Preoccupied Attachment
Image credit: Photograph by Algirdas Grigaitis, 1970s

Preoccupied Attachment

Fear of Abandonment and Chronic Insecurity

NOW CLOSED

Saturday 3 December 2022

A live webinar or in person event with Linda Cundy

CPD Credits: 3.5 hours

  • Attend live webinar OR in person at Confer’s premises (Please see our FAQ)
  • Bookings close at 9:00am GMT Wednesday 30 November
  • Includes a subtitled recording of the event with access for a year (14 days post the event)

Preoccupied people are anxiously attached and feel chronically insecure. Their relationships are often marked by intense emotion, anger and enmeshed dynamics. They can be passionate but also be experienced as needy, demanding, sometimes manipulative, and have been referred to as “borderline borderline”.

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SPEAKERS

Linda Cundy,

FULL PROGRAMME

13:30 GMT
Registration and Refreshments (attending in person only)

14.00
Introductions

14.05
The dilemma of preoccupied attachment
Preoccupied individuals are highly anxious. Their fear of abandonment develops in the context of early relationships with caregivers that are marked by inconsistency and mixed messages. To ensure the proximity and attention of their attachment figures throughout life, enmeshed, dependent, and sometimes conflictual relationships are created, leaving little capacity for developing autonomy. The features of preoccupied attachment will be outlined, and the impact on relationships with other people and with the self will be described.

15.00
Q&A

15.20
Break

15.40
A matter of degree: preoccupied attachment, trauma and assessment
Preoccupied attachment may be a fleeting state of mind in response to a crisis or a deeply entrenched, pervasive feature of the personality. This has implications for how relationships with others are conducted and perceived. If there is a risk of abandonment or loss, the reaction may be intense and impulsive – ‘borderline borderline.’ And where trauma impacts on someone who is ‘anxiously attached’, Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder (Borderline PD) may be diagnosed. Preoccupied and ‘Borderline’ clients are over-represented in therapy services and private practice. It is important to recognise them in order to be aware of risk and provide safety and containment.

16.20
Q&A

16.40
Break

17.00
Specific areas of focus
The major aim of an attachment-informed therapy is to help clients become more secure. The features of Secure Attachment will be outlined, and areas of focus identified that may need to be addressed when working with Preoccupied people. This includes developing firmer boundaries between self and other and facilitating a stronger sense of self and agency. The proposed model is offered as a tool for supervision and self-supervision.

17.40
Q&A

18.00
End

FEES

Bookings close at 9:00am GMT Wednesday 30 November

Live Webinar:

£70 (Member £56)
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Includes a recording of the event.

In person at venue:

£120 (Member £96)
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Includes refreshments and a recording of the event

CPD

Certificates of attendance for 3.5 hours will be provided.

To receive the full CPD credits, you are required to attend 100% of the live event. No partial credit will be given.

Please note that if you are unable to attend all of the live event, you will need to undertake our event specific test in order to receive the CPD certification. This will be made available soon after the live event has taken place.

VENUE

Live webinarZoom

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In person:

Confer
Strype Street
London
E1 7LQ
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SCHEDULE

Saturday
13:30 GMT Registration and Refreshments (attending in person only)
14.00 Introductions
14.05 The dilemma of preoccupied attachment
15.00 Q&A
15.20 Break
15.40 A matter of degree: preoccupied attachment, trauma and assessment
16.20 Q&A
16.40 Break
17.00 Specific areas of focus
17.40 Q&A
18.00 End

BOOKING CONDITIONS

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  • You cancel in writing to info@confer.uk.com 60 days before the first date of the event you have booked, in which case you will be entitled to a 100% refund.
  • You cancel in writing to info@confer.uk.com 30 days before the first date of the event you have booked, in which case you will be entitled to a 50% refund.

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We reserve the right to change a speaker at one of our conferences without offering a refund. However, if a solo presenter cancels we will offer a full refund OR transfer of your fee to another Confer event. If the entire event is cancelled we will offer you a full refund.

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