Abandonment, Attachment and Developmental Trauma 101
- Overview
- Influences in fields of trauma
- What is abandonment trauma?
- Developmental trauma & attachment-related trauma
Symptoms, Effects and Comorbidities
- Intersectionality
- Developmental trauma’s impact on the developing brain and personality
- Symptoms & effects of abandonment trauma
- Comorbidities and somatic symptoms
- Trauma’s effect on health
Impacts on Attachment on Relationships, Parenting and More
- Attachment theory and case examples
- Attachment disruptions and emotional regulation
- Impacts of abandonment trauma on relationships
- Educational impacts
- Parenting impacts
- Psychoeducation to help clients understand their younger selves
Assessment and Trauma Treatment Using a 3 Phase Approach
- Common survival responses: behaviors/outcomes/personality traits
- Trauma-informed assessment principles
- Assess PTSD & C-PTSD (symptoms, impairment, duration)
- Treatment planning: goals, objectives, and progress markers
- When to refer out
- 3 Phase trauma treatment support model:
- Phase 1: Stabilization & safety (rapport, psychoeducation, grounding)
- Phase 2: processing (methods, managing dissociation, journaling)
- Phase 3: integration & reconnection
- Practice activity: grounding/self-regulation
- Risk assessment & differential diagnosis
- Research, risks and limitations
Negative Internal Dialogues, Shame and Emotional Flooding: Journaling, Guided Imagery and Reframing Techniques and Interventions
- Modeling safe adult presence to help attachment trauma
- Monitor and reframe negative internal dialogue
- Journaling, grounding, guided imagery, art
- Support with symptom and relational setbacks
- Clinical strategies for managing shame and emotional flooding
- Research, risks and limitations


