Attachment-Based Family Therapy – Part 1
General Information
Title: Part One – Introduction to Attachment-Based Family Therapy Workshop
Presenter: Suzanne Levy, Ph.D.
Dates: Tuesday-Wednesday, September 24-25, 9 AM-12:45 PM ET
Fee: $195. Includes handouts and 6.5 CE credits.
Venue: Live Webinar
CE Credits: 6.5
Attachment-Based Family Therapy – Part 1
Description
Attachment-based family therapy (ABFT) is a manualized, empirically supported family therapy model specifically designed to target family and individual processes associated with adolescent suicide and depression. ABFT emerges from interpersonal theories that suggest adolescent and young adult internalizing disorders (e.g., depression, suicide, trauma, anxiety) can be precipitated, exacerbated or buffered against by the quality of interpersonal relationships in families. It has also been used where family conflict is a contributor to the presenting problem. It is a trust-based, emotion-focused psychotherapy model that aims to repair interpersonal ruptures and rebuild an emotionally protective, secure-based parent–child relationship.
Treatment is characterized by five treatment tasks:
- Reframing the therapy to focus on interpersonal development
- Building alliance with the adolescent
- Building alliance with the parents
- Facilitating conversations to resolve attachment ruptures
- Promoting autonomy and competency in the adolescent
Lecture and therapy tapes provide a brief overview of the entire model. This includes an overview of the theory, research and the clinical format/protocol of the therapy. Faculty review how attachment theory, emotional regulation and trauma resolution inform the delivery of this experiential treatment approach. We also review the goals and structure of the five treatment tasks that provide a road map for delivering this interpersonally focused psychotherapy effectively and rapidly.
Instructor
Dr. Suzanne Levy is an internationally renowned licensed clinical psychologist and Co-Developer of ABFT. She is the CEO and Co-Founder of ABFT International Training Institute, LLC. Formally she was the Executive Director of Strategic Initiatives and Training for the ABFT Training Program at Drexel University. ABFT is a manualized, empirically informed and supported, family therapy model specifically designed to target family and individual processes associated with adolescent suicide and/or depression. Since 2007, Dr. Levy has been conducting ABFT training workshops and supervision for therapists nationally and internationally. She has presented regionally, nationally, and internationally on ABFT, emotion coaching, child and adolescent therapies, resilience, adolescent depression, adolescent development, and adolescent substance use. Along with her colleagues, Drs. Guy and Gary Diamond, Dr. Levy has written the first book on ABFT, Attachment-Based Family Therapy for Depressed Adolescents published by the American Psychological Association.
Attachment-Based Family Therapy – Part 1
Objectives
1. Explain the theoretical foundation of ABFT
2. Discuss the empirical support for ABFT
3. Describe the five treatment task structure of the model
4. Explain how to organize therapy around interpersonal growth rather than behavioral management
5. Identify the strategies used in the five treatment tasks
6. Describe what a relational rupture is
CE Information
Continuing Education Credits are granted through Neuhoff Psychological Consulting, PLLC for the following professions: Psychologists, Social workers, Mental Health Counselors, LMFTs, and LCATs. It is the participant’s responsibility to check with their individual state boards to verify CE requirements for their state.
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References
Ibrahim, M., King, A., Levy, S., Russon, J., & Diamond, G. (2022). Increased family cohesion mediates therapist adherence to the attachment task and depression outcomes in attachment-based family therapy. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10879-022-09539-6
Diamond, G., Diamond, G.M., & Levy, S. (2021). Attachment-based family therapy: Theory, clinical model, outcomes, and process research. Journal of Affective Disorders, 294, 286-295. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2021.07.005.
Ibrahim, M., Chou, J.L., Gallop, R., Diamond, G., Levy, S., Krauthemer Ewing, S. (2021). Therapist adherence to two treatments for adolescent suicide risk: Association to outcomes and role of therapeutic alliance. Family Process. doi: 10.1111/famp.12660
Satisfactory Completion:
Participants must have paid the tuition fee, signed in or logged in and out each day, attended the entire webinar, and completed an evaluation to receive a certificate. Failure to sign/log in or out will result in forfeiture of credit for the entire course. No exceptions will be made. Partial credit is not available. Certificates are available electronically after satisfactory course completion. A link will be provided for those who have completed the training.
Attachment-Based Family Therapy – Part 1
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Application Deadline: September 23, 2024 or until all training spaces are filled, whichever comes first.
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Attachment-Based Family Therapy – Part 1
Schedule
| Day #1 September 24th | 9:00-9:05am : Welcome and Introduction 9:05-10:30am Introduction, Theory and Overview of ABFT
10:30-10:40am Break 10:40-10:55am Clinical Model
10:55-11:50am Task 1: Relational Reframe
11:50am- 12:00pm Break 12:00-12:45pm Task 2: Adolescent Alliance
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| Day #2 September 25th | 9:00am-9:30am – Review of Task 2 Video 9:30am-10:15am – Task 3: Parent Alliance
10:15am-10:30am – Break 10:30am-11:10am – Task 3 Video 11:10am-11:45am – Task 4: Attachment
11:45am-11:55am – Break 11:55am-12:15pm – Task 4 Video 12:15pm-12:45pm – Task 5: Promoting Autonomy
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