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Training for social workers, therapists, psychologists, and human service administrators with a limited background in attachment theory and therapy.

Course content includes an introduction to attachment developmental issues, assessment, family dynamics, and understanding the effects of trauma. Basic training includes attendance at an Awareness Conference presented by the Institute or Independent study, followed by an exam. Check the coming Events page of our web site for conferences in your area. You can also assist us in bringing an Awareness Conference to your area. The cost of the Basic Training exam is $100. For any questions or to request the reading list and exam, please contact Forrest Lien via telephone at (303) 674-1910 x 19 or via email at forrest@InstituteForAttachment.org.

Intermediate level Therapist Training - On Site

March 19-30, 2007
June 4-15, 2007
September 17-28, 2007

Includes:

• A continental breakfast welcome reception to meet our staff
• Observation of a two-week intensive therapy with a child
• Process with the primary therapist following each therapy session
• Eidactic training in the afternoons to include:
  • Assessment, differential diagnosis
  • Contracting with clients, therapeutic techniques
  • Medication management, parenting
  • Our treatment model, outpatient attachment therapy
  • Self awareness training
  • Politics and ethics related to attachment therapy
• Experiental training some evenings to include
  • An individual hour with an attachment therapist
  • Hands on training in a treatment foster home
• Lodging at William’s Lodge on our grounds is included*

*We include lodging to increase opportunities for trainees to support each other and to utilize our resources more easily, while increasing convenience for trainees.

Schedule: A detailed schedule will be given to clinicians when registration is confirmed. The welcome reception will be held at the Institute the first Monday morning at 7:30am. Training typically runs Monday through Friday, from 9:00am to 5:00pm. The experiential training portion will probably be scheduled in the evenings.

Requirements for applicants: Minimum of a master’s degree in social work, psychology, or related human service field, minimum of two years clinical experience, successful completion of our Basic Training, and submission of a complete application.

Cost: $3,000, which includes tuition, handouts, and lodging

A deposit of $1,700 is required a minimum of 60 days prior to the specific Intermediate Training session for a trainee’s registration to be confirmed. This covers the cost of lodging in total ($500), as well as half the tuition. The remaining half of the tuition ($1,300) is due the first Monday of the specific training session. If a trainee cancels his/her registration 60 days in advance of the scheduled training, 50% of the deposit for lodging will be refunded ($250). The tuition deposit is not refundable.

For questions, or to request an application for our Intermediate Therapist Training, please contact Forrest Lien via telephone at 303-674-1910 x19 or via email at Forrest@InstituteForAttachment.org.

Intermediate level Therapist Training - Off Site

Intermediate level Therapist Training off-site is as close a replica of our Intermediate level therapist Training on-site as possible, considering we are on the road. When we train off-site, the didactic training is provided solely by the treating therapist, and the child being treated resides in her/her own home with the treatment foster parent available for in-home parent training. We have provided Intermediate Level Therapist Training at various locations throughout the United States. If you are interested in hosting an off-site Intermediate Level Therapist Training in your area, please contact Forrest Lien via telephone at (303) 674-1910 x 19 or via email at Forrest@InstituteForAttachment.org.

Advanced training for therapists in the Institute model of intensive attachment therapy. The prerequisite for Advanced level Training is successful completion of our Intermediate level Therapist Training. Advanced Training includes participation in various therapy intensives with the Institute, as well as individual clinical supervision and mentoring. Advanced therapist Training is scheduled on an individual basis and individually developed by the supervising therapist and the trainee. The cost of this training varies, dependent upon the number of intensives the trainee participates in, as well as the number of hours of supervision requested or required