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• Archive: Childhood maltreatment can profoundly influence human development, resulting in a variety of mental, emotional, and social challenges – including addictive disorders.
• Attachment theory is a useful framework for understanding how early relational experiences can have far-reaching effects.
• Developmental trauma and attachment disturbances can lead to deficits in nervous system regulation.
• Addictive behaviors can be seen as an attempt at short-term regulation, with long-term consequences.This presentation will explore the scientific linkages between trauma, attachment, and addiction, and will offer ideas on how to help clients restore the capacity to self-regulate in healthy ways.Evaluate one of the structures in the brain that is impacted by childhood trauma.Conclude at least one brain chemical/neurotransmitter that is involved in attachment and addiction.Appraise the two primary dimensions of attachment insecurity.Discover the neurobiological connections between trauma, attachment, and addictionUnderstand how attachment style relates to cognitive, emotional, and interpersonal patternsLearn practical techniques involving mindfulness and self-compassion to help people heal trauma- and attachment-related wounds