Attachment and conflict psychology: what attachment is, why it is the best foundation for understanding conflict psychology, and how it informs litigators and mediators
When: Monday, September 17, 2018, from 12:30-2:30
Where: Bellingham, exact location TBD
Cost: $30 (CLE application and payment are closed)
Presenter: Mark Baumann, J.D., Integrative Client Counseling Institute
CLE: 2 general credits pending (WSBA MCLE activity # 1080060)
RSVP: Required, email to Office@MarkBaumann.com
For updated info & location: https://www.icc.institute/cle-attachment-and-conflict-psychology-bellingham-9-17-18/
Target audience: Lawyers, mediators, other legal professionals, mental health professionals interested in conflict psychology, family law practitioners, criminal defense and prosecution, litigators
Program description:
Why do clients sometimes make decisions that don’t seem to make sense and why do they sometimes persistently engage in behaviors that seem to be counterproductive? This seminar will provide some insight to these problems from the perspective of adult attachment theory and science.
Advanced attachment theory describes not only what children need for healthy development, how a child’s parenting environment impacts their development, and how parenting can be enhanced, but also how adults function in the world, especially when they face objectively or subjectively perceived danger or loss (such as that typically at the heart of litigation). Attachment identifies two primary thought and behavior patterns that people engage in, especially while in the face of danger, as they attempt to get their needs met. These can be described as cognitive vs affective, and attachment science and theory has uniquely teased out relevant aspects and facets of these two patterns. In high conflict cases, the behaviors and thought in the two patterns are typically relatively easy to see and they directly impact how clients perceive and think and how they transform information. The two patterns are typically highly relevant in domestic violence cases.
This seminar will describe attachment sufficiently to frame up the cognitive-affective divide, and then we will explore the two patterns. We will use a couple of tools that participants can use in their practices. There will be time for questions, including any general questions about attachment theory and science, and we will briefly touch on what an Attachment Figure is, a concept relevant to the new grandparent rights law. The model of attachment used in this training is the Dynamic Maturational Model of Attachment and Adaptation (DMM, see www.patcrittenden.com for information).
Presenter bio:
Mark Baumann has practiced law for 30 years (litigating, mediating, pro tem), has focused on family law for 20 years, and has studied attachment science and theory over the last six years. He may be the only litigator trained to conduct scientific attachment measures. Mark has a graduate credit certificate in Interpersonal Neurobiology (LL.M. equivalent of “client science”), and was the first associate of Bill Eddy’s High Conflict Institute. He also operates the Integrative Client Counseling Institute where relational science and neuroscience are applied to legal practice. Mark serves on the boards of several organizations including the Washington Chapter of AFCC and the International Association for the Study of Attachment (IASA). His websites include www.MarkBaumann.com, www.pnwmediation.com, and www.ICC.Institute.