Framing & Goals
- “Attachment x Trauma x Pars” quick map
- Normalizing clinician counter-activation
What Trauma Does to Attachment
- Nervous-system states, memory, and meaning-making
- Insecure patterns (avoidant, anxious, disorganized) in clinical presentation
Case Mapping: The Attachment-Parts Cycle
- Live diagram: triggers – protective parts – exile pain – relational spiral
- Assessment mini-tools: trigger ladder, protector inventory, window-of-tolerance snapshot
Skills Practicum: Repair in Real Time
- Three-Step Unblending: Name – Validate Function – Negotiate Space
- Co-Regulation Micros: paced breathing + vocal prosody cueing; eyes-open resourcing; orienting
- Attachment Repair Moves: rupture acknowledgement, parts-direct compassion, titrated proximity language
- Brief demo or role-play + optional dyad practice
Troubleshooting & Special Populations
- When protectors won’t step back
- Dissociation flags
- Working with couples/parents
- Cultural attunement cues
Risks and Limitations


