About this course

Learning Objectives

• List the common characteristics of an Anxious-Preoccupied attachment pattern.
• Demonstrate how an Anxious-Ambivalent attachment pattern in childhood affects people throughout their lives and can lead to Anxious-Preoccupied patterns in adulthood.
• Discuss how a patient with Anxious-Preoccupied attachment can develop an earned secure attachment in adulthood.
• Describe how to help a person with Anxious-Preoccupied attachment create a coherent narrative to form more inner security.

Learning Levels

• Intermediate

Course Instructor(s)

• 

  Lisa Firestone

  Director of Research and Education

  Dr. Lisa Firestone is the Director of Research and Education at The Glendon Association. An accomplished and much requested lecturer, Dr. Firestone speaks at national and international conferences in the areas of couple relations, parenting, and suicide and violence prevention. Dr. Firestone has published numerous professional articles, and most recently was the co-author of Sex and Love in Intimate Relationships (APA Books, 2006), Conquer Your Critical Inner Voice (New Harbinger, 2002), Creating a Life of Meaning and Compassion: The Wisdom of Psychotherapy (APA Books, 2003) and The Self Under Siege (Routledge, 2012). Follow Dr. Firestone on Twitter or Google.

References

• Guo, L., & Ash, J. (2020). Anxiety and attachment styles: A systematic review. Proceedings of the 2020 4th International Seminar on Education, Management and Social Sciences (ISEMSS 2020), Proceedings of the 2020 4th International Seminar on Education, Management and Social Sciences (ISEMSS 2020). https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200826.207
• Conrad, R., Forstner, A.J., Chung, ML. et al. Significance of anger suppression and preoccupied attachment in social anxiety disorder: a cross-sectional study. BMC Psychiatry 21, 116 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-021-03098-1
• Dagan, O., Facompré, C. R., Nivison, M. D., Roisman, G. I., & Bernard, K. (2020). Preoccupied and Dismissing Attachment Representations Are Differentially Associated With Anxiety in Adolescence and Adulthood: A Meta-Analysis. Clinical Psychological Science, 8(4), 614-640. https://doi.org/10.1177/2167702620917455
• Kim, H. M., & Miller, L. C. (2020). Are insecure attachment styles related to risky sexual behavior? A meta-analysis. Health Psychology, 39(1), 46–57. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0000821
• McLeod, S., Berry, K., Hodgson, C., & Wearden, A. (2020). Attachment and social support in romantic dyads: A systematic review. Journal of clinical psychology, 76(1), 59-101.
• Firestone, R. W. (2021). The enemy within. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 00221678211025354. https://doi.org/10.1177/00221678211025354