Adult Attachment Interview (DMM Method)
Trainer: Patricia Crittenden, PhD, with facilitators
Location: Miami, Florida (USA)
Dates: 18 days: Jan. 18-23; June 2-7, & Nov. 30-Dec. 5, 2020.
Level: Advanced, prerequisites required
Content: this course teaches discourse analysis for the AAI, for normative and (mild) out-patient clinical applications of the AAI, using the DMM method.
There is coding work between the sessions and a requirement to submit 3 AAIs carried out by the course participant, and a reliability test following the course. This work must be completed to receive certificates for administering and coding AAIs.
For more information, see www.familyrelationsinstitute.org.. A didactic Advanced ‘Week 4’ Clinical Course will be offered later for more serious clinical and forensic applications.
Time: the course begins at 2pm on the first day of each session and ends at 1pm on the last day of each session. Otherwise, full days of work consisting of coding in the morning, feedback sessions (12pm-1pm), and class work in the afternoon (2pm-6pm).
Where: Miami, FL, USA
Instructor: Patricia Crittenden, PhD, with facilitators
Prerequisites: course participants should have taken Attachment & Psychopathology before completing the AAI course (i.e., A&P may be taken concurrently).
In special cases, Dr. Crittenden will consider whether reading Raising Parents with written assignments can be sufficient, but this will (a) be decided individually, (b) not exclude anyone who had taken A&P, and (c) not exceed the course limit of participants.
The Conflict Science Institute can provide prerequisite training.
Language: English for the course, but practice and the reliability test can be in Spanish if needed.
Cost: $3000 before July 31, 2019; $3400 beginning August 1, 2019
The registration fee covers the course, plus feedback on participant’s AAIs, practice transcripts between sessions, and the reliability test. Enrolment is not guaranteed until payment is made. Payment must be complete before the course is begun. All payments are non-refundable. Invoicing and receipts involve extra charges.Registration: please contact Patricia M. Crittenden, PhD (crittenden@patcrittenden.com) regarding registration. There is a limited number of participants. The course may be cancelled if fewer than six people register; please note that when purchasing flights.
The DMM is short for Dynamic Maturational Model of Attachment and Adaptation. The DMM was developed initially by Dr. Patricia Crittenden and supplemented by a host of additional attachment experts. The DMM is supported by the International Association for the Study of Attachment (IASA) and the Family Relations Institute (FRI).
From the view point of the Conflict Science Institute, DMM-AAI training provides exceptional value for helping legal professionals to understand conflict at a level far deeper than provided by any other program or model. For those who cannot qualify or take the DMM-AAI training, reading the training manual noted above, Assessing Adult Attachment, is dense and richly rewarding. Compared to other attachment models, the DMM offers a state of the art model, and exceptional clarity and detail into patterns of self-protective behavior and information processing. CSI offers DMM related training programs. Contact CSI for more information.