Attachment Theory & Repair Level 2 – 8 Week Online Meditation Course
- Date: 29th Mar – 24th May 2021
- Cost: Sliding scale
- Instructor: Cedric Reeves
This course is for those who have done the Attachment Theory & Repair (Level 1) 8 Week Course and want to keep deepening their understanding and practice of attachment repair. Similar to the Level 1 course, we will focus on Ideal Parent Figure Protocol (IPF) and the Schema Modes Meditation. Additionally, we'll do work on developing a sense of purpose and meaning in life, and forgiveness both generally and for our own parents.
Format
- 8 Week Course: One live 90-minute class per week.
A week or two might need to be skipped in some circumstances, resulting in the class finishing a week or two later
- Live online sessions: The live sessions will be hosted on Zoom. An email with the zoom links will be sent to you after you have registered.
- Q&A: There will be opportunity to ask questions during the Q&A section.
Convenience
- View at your own pace: The event will be recorded and sent out to registered participants for viewing on their own schedule.
- Partial attendance is fine - However you get best results if you attend all sessions.
- Late Starts: You can join even after it has started. We will send you the recordings and you will be able to catch up and watch on your own schedule.
Level 2 Course
This is a Level 2 course. Although it is not a prerequisite, it is suggested to take the Level 1 course first:
Attachment Theory & Repair (Level 1) 8 Week CourseWhat to Expect
This 8-week course is similar to the Attachment Theory & Repair (Level 1) 8 Week Course (January 25-March 15th 2021). We will focus on repairing attachment conditioning. The primary means for achieving this will be the guided Ideal Parent Figure Protocol meditation developed by Dan Brown. Similarly, we will add in the relevant psycho-education.
We will build on our established foundation from Level 1 and go deeper. Particularly, we will go deeper into:
1) The four main attachment styles (secure, dismissing, preoccupied, and disorganized)
2) Forgiveness generally, and specifically towards our parents
3) Compassion
4) Healthy self-development
5) Collaboration
6) Meta-cognitive development (mentalization)
7) The Early Maladaptive Schemas (abuse/mistrust, abandonment/instability, shame/defectiveness, incompetence/dependence etc) and
8) The Schema Modes (“Parts” work)
Please note that the primary influence for the course is Dan Brown’s work as seen in the book “Attachment Disturbances in Adults: Treatment for Comprehensive Repair.”
Event Times
The class will be taught twice a day in order to reach people in different time zones. The content is the same. Both time options’ Zoom links will be in the confirmation email. Just pick the one that works best for you.
Note to participants in Europe & UK: On March 28th, Daylight Saving Time starts and clocks will shift forward one hour. The above times display as if this shift has already occurred.
Note to participants in Sydney Australia: On April 4th, Daylight Saving Time ends and clocks in Sydney will shift backwards one hour. The above times display as if this shift has already occurred.
Perth Australia and other locations in this list do not observe Daylight Savings Time.
Schedule Common to each 90 minute Class
| Duration | Event |
|---|---|
| 5 min | 5 mins of meditation to settle the mind. |
| 5 min | Review of last week’s class (first class will be introductions instead) |
| 20 min | Q&A about last week’s material (first class would be lecture instead) |
| 15 min | Lecture on new material |
| 5 min | Q&A about new material |
| 30 min | Guided meditation related to material just discussed (usually a version of IPF) |
| 10 min | Q&A about guided meditation just completed and homework assignment. |
| 30 mins | There will be an optional thirty minutes extra Q&A after the 90 minute class ends for those who want to stay on. |
Registration
We have a sliding scale to accommodate people of different means.
Tier 4
$400 ($50 per class)I have enough resources and would like to support others.
Tier 3
$200 ($25 per class)I have sufficient resources.
Tier 2
$80 ($10 per class)I have some resources.
Tier 1
$1I don't have the resources(pay whatever you can)
After clicking Register you can choose your payment amount.
Bank cards from certain counties might get an error. If so, please contact us saying ‘I can’t make payment via Paypal for the “Attachment Theory & Repair (Level 2) 8-Week Course“ and we’ll send you other options.
Refunds: If you miss a class or are unsatisfied for any reason, simply let us know and we can issue you a full refund.
Course Overview
Guided meditation will be the main focus of the program. There will be ample opportunity to ask questions and share whatever you feel comfortable with. There will be no pressure to do so; passive participation is perfectly fine.
Class 1 – Orientation, and Review of Basic Concepts & Forgiveness as a mode of healing:
Orientation, and Review of Basic Concepts
- Attachment Repair- The basics
- IPF basics
Forgiveness and Compassion as means to heal your relationship with others and yourself:
- Guided forgiveness meditation
- Guided compassion meditation
- Wider context from an attachment repair perspective
- Purpose
- Service
- Generosity
- Attachment repair
- How long it takes
- How much work
- Is it worth it?
- Homework assignment
Class 2 – Exploration, Self Development, Self Agency, and Self Esteem
- Importance of exploration for self-development
- Expressed delight as the means for developing Self-Esteem
- Self-Agency and healthy self-development and its importance particularly for those with preoccupied and disorganized attachment
- Homework assignment
Class 3 – Going deeper with Meta-Cognition & the Schema Modes as a means to develop our “Healthy Adult” (Second Pillar)
- Meta-Cognition
- Benefits of further development
- how to develop
- Schema Modes
- a means for developing mastery and insight into our behaviors in real time
- Homework assignment
Class 4 – Understanding Secure Attachment and the Trajectory of Attachment Repair
- Honing in on the desired outcome: Secure attachment
- Qualities of secure attachment in the contexts of:
- Intimate and platonic relationships
- Exploration
- Emotional regulation
- Meta-cognition
- Guided IPF contrasting secure and insecure postures towards life.
- Homework assignment
Class 5 – Going deeper with Dismissing (Avoidant) attachment
- Detailed Psycho-education on dismissing attachment
- Schemas, coping modes, and schema modes that correlate with dismissing attachment
- Behaviors
- Strengths & weaknesses
- Trajectory of healing
- How to spot preoccupation in self and other
- IPF guidance for dismissing attachment
- Homework assignment
Class 6 – Going deeper with Preoccupied (Anxious) attachment
- Detailed psycho-education on preoccupied attachment
- Schemas, coping modes, and schema modes that correlate with preoccupied attachment.
- Behaviors
- Strengths & weaknesses
- Trajectory of healing
- How to spot preoccupation in self and other
- IPF guidance for preoccupied attachment with emphasis on exploration
- Homework assignment
Class 7 – Going deeper with Disorganized (Fearful) attachment
- Detailed psycho-education on disorganized attachment
- Schemas, coping modes, and schema modes that correlate with disorganized attachment.
- Behaviors
- Strengths & weaknesses
- Trajectory of healing
- How to spot disorganized attachment in self and other
- IPF guidance for disorganized attachment with emphasis on integrating parts
- Conference room technique guided meditation for integrating parts
- Homework assignment
Class 8 – Healthy Romantic and Platonic Relationships, Life Purpose, & Wrap Up
Healthy Romantic and Platonic Relationships
- Best practices for healthy relationships
- Guided meditation on healthy relationships
Life Purpose
- Wider context and purpose of life
- Meaning
Wrap Up
- Review
- Resources for continuing on your attachment repair journey
Miscellaneous
There will be a lot of time for Q&A and spot coaching
We will be doing deep work on this course. For that reason please feel free to take a break at any point.
This program is based on sliding-scale in order to be accessible to anyone. Please feel free to share with any friends or family who you feel might benefit.
Benefits
By the end of the course you will have:
Theoretical Understanding
- A deeper understanding of attachment theory
- Greater ease and fluency with the Ideal Parent Figure Protocol Meditation
- The importance of your personal explorations as a source for meaning in your life and more clarity on how to proceed in life towards those explorations and goals.
- More understanding of the modes/parts from a schema therapy perspective like:
- Demanding internalized parent voices
- Overcompensation modes like “workaholic mode”, or “self-aggrandizer mode”
- Avoidance detached modes like the “detached self-soother” and the “spaced out fantasy mode”
- Compliant surrender mode
- Vulnerable child mode (which we reparent with the IPF)
- Healthy Adult mode (which results out of the vulnerable child getting it’s needs met)
Support Structure
- Weekly attachment repair meditation that will start moving you towards secure attachment conditioning.
- Opportunities to find accountability partners to meditate with during the week.
- A sense of camaraderie as a result of seeing how our psychological difficulties are rooted in common experiences that affect us all.
- A Slack group to continue discussion during the week
- Extra guided meditation session on Saturday mornings at 9am Eastern Time (bonus)
- Attachment related book club meetings on Friday mornings at 9am Eastern Time (bonus)
Psychological
- Greater understanding and compassion for psychological problems and vulnerabilities that affect you and others.
- Less identification with your psychological maladies and quirks (ego-dystonia with your maladaptive schemas).
- A better ability to observe your mind with meta-cognitive awareness as a result of the mentalization exercises peppered through the guided meditations.
- A very effective way to do emotional regulation on the spot in your daily life with ‘micro-hits’ of IPF
- Less blame of self or others.
- Understanding of and compassion towards your parts/modes and needs
- A more coherent understanding of the role your childhood experiences had in producing your adult personality.
Relational
- Understanding of how attachment conditioning unconsciously drives your relationship behaviors
- And how to remedy them.
- Better appreciation for the importance and value of interpersonal collaboration.
- Greater valuing of attachment itself.
- Better understand of relationship dynamics
- Less social anxiety
- Greater access to forgiveness of self and other (especially parents)
Registration
We have a sliding scale to accommodate people of different means.
Tier 4
$400 ($50 per class)I have enough resources and would like to support others.
Tier 3
$200 ($25 per class)I have sufficient resources.
Tier 2
$80 ($10 per class)I have some resources.
Tier 1
$1I don't have the resources(pay whatever you can)
After clicking Register you can choose your payment amount.
Bank cards from certain counties might get an error. If so, please contact us saying ‘I can’t make payment via Paypal for the “Attachment Theory & Repair (Level 2) 8-Week Course“ and we’ll send you other options.
Refunds: If you miss a class or are unsatisfied for any reason, simply let us know and we can issue you a full refund.
This event is meditation oriented, and is not psychotherapy or a substitute for psychotherapy. Cedric is a meditation teacher and not a psychotherapist.
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Hi Cedric,
I’m thinking of taking both your Level 1 and 2 attachment courses this spring. I’d like to do Level 1 on its own and then Level 2 later on. Will the recorded course be available for long enough that I could take Level 1 on schedule and then view the Level 2 videos on my own afterwards, even if it’s a couple of months later?
Thank you!
Nichole S.
Hi Nichole, yes the recordings will be available for some time afterwards. And you can download them to keep. Also we are just about to open up registrations for another series of Lv1 and Lv2 in June-July, following after the March course ends, so you might want to instead wait and sign up for that one instead.