Attachment and Relational Resilience Across the Lifespan

A compelling and comprehensive, up-to-date course on attachment–based on a multi-decade synthesis of research through the transdisciplinary view of Interpersonal Neurobiology.

Course starts on March 27th, 2023

Course Overview

Explore attachment and the development of the self based on a synthesis of research across disciplines and decades

This course will explore how our sense of connection and belonging shapes how we feel about ourselves, relate to others, and engage with life. You will gain an in-depth understanding of the influence of attachment security on our sense of self, personality, states of mind and other developmental facets of our lives across the lifespan. This course will consider the developmental implications of attachment while highlighting key findings in the history of attachment research as well as exciting new practical applications  of these discoveries.

This course will provide the concepts and practices allowing each person to increase attachment security and access more adaptive, health-promoting and integrative states of mind. 

Utilize IPNB to expand your understanding of attachment

This course will bridge the scientific advances in the field of attachment research and fundamental principles of the field of interpersonal neurobiology. From this expanded perspective, secure attachment is understood as emerging from a relational field that is integrative, while non-secure attachment patterns manifest as states of mind that are strategies of adaptation emerging from non-integrative relational communication. Non-secure states of mind, in turn, can be seen to have blocks to the natural process of integration. Each non-secure attachment strategy is created from and in turn creates unique impairments to the integration of the self, mind, brain and relationships. This course will identify specific blockages to integration and provide a roadmap to facilitate integrative transformation.

Learn to cultivate relational resilience and build security

Relational resilience is an essential skill that allows us to tolerate uncertainty, repair ruptures, and maintain equilibrium in the face of challenges. This applies to the many different relational systems we live within, including personal, professional, public, and planetary systems. Providing the tools to cultivate relational resilience in the various systems in which we live, this course empowers participants by offering the essential concepts and skills to build integrative relationships in the many relationships of our lives. 

Course Overview

This course will explore how relationships shape our development and well-being across the lifespan. We will highlight the central role that attachment plays in shaping our inner experience and social relationships. This will include an in-depth view of how attachment impacts the development of our sense of self, mental states, and personality. We will review in-depth attachment  research and theory and discuss clinical implications and offer practical applications. This will include expanding definitions of attachment, dispelling misconceptions, and outlining a clear pathway to integrative transformation toward security. 

From an interpersonal neurobiology lens, attachment can be understood as relational integration. Many of the challenges that arise from non-secure attachment patterns involve impaired integration of the self, brain, mind, and relationships. We will explore the specific cause and impact of non-secure attachment for each of these domains. Further, we will explain the corresponding mechanisms of integrative change that enhance functioning in these areas. You will learn to utilize the flexible nature of neuroplasticity and the power of the mind and relationships to cultivate more integrative states of being. 

We will also explore the notion of relational resilience and the role it can play in facilitating integration in the many relational systems we are a part of — personal, professional, public and planetary. The stability of these systems depends on the ability to maintain equilibrium even in the face of challenges. The skills that promote relational resilience can be learned across the lifespan. This course will provide the practical tools necessary to increase the ability to navigate relational challenges with integrative harmony and a sense of wholeness in life. 

Here are some highlights of what you will learn:

Sample Lecture - Integrative Transformation

Course Details

10.5+

Hours of Course Video

3

Hours of Live Q&A
with Dr. Siegel

10.5

Homestudy CE Credits

Scientific Foundations of Attachment

Latest scientific underpinnings of attachment from an interpersonal neurobiology perspective

Assessment and treatment strategies to build Security

Implement a methodology for conducting a clinical assessment to inform treatment planning and understand the scientific mechanisms of change that can be used to enhance attachment security.

Online Learning Community
and Study Groups

The option to join an online learning community or study groups with your peers to share and collaborate

Our Students

Who Takes this Course?

This course is designed for mental health practitioners.

Meet Your Teacher

Dr. Dan Siegel

Dr. Siegel is a clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine and the founding co-director of the Mindful Awareness Research Center at UCLA. He is also the Executive Director of the Mindsight Institute which focuses on the development of mindsight, teaching insight, empathy, and integration in individuals, families and communities.

Dr Siegel is one of the leading experts in developmental attachment and was trained as an attachment researcher with one of the pioneers of attachment theory, Dr. Mary Main. He is also trained in the Adult Attachment Interview. 

Dr. Siegel has published extensively for both professional and lay audiences. His five New York Times bestsellers are: Aware: The Science and Practice of Presence; Mind: A Journey to the Heart of Being Human; Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain; and two books with Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D: The Whole-Brain Child; and No-Drama Discipline. His other books include: The Developing MindThe Pocket Guide to Interpersonal Neurobiology; Mindsight; The Mindful Brain; and The Mindful Therapist. He has also written The Yes Brain and The Power of Showing Up with Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D. Additionally, Dr. Siegel serves as the Founding Editor for the Norton Professional Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology which currently contains over seventy textbooks.

Student Testimonials

"Dr. Dan Siegel possesses one of the most brilliant minds of our century. His ability to integrate the brain, attachment and relationships in a coherent and simple way is commendable. Studying under Dr. Siegel is highly encouraged. I use his wisdom, knowledge and mindsight strategies in my own private practice."
Angela Bisignano
PhD, Clinical Psychologist
Los Angeles, CA
"I can’t think of anyone who has done more to educate and support the clinical skills and mental and emotional well-being of psychotherapists, teachers, professional caregivers, and parents than Dan Siegel. I wholeheartedly recommend Dan’s IPNB and Mindsight programs."
Jinji Willingham
M.A., L.P.C. Buddhist Hospital Chaplain, and Meditation Instructor - Austin, TX

Join Today

Live Course

Join the wait list for our 2024 Live offering

  • 10.5 hours of Course Video

  • 3 Live Q & As with Dr. Dan Siegel

  • 10.5 Homestudy CE Credits

  • Archive of all Live Q & As

  • Online Learning Community

  • Online Study Groups

  • Lifetime Access to the Content

On-Demand Option

  • 10.5 hours of Course Video

  • 10.5 Homestudy CE Credits

  • Lifetime Access to the Content

Eight payments of

$59/week

Continuing Education Credit (CEC) Information

This course is designed for mental health practitioners.

 

This program offers 10.5 homestudy CE credits for psychologists and California licensed MFTs, LCSWs, LEPs, LPCCs, nurses, and chiropractors.

 

  • Please visit our Continuing Education Credit information page for full CEC Provider information, including license applicability, attendance requirements, and cancellation and grievance policies.
  • For those licensed by a different board, please contact your licensing board directly to verify that the credits offered by the Mindsight Institute will be accepted. The Mindsight Institute does not confirm the applicability of credit for those with licenses different than those listed on our CEC information page.
  • Credit is awarded for recorded instructional time only and does not include optional live Q&A sessions, if available.
  • The SCA is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP16887 for 10.5 contact hours.

To review this program’s learning objectives, please click here.

Additional Benefits

Satisfaction Guaranteed

If you are not completely satisfied, we will promptly issue you a refund within 7 days from the start of the course

Group

Group Program

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Have Questions?

Continuing Education Credit (CEC) is co-sponsored by the Spiritual Competency Academy (SCA) and the Mindsight Institute.

CECs are available for psychologists, and California licensed MFTs, LCSWs, LEPs, LPCCs, Nurses, and Chiropractors, and may be applicable for other licenses. It is the responsibility of the participant to determine if their accreditation board will accept the credits offered by the Mindsight Institute. To learn more, please visit our CEC Information Page.

No, there is no additional charge to receive CE Credits. To obtain your CE Credits and Certificate, please email the Mindsight Institute Team at info@mindsightinstitute.com to request an exam (you can take an exam after completion of each segment or at the end of the entire course – that is up to you). Once your exam is graded and processed, a digital CE Credit Certificate will be emailed to you.

Absolutely. Once you have completed the course, just email the Mindsight Team at info@mindsightinstitute.com and a Certificate of Completion will be processed and a digital copy will be emailed to you.

Dr. Siegel is well-known for his ability to make complex scientific concepts accessible, and provides plenty of detailed applications to our work and personal lives.  Rest assured that prerequisites and/or a science background are not required in order to benefit from this course.

Once you enroll in the class, you will receive details from the Mindsight Institute via email regarding access to your course and the online learning community. These emails will be sent prior to the first day of the class.We will be rolling out two lectures each week. You will receive access to the first segments of the course prior to the first day of the course being live and open, and then the next set of lectures will be made available to you in the following week, and so on…This is a self-paced program and you will be able to learn at your convenience. We do, however, encourage you to take part in the online learning community, and to join the 3 live, weekly Q & A sessions with Dan to ask questions and discuss material suggested in the corresponding course sequence.

2024 live Q&A dates not yet scheduled.

Not a problem! We will record each live Q&A for viewing by course participants at any other time convenient to your schedule.

The course is a self-paced program that does not require live attendance. The only times that we have scheduled are for the live Q & A sessions and we have done our best to accommodate our students from around the globe. Our current course has participants from over 20 countries. Also, we will record each session so you can view it at your convenience.

In addition, we would encourage you to keep in contact with other students and our team here at the Mindsight Institute via the online learning community. This will be a great resource for you and will offer you the opportunity to exchange ideas with other students, and even submit questions for Dr. Siegel if you cannot make any of the live Q & As.

You can pay for the course upfront with either Paypal or Credit Card or enroll in our weekly payment plan. The monthly payment plan is only available for credit cards.

They will remain in your Library forever.

The course videos cannot be downloaded; however, they can be watched on any device and can be streamed at your convenience.

Yes! If for any reason you are unhappy with the course please contact us within the first 7 days for a full refund.

The online community will be a gathering place for additional learning and sharing and will be made up of your peers who are also registered for the class, as well as a group facilitator. This will also be the location where all notices, reminders, and more information will be shared from the Mindsight Institute and Dr. Siegel. Once you enroll in the course, you will get an email invitation with all of the instructions to join the online learning community.

Join Today

Live Course

Join the wait list for our 2024 Live offering ​

  • 10.5 hours of Course Video

  • 3 Live Q & As with Dr. Dan Siegel

  • 10.5 Homestudy CE Credits

  • Archive of all Live Q & As

  • Online Learning Community

  • Online Study Groups

  • Lifetime Access to the Content

On-Demand Option

  • 10.5 hours of Course Video

  • 10.5 Homestudy CE Credits

  • Lifetime Access to the Content

Eight payments of

$59/week

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