(Self-Study, 1.5 CE) Love Addiction And The Anxious-Avoidant Trap: Examining Attachment Hunger In Adulthood
with Briana MacWilliam MPS, ATR-BC, LCAT
This self-study course is worth 1.5 continuing education contact hours for LCATs in New York state.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Research supporting the “dependency paradox” suggests the more effectively dependent people are on one another, the more independent they become. For individuals caught in the anxious-avoidant trap, however, neurological studies suggest a susceptibility to love addiction and complicated grief. This presentation suggests mindfulness-based art interventions for healing “attachment hunger” in adulthood, and offers several examples of artwork and testimonials.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Participants will be able to identify 3 characteristics of avoidant attachment.
- Participants will be able to identify 3 characteristics of anxious attachment.
- Participants will be able to list 3 elements that contribute to sense of safety and wellbeing when implementing guided visualizations in art therapy interventions.
A reminder about self-study and continuing education:
For LCATs in New York State, a self-study course can only equal 1/3 of the required contact hours for your license renewal. So, if your license renews in three years, you will require 36 continuing education contact hours, thus a maximum of 12 of those hours can be self-study. The rest of your contact hours must be live events. This includes online webinars, which CreativeArtsTherapiesOnline.com will be offering on a monthly basis, starting in February of 2017. All enrolled students will be updated on new live and self-study course launches. So keep an eye out for our newsletter!
If you have any problems or technical difficulties, please contact Briana MacWilliam at support@CreativeArtsTherapiesOnline.com.
CreativeArtsTherapiesOnline.com is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Creative Arts Therapists. (#CAT-0014.)
Your Instructor
Briana MacWilliam has over 12 years of clinical experience as a creative arts therapist, and is the Founder and Director of CreativeArtsTherapiesOnline.com. She has held two directorial positions in community-based and day-treatment settings, and was a research outcomes coordinator for four years, at the Amen Clinics, Inc.—a brain research and diagnostic facility. She edited and co-authored two books on the subjects of attachment and complicated grief, and working with LGBTQ populations. She is also the Director for Continuing Education for Pratt Institute’s Creative Arts Therapies Department. Additionally, she provides training in spiritual wealth and professional development online, through her program, "The Abundant Healer."
Course Curriculum
Frequently Asked Questions
CreativeArtsTherapiesOnline.com is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Creative Arts Therapists. (#CAT-0014.)