Dr. Rick and Forrest Hanson focus on two of our most important subjects, attachment wounds and traumatic experiences, with a longtime therapist, trainer of therapists, and world-class expert on attachment theory: Dr. Diane Poole Heller.
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About our Guest: Dr. Diane Poole Heller focuses on using somatic, or body-based, approaches to help people resolve the painful experiences and negative patterns that hold us back. Her work on adult attachment has forged a path for adults with childhood attachment injuries to develop the secure attachment skills that tend to lead to more connected and fulfilling adult relationships.
Key Topics:
- 2:30: What is attachment, and why should we care?
- 4:45: Secure attachment
- 7:50: Avoidant attachment
- 12:30: The potential for movement toward secure attachment
- 16:00: Ambivalent (or anxious) attachment
- 20:45: Disorganized attachment
- 24:15: Somatic approaches to attachment wounds
- 29:50: Allowing the body to move out of threat
- 34:10: Secure attachment skills
- 38:55: Repatterning ourselves
- 47:20: Becoming more secure in connection
- 50:30: Three questions to help calm relational activation
- 55:45: A message to your younger self
- 56:45: Recap
