PUB HLTH 5007 - Attachment Across the Lifespan

Emotional security has a significant impact on our ability to function as an adult. This course will introduce students to the theory of attachment, covering areas such as patterns of attachment across the lifespan, relevant development theories, challenges of adolescence, adult attachment styles and relationships, how different attachment issues may manifest at different stages of life, and practical implications of attachment for conducting counselling sessions. The neuroscience of attachment, the implications for attachment in trauma recovery and the development of psychopathology will be explored. Teaching will be seminar style involving regular class discussion and small-group activities.