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DARe Live Level 1: Fundamentals of Attachment Styles

Attachment & Trauma Mastery Training

DARe Live Level 1
Fundamentals of Attachment Styles
Learn the basics of attachment system dynamics, so you can get to the root of unresolved trauma to help yourself and clients address negative patterns that undermine connection and intimacy in adult relationships.
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Attachment & Trauma Mastery Training

DARe Live Level 1
Fundamentals of Attachment Styles
Learn the basics of attachment system dynamics, so you can get to the root of unresolved trauma to help yourself and clients address negative patterns that undermine connection and intimacy in adult relationships.
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Liz George, Ph.D.
Instructor

Liz George, Ph.D. is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist in Boulder, Colorado, and a certified Somatic Experiencing® and DARe practitioner. With training in Brainspotting and Somatic Resilience and Regulation developmental touch work, she brings over two decades of experience integrating body-based and relational approaches to trauma healing. Liz is also a Certified Mindfulness Instructor and a SoulCollage® facilitator using deepening mindfulness and creative processes for healing. Finally, Liz is a certified Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) provider. She brings her work with somatic therapy, attachment, mindfulness, and support for non ordinary and mystical states to her therapeutic application and training helping individuals and communities heal from trauma and reconnect with resilience, compassion, and the natural world.

$897/person
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Enrollment Closes:

October 15, 2026
Limited to 75 participants

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Cancellation & Refund Policy

Full refunds will be given in the rare event that the workshop is canceled.

Enrollment for this event is limited to 75 participants. A refund––less $100 administrative fee––will be issued if a participant chooses to withdraw 30 days prior to the workshop date. After Day 30–– and up to 14 days prior to the workshop date––50% of the registration fee will be refunded. Please note that DARe Certificate Program Prepayment Plans are not eligible for refunds (you may simply reschedule your training).

When canceling within 14 days of the event date, no refund will be given.

Oct 16
 - Oct 19, 2026
9 am
 - 5 pm
 MT
Virtual Event
$897/person
4-Day Live, Online Training

• Attachment & Trauma Mastery Training
• DARe Certificate Program

CE Credits:
 10 Hours**
DARe Live Level 1
Fundamentals of Attachment Styles

Summary

This foundational workshop for the DARe series of live trainings helps you understand the origins, patterns and dynamics of early attachment wounds, which are later “lived out” in our adult relationships.

You’ll gain essential skills you need to help yourself and your clients develop deeper connection, meaning, joy and intimacy in adult relationships by working to break unhealthy patterns, restore secure attachment and heal early attachment wounds.

The 4-day, online workshop blends didactic presentations, demonstrations and experiential exercises. Mental health professionals will learn how to apply and integrate attachment frameworks, techniques and corrective experiences to their clinical practice.

What will we cover?

  • How over-coupling dynamics in early childhood “family of origin” attachment patterns affect adult relationship patterns and behaviors.
  • How to identify and distinguish secure, avoidant ambivalent and disorganized attachment adaptations.
  • Which corrective experiences can help resolve fixed attachment patterns and emotional wounds.
  • How to restore secure attachment in a therapeutic setting more easily and effectively as you help clients repair and heal their early attachment wounds.

This training will be held ONLINE using Zoom. All necessary Zoom information––as well as login credentials to the learning portal where you can access additional resource materials, slide handouts and recordings of the training (for 60 days) will be emailed to students before the training.

Learn more about this training or find out how to join the DARe Certificate Program.

Date/Time

Friday, October 16
 - Monday, October 19
9 am
 - 5 pm
 MT (each day)
Prerequisite: None

Note, this Level 1 training is a prerequisite for all other DARe or Attachment & Trauma Mastery training. All other remaining levels may be taken in any order.

Who Is This For?

  • You’re a therapist, social worker or counselor who wants to learn the basics of attachment theory (and dynamics of the four attachment adaptations), so you can better understand how early childhood experiences and trauma affect adult relationships today.
  • Beginning to advanced clinicians and therapists who want to explore the origins of attachment system dynamics and apply attachment-focused skills, corrective experiences, and interventions to support and restore secure attachment.
  • Practitioners trained in modalities such as SE, EMDR, IFS, or CBT who want to integrate attachment theory with somatic and nervous system–based interventions.
  • Clinicians who notice repeating client patterns of withdrawal, anxiety, or ambivalence and want to trace these back to early bonding experiences for more lasting repair.
  • Therapists who want to help clients move beyond cognitive insight and into embodied experiences of safety, trust, and connection.
  • Professionals working with individuals or couples who struggle with fear of closeness, emotional dependence, or difficulty maintaining intimacy.
  • Early-career therapists and interns looking for step-by-step methods, guided demonstrations, and client-friendly language that builds confidence in working with attachment systems.
  • Seasoned practitioners who want to refine their ability to identify and transform developmental adaptations rooted in early neglect, inconsistency, or misattunement.
  • Educators, supervisors, and group facilitators who want accessible models and experiential exercises to teach secure attachment repair in professional or training contexts.
  • Body-oriented or mindfulness-based practitioners who wish to expand their understanding of how somatic regulation supports attachment healing.
  • Anyone committed to trauma-informed, attachment-based work who wants to help clients build secure internal templates for safety, love, and connection.

Learning Objectives

  • Explain and describe three qualities of the secure attachment caregiver’s style.
  • Identify three parenting behaviors that might contribute to the avoidant attachment adaptation in a child.
  • Describe at least two characteristics of the avoidant attachment adaptation style.
  • Identify three parenting behaviors that might contribute to the anxious/ambivalent attachment adaptation in a child.
  • Describe at least two characteristics of the anxious/ambivalent attachment adaptation style.
  • Identify three parenting behaviors that might contribute to the disorganized attachment adaptation in a child.
  • Describe at least two characteristics of the disorganized attachment adaptation style.
  • Write one clinical corrective experience that may help a client return to secure attachment if they are exhibiting behaviors and patterns consistent with an insecure attachment adaptation (either avoidant, anxious/ambivalent or disorganized attachment style).
  • Describe how prosody (intonation, tone) by gender can be used to communicate comfort and safety to others in comparison to the use of voice in alerting others to threat.
  • Explain the importance of Stephen Porges’ theory related to the Social Engagement system and the correlation of threat extinction.
  • Using the results of a client’s Attachment Questionnaire, evaluate how the results determine their predominant attachment style.
  • Using the results of a client’s Attachment Questionnaire, evaluate how the results determine their predominant attachment style.
  • Identify two key areas that need to be tracked simultaneously when tracking an attachment wound.
  • Describe and explain how attachment adaptations and patterns can be fluid in different situations or relationships.
  • Name at least three ways to resource secure attachment for yourself and/or clients.

Continuing Education (CE) Credit Option

Do you need CE credits?

Licensed mental health professionals may be able to purchase 10 CE credit hours for this program for an additional fee of $89.

Course Level: Beginning to Advanced Practice Professionals

Target Audience: Psychologists, Social Workers and Other Licensed Mental Health Professionals

Continuing Education Credit is approved for the
following professionals**

  • Licensed Clinical Professional Counselors
  • Licensed Clinical Social Workers
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**STUDENTS MUST ATTEND ALL COURSE HOURS TO RECEIVE CE CREDIT. Trauma Solutions is unable to award partial Continuing Education credits. Students will ONLY receive CEs for live training modules that they have attended all hours live online.

To be eligible, professionals must purchase CE credits by October 16, 2026. A Zoom attendance report will be pulled to verify eligibility.

To receive your CE credits, participants will need to complete the post-training evaluation. The post-training evaluation link is emailed out at 5 pm on the last day of training. You will have 14 days to complete your evaluation from the date it is sent.

Once you have completed and submitted the post-training evaluation, you can print the certificate or statement of credit immediately—you will also receive an emailed copy.

Also, a Certificate of Participation is available to all students at the end of the course upon request, at no additional charge.

It is the participant’s responsibility to check their individual state boards to verify CE requirements for this state. For detailed information regarding CEs, please contact our friendly Customer Support Team.

CREDIT INFORMATION

  • CE credits for psychologists are provided by the Spiritual Competency Academy (SCA) which is sponsoring this program. The Spiritual Competency Academy is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Spiritual Competency Academy maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
  • The California Board of Behavioral Sciences accepts CE credits for LCSW, LPCC, LEP, and LMFT license renewal for programs offered by sponsors of CE who are approved by the American Psychological Association.
  • LCSW, LPCC, LEP, and LMFTs, and other professionals from outside of California need to check with their state licensing board as to whether or not they accept credits from programs offered by approved sponsors of CE by the American Psychological Association.
  • SCA is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN Provider CEP16887) for licensed nurses in California. RNs must retain their certificate of attendance for 4 years after the course concludes. Nurses outside of California must confirm acceptance with their licensing boards.
  • For questions about your certificate or the content, logistics, or other support issues regarding this course, please contact Trauma Solutions Customer Support
  • For questions about whether APA CE is valid for you, contact your licensing board directly.
  • For general questions about APA CE, contact SCA at ce@spiritualcompetencyacademy.com.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, although you’ve already pre-paid for any DARe Certificate Program courses you take, you will still need to sign-up and register for Fundamentals of Attachment Styles using a PRODUCT VOUCHER CODE.

If you do not have a PRODUCT VOUCHER, please contact our Customer Support Team so that we can verify your pre-paid enrollment status and provide you with the code you need to complete your enrollment

The live, online training for this course has been approved.

If you are a licensed clinical professional counselor or a licensed social worker––you may purchase 10 CE credit hours for this training, for an additional fee of $89.

CE credits must be purchased by the beginning of the last live session. Attendance will be taken to verify eligibility.

Upon completion of the program, you will be sent a post-training evaluation link, which must be completed within 14 days after the last program session.

Upon completion of the post-training evaluation, participants can print their certificate or statement of credit immediately––you will also receive an emailed copy.

We would love for you to participate in the entire training live, but if you are unable to do so, each day’s sessions will be recorded and uploaded to the course learning portal the following day so you can rewatch them at your convenience. However, course materials and replay recordings will only be available for 60 days after course completion.

Please note that, if you do miss part of a class, we are only allowed to provide CE credit for FULL in-person attendance at a training module or workshop. Participants must attend all hours to receive credit. No credit can be awarded for partial attendance or for those participants who make up the missed time by watching the replay videos.

Yes. Approximately two weeks before the live workshop training, we’ll send you login information to access the course materials in Kajabi, which is a central location that is your personal learning dashboard. In Kajabi, you’ll find the daily agenda, course manual, list of participants, demo videos, slide handouts and additional resources like exercises, handouts and worksheets.

Each day’s sessions will be recorded and uploaded to your personal learning dashboard, so you can re-watch them at your convenience. Additionally, the program materials are yours to download and keep in your professional reference library. The only thing you cannot download are demos––because we need to respect client confidentiality.

Please note, course materials and replay recordings will only be available for 60 days after course completion at which time you will no longer be able to access the training.

Please email our Customer Support Team if you have special needs and we will do our best to accommodate you.

As we do limit this workshop to 75 participants, group rates are not available for this training at this time. If you’re interested in booking Dr. Diane Poole Heller for your next podcast, conference or group training event, please visit the media page on our website and fill out the information form.

A limited number of partial scholarships are available for students enrolled in an accredited university––and for those in financial need. Reduced enrollment rates are also available for those with limited resources in countries defined as low and lower middle income by the World Bank. Please feel free to contact us for more information.

Full refunds will be given in the rare event that the workshop is canceled. Enrollment for this event is limited to 75 participants. A refund––less $100 administrative fee––will be issued if a participant chooses to withdraw 30 days prior to the workshop date. After Day 30–– and up to 2 weeks prior to the workshop date––50% of the registration fee will be refunded. Please note that DARe Certificate Program Prepayment Plans are not eligible for refunds (you may simply reschedule your training).

When canceling within 14 days of the event date, no refund will be given.

Do you have additional questions?
Please contact our friendly Customer Support Team. 

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