Navigating Modern Attachment: A Clinical Framework for Contemporary Practitioner

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Sue Marriott, LCSW, CGP Related seminars and products

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Sue Marriott is a clinical social worker, educator, and podcaster who has worked with individuals and groups in private practice in Austin, TX for over 30 years. Her passion boils down to bridging the life-changing relational sciences to those who would otherwise not have access to it. In that spirit, she co-authored Secure Relating: Holding Your Own in an Insecure World (HarperCollins April 2024) and co-created an independently produced podcast, Therapist Uncensored (which maintains an Apple top 10 ranking in social sciences with >9 million downloads in >200 countries). These were both created with her co-conspirator wife and rebel-rouser, Dr. Ann Kelley.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Sue Marriott maintains a private practice and is the co-host of Therapist Uncensored Podcast. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. Sue Marriott royalties as a published author. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Sue Marriott has no relevant non-financial relationships.

Ann Kelley, PhD Related seminars and products

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Ann Kelley, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice specializing in interdisciplinary relational couples therapy. Dr. Kelley is the co-author of Secure Relating: Holding Your Own in an Insecure World (HarperCollins April 2024) and co-producer of the internationally recognized Therapist Uncensored podcast. She and her wife and co-author, Sue Marriott, live in Austin, Texas where they raised their three now-launched children. Her professional work and writing is motivated by her ongoing concern about the toxic strategies being used by media and political forces that provoke fear, anger and polarization, and she’s driven to promote deep and wide conversations towards secure relating.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Ann Kelley maintains a private practice and is the co-founder and host of Therapist Uncensored Podcast & Community. She receives royalties as a published author. Ann Kelley receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Ann Kelley has no relevant non-financial relationships.

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Objectives

1. Use the MARS framework to enhance conceptual understanding of attachment-related defensive patterns.  
2. Improve clinical communication about attachment and neuroscience with their clients. 
3. Effectively assist clients in applying knowledge of secure relating to increase their capacity to engage in their most grounded, wise sense of self.  

Outline

Defining Modern Attachment: 

• Explore the concept of Modern Attachment and its significance. 

BAMA Elements: 

• Break down the four essential elements of Modern Attachment: BAMA. 

Infant vs. Adult Attachment Research: 

• Highlight key differences that are crucial in understanding Modern Attachment. 

Intersection of Culture and Context: 

• Examine how culture and context intersect with the dynamics of attachment. 

Secure Relating vs. Secure Attachment: 

• Differentiate between secure relating and secure attachment in the relational context. 

From Research to Practice: 

• Bridge the gap between attachment research categories and their practical application in clinical settings. 

Relating from Integration: 

• Explore the requisites for relating from our most integrated selves in the present moment. 

Modern Attachment Regulation Spectrum (MARS): 

• Introduce the MARS framework, breaking down its spectrum, maps, and addressing information processing distortions akin to 'sunglasses.' 

Co-regulation and Co-dysregulation: 

• Discuss the dynamics of co-regulation and co-dysregulation within the context of Modern Attachment. 

Clinical Application of MARS: 

• Explore how to use the Modern Attachment Regulation Spectrum in clinical settings. 

Contextual Exploration and Narrative Change: 

• Provide insights into leveraging MARS as a tool for contextually-driven historical exploration and narrative change. 

Internalized Shame Activation: 

• Examine internalized shame as a component of the activated state within the Modern Attachment framework. 

Target Audience

• Case Managers
• Licensed Clinical/Mental Health Counselors
• Marriage & Family Therapists
• Psychologists
• Social Workers
• Child and Adolescent Therapists
• School Administrators
• Physicians