An In-depth Training with Deirdre Fay, MSW
Embodying Secure Attachment:
Guiding Clients Toward a Secure Self
Hello,
It’s incredibly likely that you’re seeing the impact of insecure attachment in your clients. And while you might understand attachment theory intellectually, it can be hard to facilitate real change for your clients with deeply ingrained relational habits.
Typical attachment intervention techniques can often fall short – remaining way too cerebral without embodiment.
This can leave your client gaining insights throughout your sessions, but still feeling like their sense of inner security is untouched.
Deirdre Fay’s integrative, embodied approach is the missing ingredient that makes attachment work transformative for you and your clients. She draws from diverse modalities such as mindfulness, sensorimotor therapy, and even yogic psychology to help clients feel secure from the inside out.
This combination of modalities and focus on the whole self allows you to help your clients rewrite their attachment patterns at the deepest levels.
Deirdre is renowned for translating Eastern yogic principles into psychotherapeutic techniques that bring attachment theory to life in new ways.
Her clinical toolbox of triggers, time capsules, and granularity can catalyze transformation in new ways to help you…
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- Calm protest behaviors and repair ruptures
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- Build felt security and self-trust
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- Shift attachment narratives and self-perception
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- Facilitate lasting change, not just insights
In this 5-module course, you’ll learn the secrets of the comprehensive attachment framework that Deirdre has spent over 40+ years developing and refining.
Don’t wait to gain these paradigm-shifting skills. Sign up for Deirdre’s course today and start creating new levels of real breakthroughs with your clients.
Warmly,
Deirdre Fay, MSW &
Academy of Therapy Wisdom
When Attachment Styles Derail Connection...
Insecure attachment prevents people from having their core emotional needs met.
Without a secure base, they struggle to regulate difficult feelings and connect with others.
They may distance themselves from intimacy to prevent pain, obsess about abandonment, or fluctuate between extremes.
Destructive patterns like these arise when attachment figures in their past were unreliable or unsafe.
As adults, these survival strategies become ingrained habits that provide short-term security but cause long-term suffering.
Safely relying on others takes a back seat to quick fixes for unbearable pain.
But YOU have the power to guide clients out of these cycles toward true healing.
With the skills and compassion you’ll gain from this course, you CAN help clients break free from the prison of insecure attachment.
You’ll become the therapist your clients need to FINALLY feel safe, connected, and able to love.
Don’t wait another day. Enroll now and start making a difference in the lives of those suffering.
“The course has changed the way I think of attachment in a very practical and everyday way with clients.”
“I am truly appreciating the course. It has changed the way I think of attachment in a very practical and everyday way with clients. I can, as a result, see the changes in how I approach my clinical work. And how my clients are having the changes that make a difference for them.”
– David
Your Instructor:
Pioneering Attachment Expert, Deirdre Fay
With over 40 years of experience, Deirdre Fay, MSW, is uniquely qualified to guide you in working effectively with attachment trauma.
Deirdre understands firsthand the struggles therapists encounter and has developed practical solutions from her own clinical work, training, consultation, and supervision.
Known for her warmth, insight, and engaging teaching style, Deirdre distills complex concepts into understandable kernels of knowledge.
Her work integrates psychology, contemplative practices, and the wisdom traditions. She also draws from mindfulness, IFS, sensorimotor therapy, and more.
Deirdre’s goal is to help you become the best possible therapist to evoke healing and hope.
“How wonderful it would be to be able to meet life with grace, wisdom and acceptance, and to receive and give love, joy and ease.”
“Yes, the intention is to know more about the skills, to explore what potential they might have for my clients, but it is also very much to learn how to grow towards myself and find a way of living that is both grounded and free, light but solid, fully in my own body and my own power and presence – to stop apologizing for existing at some deep level.”
– Delia Graham
Enroll now in this transformative course on attachment
This Course Gives You Tools to Help Clients Heal Attachment Wounds
This 5-module course gives you practical strategies you can use in your practice to help clients overcome insecure attachment patterns and develop inner security.
You’ll receive instant access to the learning modules to expand your knowledge, and then watch the recorded sessions Deidre did for skill-building, including exercises, demonstrations, and more.
With each new technique you integrate, you’ll become the skilled attachment-focused therapist you aspire to be. Your confidence and abilities will grow tremendously.
5 In-Depth Training Modules
Each professionally filmed and edited on-demand module includes presentations on new concepts, introduces new skills, explains unique techniques, and provides demo tapes showing you what it all looks like in practice.
Downloadable Course Materials
Audio recordings, transcripts, handouts, and more allow you to revisit the material on your schedule. Our dedicated support team is here to help with any questions.
Private Member Dashboard
Get all your course content organized in one easily accessible place to reinforce consistent learning.
Plus Get These Exclusive Expert Masterclass Dialogues...
Attachment is an Environment, Not an Event - An Exclusive Interview with Janina Fisher, PhD
Long time colleagues Janina Fisher and Deirdre Fay sit down to explore their continuing interest in healing the underlying issues in trauma. Janina speaks to the need to understand the relational threads that are nested in the environment, and not view trauma as a singular event.
About Janina Fisher, PhD
Janina Fisher, PhD is a licensed clinical psychologist and a former instructor at Harvard Medical School. An international expert on the treatment of trauma, she is the founder of Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment (TIST) and an Advisory Board member of the Trauma Research Foundation. Dr. Fisher is the author of Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors: Overcoming Self-Alienation; Transforming the Living Legacy of Trauma: A Workbook for Survivors, and Therapists; and The Living Legacy Instructional Flip Chart.
Virtual Workshop with Deirdre Fay and Jonathan Haidt, PhD - Helping an Anxious Generation
When you enroll in Embodying Secure Attachment, we will give you complimentary access to an all-new online workshop with Deirdre Fay and Jonathan Haidt.
About Jonathan Haidt, PhD
Jonathan Haidt, PhD, is a social psychologist. He is the Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership at the New York University Stern School of Business. His main areas of study are the psychology of morality and moral emotions. He is the author of The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom, The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion, and co-author of The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas are Setting Up a Generation for Failure.
Compassion in a Time of Upheaval - A Dialogue with Paul Gilbert, OBE
A conversation with Deirdre and Paul Gilbert.
About Paul Gilbert, OBE
Paul Gilbert, OBE, is a clinical psychologist. Gilbert is the founder of compassion focused therapy (CFT), compassionate mind training (CMT), and the author of The Compassionate Mind: A New Approach to Life’s Challenges and Overcoming Depression.
Riding the "Waves" with Compassionate Awareness - An Interview with Yoga Pioneer Amy Weintraub
In this conversation, Amy and Deirdre talk about helping clients “ride the waves” of disturbed mood, memories about the past, and fears about the future – with compassionate awareness. Amy discusses the yogic nondual approach, exploring the opposites of sensation, emotion, and thought. She explains and leads yoga-based practices that provide a larger self-awareness for the client, less constricted by their very real story of harm, and shares yoga practices essential for expanding the “window of tolerance” and helping clients to self-regulate.
About Amy Weintraub
Amy Weintraub is the founder of the LifeForce Yoga® Healing Institute, an acclaimed yoga therapist, and a pioneer in the field of yoga and mental health. She is the author of Yoga for Depression; Yoga Skills for Therapists; the card deck, Yoga for Your Mood Deck: 52 Ways to Shift Depression and Anxiety; and the Silver Nautilus Award-winning novel Temple Dancer.
The Story of Nothing: A Spotlight on the Trauma of Childhood Neglect - A Dialogue with Ruth Cohn, LMFT
About Ruth Cohn, LMFT
Ruth Cohn, LMFT, is a psychotherapist and expert specializing in work with survivors of trauma and neglect, their intimate partners, and families. A Certified Sex Therapist with additional certifications in Neurofeedback, EMDR, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, and Imago Relationship Therapy, she is the author of numerous articles on sexuality, trauma, and neglect, as well as three books: Working with the Developmental Trauma of Childhood Neglect: Using Psychotherapy and Attachment Theory Techniques in Clinical Practice, Coming Home to Passion: Restoring Loving Sexuality in Couples with Histories of Childhood Trauma and Neglect, and Out of My Mind: Late Night Contemplations About Trauma and Neglect.
Unblocking Fears of Compassion from a Yogic Perspective - An Interview with Sunil Lad, PhD
Playing off of Sunil’s perspective as a yogi, and Deirdre’s work with yogic psychology, Deirdre and Sunil explore what keeps people blocked from living a compassionate life.
About Sunil Lad, PhD
Sunil Lad, PhD, works in the NHS as a Consultant Counseling Psychologist and is also the NHS National Clinical Director for Health and Justice. With a keen interest in the overlaps between mind and body, evolutionary psychology, and the science of compassion, Dr. Lad combines the ancient insights of yoga with emerging scientific findings on how to improve physical and mental health. He completed a yoga teacher training course in 2017 and finds that the practice of yoga helps him access compassion and wisdom in even the most challenging of work environments.
What Sustains Us is Our Interdependence - An Interview with Native Hawaiian Cultural Practitioner Lani Yamasaki
Lani Yamasaki and Deirdre Fay explore how to build internal safety and interconnectedness through elements of Lani’s Hawaiian traditions. Through sacred breath, aloha (which stretches to encompass sympathy, kindness and mercy), sacred energy, the Lōkahi tradition and other traditions of Lani’s family and culture, we see practices which can provide a forcefield and a net of safety when triggers and trauma come knocking.
About Lani Yamasaki
Lani Yamasaki is a Native Hawaiian cultural practitioner, certified health and integrative nutrition coach, artist, public speaker, educator, personal development coach, and social business development consultant. She has served as a consultant to the U.S. Department Health and Human Services, Native American Administration, and First Nations Development Institute. She is a founding member of The Kohala Center, and a founding member of the Holistic Advisory Committee for the North Hawaii Community Hospital.
Letting Go, Letting In: Facilitating Healing in Hoarding - A Dialogue with Chia-Ying Chou, PhD
There seems to be an intriguing connection between hoarding and attachment issues. Do we hoard or hold on to things as an extension of self? Or have a fear of letting as a kind of transitional object? These are some of the ideas Deirdre explores with Dr. Chou, an expert in hoarding.
About Chia-Ying Chou
Chia-Ying Chou, PhD, is founder and director of the San Francisco Center for Compassion Focused Therapies – a group psychotherapy practice and training hub for Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT). Dr. Chou obtained her PhD from University College London with a focus on trauma. She spent her postdoc years at University of California, San Francisco working with individuals experiencing hoarding, which she considers to be a relatable human experience and a form of difficulty letting go. Dr. Chou’s interest focuses on the connection between trauma and the blocks and fears of letting-go and letting-in. She provides training and consultation for clinicians on CFT and hoarding worldwide. Her team found the Better Treatment for Hoarding program, which brings forth compassion-based public education, support, and research about hoarding.
AND Get Deirdre's Invaluable Attachment Therapy Resources!
1. Drinking in Secure Attachment Yoga Nidra
Most clients do not have an understanding of what a secure attachment is and question whether it’s possible. This guided audio meditation allows gentle repatterning, giving a felt sense of what is possible.
2. Developmental Task of Becoming an Adult
This series of videos addresses the unexplored clinical conundrum: a child’s developmental task is different from what adults need in order to heal.
3. Cultivating Goodness
This 30-day calendar gives simple practices that can be practiced daily to Cultivate Goodness.
4. What To Do When Triggered
This 10 page PDF allows the client to step-by-step slow down, name the activation, and mentalize the impact it has on the body, mind, and heart, all of which are the first steps to shifting the triggered response. It also includes the Calming Triggers Checklist.
5. Becoming Safely Embodied Coloring Book
This professionally designed Becoming Safely Embodied Coloring Book is a practical way to regulate body and emotions using concentration practices that can focus the mind, steering the body in a more satisfying way.
By the end of the course, you'll have new skills and confidence to help clients suffering from insecure attachment and emotional struggles.
Don't just take our word for it. Enroll risk-free today and experience the transformative impact on your practice.
“Clients use it really well in the office and out in their lives.”
“When I first started the course I was [working] outside in. Now [I’m] working more inside out [and] able to use somatic work. That feels like a real shift. Clients use it really well in the office and out in their lives.”
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“As a clinician I have learned and, more importantly, as a being I have grown.”
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– Paula Morgan-Johnson
Meet Your Presenter
Deirdre Fay
Deirdre Fay’s journey began in the trenches, where she honed her skills and integrated contemporary approaches to trauma treatment. Her quest led her to confront her own fears and transform her attachment styles.
Following a traumatic episode in a yoga ashram, she embarked on a path of studying trauma, ultimately catching the attention of renowned experts like Bessel van der Kolk and Janina Fisher. Deirdre’s work emphasizes the importance of healing through relationships and incorporates diverse modalities, from Sensorimotor Psychotherapy to Yoga Psychology. She is the author of Becoming Safely Embodied: A Guide to Organize Your Mind, Body and Heart to Feel Secure in the World and Attachment-Based Yoga & Meditation for Trauma Recovery, and co-author of Attachment Disturbances for Adults as well as the co-author of chapters in Neurobiological Treatments of Traumatic Dissociation.
Her mission is to guide individuals to grow, develop, and flourish from within, offering a clear and practical roadmap to healing. If you’re ready to take your next step, Deirdre Fay’s work is a beacon of hope.
You deserve to operate at your highest potential - making a profound impact on your clients' lives. Sign up today and take advantage of the opportunity to learn from Deirdre in this course.
“I find it amazing that we don’t have to make our clients relive the pain of trauma over and over again to help them grow.”
What's Included in Each Module?
Deirdre strategically designed each module to build your attachment-healing skills incrementally. You’ll gain powerful new techniques and insights to integrate into your work.
Healing Mindset: Integrating Wisdom Traditions to Embody Attachment
Learn how to address the clinical challenges posed by today’s disruptions with a focus on psycho-spiritual integration, utilizing triggers as transformational tools, and emphasizing attunement to the body, mind, and heart.
- Strategies for addressing existential terrors and high levels of anxiety and depression in clients.
- Insights into using triggers as a catalyst for positive change.
- Knowledge of integrating psycho-spiritual aspects into holistic healthcare and fostering attunement to the client’s inner world.
Attachment Wounds & Repair
Learn to understand and address fundamental attachment needs based on Bowlby’s evolutionary theory and explore the intersection with yoga psychology. Discover the pathway to healing attachment upsets and creating self-other differentiation.
- Gain insights into the attachment model used in the course.
- Explore the parallels between attachment theory and yogic psychology.
- Develop strategies for meeting the 8 Fundamental Attachment Needs.
Working with Triggers to Embody a Secure Mind Body & Heart
Harness the power of triggers as a guidance system for transformation. Navigate fears, blocks, and resistances to secure attachment, mapping client’s imprinted patterns using the Parallel Path model.
- Explore the psychology of fears, blocks, and resistances in attachment.
- Understand the concept of time capsules and their impact.
- Discover techniques for deconstructing triggers and promoting trust.
Attachment Patterns
Learn how yoga psychology describes the multidimensional body and its role in developing self-structure. Decode subtexts to reduce cognitive dissonance and reinforce self-other differentiation.
- Understand the Embodied Cycle of Attachment.
- Explore the concept of Koshas and their significance.
- Learn methods for decoding subtexts and promoting secure self-structure.
Granularity Changes Everything
Dive into the theory of constructed emotions and learn how granularity can transform lives, leading to a solid, steady, and secure self-structure.
- Gain insights into the Intersubjective Matrix and Reflective Functioning.
- Explore the theory of constructed emotions.
- Learn how to make life more granular and facilitate transformation toward a secure self.
With each module, you’ll gain skills and confidence to integrate attachment-based approaches into your therapeutic practice. The transformation will be swift, tangible, and long-lasting.
In Summary, Here's Everything You Receive When You Join Embodying Secure Attachment:
5 In-Depth Video Training Modules
5 Pre-Recorded Training Calls
Downloadable Course Materials
Private Member Dashboard
PLUS Bonuses:
Attachment is an Environment, Not an Event – An Exclusive Interview with Janina Fisher, PhD
Virtual Workshop with Deirdre Fay and Jonathan Haidt, PhD – Helping an Anxious Generation
On Healing and Humanity – A Dialogue with Paul Gilbert, OBE
Riding the “Waves” with Compassionate Awareness – An Interview with Yoga Pioneer Amy Weintraub
The Story of Nothing: A Spotlight on the Trauma of Childhood Neglect – A Dialogue with Ruth Cohn, LMFT
Unblocking Fears of Compassion from a Yogic Perspective – An Interview with Sunil Lad, PhD
What Sustains Us is Our Interdependence – An Interview with Native Hawaiian Cultural Practitioner Lani Yamasaki
Letting Go, Letting In: Facilitating Healing in Hoarding – A Dialogue with Chia-Ying Chou, PhD
Drinking in Secure Attachment Yoga Nidra
Developmental Task of Becoming an Adult
Cultivating Goodness
What To Do When Triggered
BSE Coloring Book
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First time in 10 years one client hasn’t blamed herself.”
“Previously with clients, they would find the word ‘trigger’ itself a trigger. When I explained the time capsules of the BSE it makes more sense. It’s really helpful. First time in 10 years one client hasn’t blamed herself.”
Frequently asked
questions
Q: I already use mindfulness and experiential practices with my clients. Why should I take this course?
This course goes beyond basic mindfulness to provide specialized tools for working with attachment trauma and changing ingrained relational patterns. You will learn how to guide clients to rewrite limiting narratives and develop inner security.
Q: I don't have an extensive background in attachment theory. Can I still understand and apply the material?
Absolutely. Deirdre presents the attachment concepts in clear, graspable ways even for therapists without previous attachment training. She focuses on the clinical implications rather than theoretical nuances.
Q: I want specific techniques for helping clients handle emotional intensity. Will I get that here?
Yes, you will gain practical strategies to teach clients how to identify, understand, and regulate difficult emotions without becoming overwhelmed or reactive. This includes mindfulness tools, distress tolerance skills, working with triggers, and more.
Q: I sometimes feel overwhelmed when clients get highly emotional. Can this course help me stay grounded?
Yes, developing your own internal secure base is part of the training. You’ll learn tools to remain calm and attuned even when clients are in distress. Deirdre helps you build confidence to be a non-anxious presence.
Q: Attachment work seems to take a long time. Can I really make progress with existing clients in an online course?
Yes, Deirdre’s approach facilitates tangible shifts in a short period by zeroing in on core attachment needs and providing experiential tools clients can use right away to feel safer and more connected.
Q: Can I get CEs for this course?
Yes, this course had limited approval for 6 CEs. You can find all the information here.
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