that - a deeper understanding of these problems."
"Very knowledgeable - professional - very helpful - I like the strategies/ interventions - the how-to's."
"The best! Worked terrific together! Material fascinating and useful - humorous and stimulating."
"This was an excellent workshop, with nice use of information - giving enhanced by examples and use of video tapes."
"Informative and entertaining! Your presentation is so crucial to the well-being of children."
"This was a great training - very interesting and informative. It will help me. Thank you!"
"Very nice job! The videos were very helpful, especially when combined with facilitator comments and group discussion."
"The learning for me, a graduate student, was phenomenal, but more important was how the experience offered me such a powerful sense of hope and how my heart was opened in new ways. You guys are awesome!"
"Thank you - case videos are invaluable! Really illustrates the material! Great 2 days."
"I am very grateful to have had this opportunity to experience and learn from the wealth of information and skill, and also insight, presented in this workshop."
"This was one of the best conferences I have ever attended. You guys do a great team presentation. Also, the humor really helped balance some of the inherent sadness of the topic."
"Excellent. Behind the factual information and ideas was wisdom - it was presented in a way that imparted some of that - a deeper understanding of these problems."
"Very knowledgeable - professional - very helpful - I like the strategies/ interventions - the how-to's."
"The best! Worked terrific together! Material fascinating and useful - humorous and stimulating."
"This was an excellent workshop, with nice use of information - giving enhanced by examples and use of video tapes."
"Informative and entertaining! Your presentation is so crucial to the well-being of children."
"This was a great training - very interesting and informative. It will help me. Thank you!"
"Very nice job! The videos were very helpful, especially when combined with facilitator comments and group discussion."
"The learning for me, a graduate student, was phenomenal, but more important was how the experience offered me such a powerful sense of hope and how my heart was opened in new ways. You guys are awesome!"
"Thank you - case videos are invaluable! Really illustrates the material! Great 2 days."
Schedules from Previous Years
