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Join us for this course : An 8 week meditation course where we will develop our sense of agency, self-esteem, stress tolerance, and positive attachment states in order to become our 'best selves' and to become a secure attachment figure for others.
The intended outcome is to develop qualities that enhance the "Healthy Adult. Moreover, this course will help you structure your own ongoing personal development path.
This program is for people who want to develop their best-self especially given a background of insecure attachment.
This event has started but you are welcome to join mid-way. You can attend the remaining live classes and will get access to all of the recordings.
This course will run twice in order to be accessible to people in different time zones. The content is exactly the same. You will get the access details for both after signing up.
There will be one live 90 minute class per week.
Note: we will take a break on Monday 26th December. The course will resume as usual the following Monday.
This is the approximate format of each class.
Duration | Activity |
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5 mins | Short meditation to settle the mind |
10 mins | Review of last week’s class (first class will be introductions instead) |
25 mins | Lecture on new material |
5 mins | Break |
35 mins | Guided meditation related to material just discussed |
10 mins | Q&A |
We will be doing deep work. For that reason please feel free to take a break at any point.
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.
How can you can you get to a place of earned secure attachment when you haven’t actually experienced it yourself?
Surely, the path is easier when you know where you are going and what it feels like when you get there.
In this course we will embody the qualities of secure attachment. As a result you will have clarity on what you are trying to cultivate, on the outcome. We start with the end in mind: Earned Secure Attachment
More specifically, this is an 8-week meditation practice course that lays out a path to:
This is a “hard work” course in which you’ll be expected to do 30 minutes of meditation a day in order to realize the benefits. In support of that goal, participants receive benefit from support structures to facilitate daily meditation practice with meditation accountability partners, and small group practice pods.
This program is suitable for beginners to meditation and healing work.
The aim in this 8-week meditation course is to develop the strength of the Health Adult.
The healthy adult can be understood as having two major sets of positive traits:
The attachment based traits of the healthy adult are (drawing form Brown & Elliott 2016 and the Buddhist Brahma Viharas):
The strength based traits are comprised of (drawing from Jeffrey Young’s ‘healthy adult mode’, Dan Brown’s ‘best self’, and The Third School of Cognitive Therapy’s metacognitive skills).
By the end of this course, you will have
This course is for people who want to develop their both their personal strengths and also become a secure attachment figure for others.
This course is relevant to all three insecure attachment styles: dismissing-avoidant, anxious-preoccupied, and disorganized (fearful) attachment.
Note: we will take a break on Monday 26th December. The course will resume as usual the following Monday.
We plan on running a pilot study on this course. Course participants who sign up before the start date will be given an initial assessment and a post course assessment so that you can track your progress.
The before and after assessment will help you track your improvement on these qualities:
There will also be an optional practice pod that you can join with three to five fellow students in the group.
A commitment to a 30 minute daily meditation practice of the preceding meditations assigned in class is part of the course. Moreover, for those who are interested, we will also facilitate finding a one-on-one meditation practice partner that you can meet with outside of class on a daily basis, if you wish.
The course is broken up into 8 classes
Primer on Attachment Theory
Starting with the end in mind: experiencing the capacity to be a secure attachment figure makes becoming one much easier.
Reviewing different lists of Secure Attachment and Ego Strengths:
Lists of Strengths:
Guided meditation going through above list taking via this frame work:
Guided meditation on Self acceptance
What is Metacognition
Seven Skills:
Guided meditation for developing metacognitive skills
When we don’t know what we want in life, when we lack a mission in life often depression ensues.
We’ll focus on figuring out who we are and our lifes direction in this class.
Individual qualities of your best-self and strengthening them.
Then we’ll map out your mission in life based on these qualities.
By recognizing and developing these qualities we unwind the “enmeshment & underdeveloped self schema”.
Learning to plan out your goals and execute them.
Having an impact on
Developing better emotional self regulation skills
Understanding how they are the positive opposite of dependence and incompetence and failure to achieve schemas.
Being delighted in and thereby develop better self-esteem.
Holding high self esteem in situations where it is otherwise difficult.
Visualizing:
Please note that his course is an experiential-exercise focused course. A 30 minute daily meditation practice commitment is required (again we will support you with accountability systems)
There will be time for Q&A and spot coaching.
We will be doing deep work. For that reason please feel free to take a break at any point.
Participants in this course have the option to join a practice pod. This is an informal group of 3-5 students who meet, usually once a week, to listen to a guided meditation, discuss difficulties in practice, and share insights and progress. Connecting with peer learners in this way can keep you motivated, consolidate learning, and create a sense of community.
We'll also set up one-on-one meditation buddies for daily practice for those who want it.
We can't guarantee placement into a practice-pod for late sign ups, but we will try our best.
This program is for those of us who...
Shared interest and social support can make meditation practice, study, and healing much easier. Make friends in the course on the slack channel and invite friends who you think could benefit to participate in the course.
These are some of the benefits you will have by the end of the program
If you are experiencing any technical issues relating to accessing the material or live sessions, please get in touch with us. We will get back to you as soon as possible.
We can be reached with our online contact form.
This is what participants of prior courses have to say:
I am enjoying the Healing Anxious-Preoccupied Attachment course so much! It's blowing my mind, and that's after decades of amazing therapy, EMDR, attachment couples therapy, neurofeedback, inner child nurturing, self-compassion, and many other profound growth experiences. I’m so delighted by how much I'm getting out of the course. Feels like it's a missing piece for me that is so healing. Thank you !
THANK YOU!! this is powerful for me, so thank you thank you for sharing your insight. I like how you really balance the “just do the work” attitude with sooo much compassion and empathy for how hard it is. Now I know how to use the immense power of my imagination to heal my most fundamental body-mind-soul mechanisms and have a more joyful, loving life.
I’m very happy about the Embodying Secure Attachment Course. It’s good to have a course for people who are well on the way of healing their wounds. Comes at the perfect time for me.
I’m knowing myself better which allows me to connect in a more authentic way. I am also recognizing the attachment styles better in people I interact with and hammering out what I am really seeking in a relationship. I didn’t realize how important unconditional exploration and expression was for me until this class.
I love your offerings. Keep them coming. You have a good capacity to make people feel seen – and also show great respect for us as individuals – in itself that is an healing factor in being in courses of yours! Your humbleness and humour – make every call a killer. Rock on. I like learning about these subjects! Feels very helpful in understanding my problems/reason to part of my suffering. I feel I have grown during the course so far – and or moving in a better direction.
I’m sure this will seem out of the blue to you, but I was just thinking of things I am thankful for and thought of you and the two Attachment Repair courses of yours I had the pleasure to participate in. I just wanted to say a very heartfelt thank you. I want you to know I really appreciated the kindness and effort you put into that work, and into responding to all of our questions. My exposure to your teaching has been immensely helpful for me.
Loved the course and loved this kind of emotional work. Look forward to doing more that you offer. Content was excellent. Meditation around Schema modes went quite deep and uncovered difficult emotions. Doing micro hits has improved some situations that would have gone worse.
I gained an ability to self soothe, meet my needs for validation and feeling seen/heard (which were often unmet in childhood), an overall feeling like I am less alone in my work of healing my attachment. I realize I benefit greatly from an 8 week course with a weekly meeting, I am able to do daily meditations on my own and feel supported in this routine with the weekly meetings. I feel I am actively and consistently working on my attachment repair by being part of a longer course (as opposed to a weekend workshop).
Thank you for continuing to make these classes. When I am able to attend, they make a really positive contribution to my mental health :)
If you get an error during payment, please contact us saying "My payment method for Embodying Secure Attachment isn't working" and we'll send you other options.
If you miss a session or are dissatisfied for whatever reason, simply let us know and we will issue you a full refund, no questions asked.
Please note: This program is offered for educational purposes only and is not group-therapy, counselling or any kind of other psychotherapy, nor is it a substitute for the aforementioned. The instructor Cedric Reeves is a meditation teacher, not a psychotherapist, counsellor, or otherwise therapist.
Hi,
Really interested in the course but cannot make Monday evenings at all (London time). Will you be holding the course on any other days in the future?
Thanks,
Sophie
Hi Sophie, I’m afraid the course will only be on Mondays for the foreseeable future. You might like to enroll and follow along with the recordings. You’ll still be able to join a practice pod and meet with other students if you want. Alternatively you could check out the upcoming Healing with Sublime Emotions course, which will be on Wednesdays.
Please let me know if you plan to hold any future 8 week workshops after this one as I’m not able to attend this one and I think it would be beneficial.
Hi Apryl, we’re regularly running multi-week courses. The next one that will be 8 weeks long is planned for May. If that’s too long to wait, you can register for this one and follow the course with the recordings and still take part in a practice pod with other students. If you’re not already on our newsletter, that’s where you can keep advised of upcoming events.
Hi, I’m interested in joining this course. I could attend 4 live sessions. Will I be able to get recordings of the earlier sessions that I missed right away so I can catch up? Also, I am on disability and unemployed. Is there any way that I can pay less than $80 since I’m missing half the live sessions? Lastly, if I join in time for January 9, will I be placed in a pod? Thank you so much!
Hi Laurie, yes as soon as you register you’ll get access to the Course Resources page which hosts recordings, meditations, and slides of all sessions so far. You’ll find a link to the form to join a Practice Pod there.
Feel free to fill out the scholarship form and, if you are able to donate, you can do here: https://attachmentrepair.com/donations