Circle of Security - Informed 4 Day Training with Dr. Bob Marvin

The Master of Arts in Counseling is welcoming back, Dr. Bob Marvin.  Dr. Marvin is an internationally recognized attachment researcher, clinical psychologist, and developer of The Circle of Security® Intervention.  Dr. Bob Marvin will conduct an informed 4 day training on Circle of Security.  This four-day workshop is designed to provide an evidence-based therapeutic tool for those who would like to work towards certification as a Circle of Security-Informed therapist as well as others who work in the field with children and families, e.g., case managers, case coordinators, therapists not planning to work toward certification.

Learning Objectives - Participants will:

• Understand the Circle of Security, “Parent-friendly,” version of the Bowlby-Ainsworth Attachment Theory.
• Have familiarity with the full Circle of Security Intervention Protocol –Family Model.
• Understand core strategies for integrating the Circle of Security Intervention Protocol into a variety of mainstream intervention models.
• Be prepared to participate in consultation-supervision sessions to integrate this new knowledge with their current framework for conducting psychotherapy, case coordination/management, and/or agency staff supervision.

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Training Dates: February 3rd, 10th, 17th & 24th

Time: 9:00am-4:00pm (1 hour lunch on your own)

CEs: 6 hours per training    (NBCC #4488)

Location: Discipleship Center (on EMU's campus)

Fee:  $125/training or $400/series ($100 savings)

Registration Info:  Advanced registration and payment is required.  If registering for the entire series, please reserve your space by January 24, 2017.  If registering for individual workshops, please reserve no later than one week in advance of the workshop date. To register, please call Amanda at 540-432-4243 or email her at amanda.k.williams@emu.edu

"EMU MAC is an NBCC-Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEPtm) and may offer NBCC-approved clock hours for events that meet NBCC requirements. The ACEP solely is responsible for all aspects of the program.Information provided in this workshop will consist of clinical counseling techniques and skills. Workshop content is limited for application by professional clinical counselors (therapists) with appropriate education, certification and qualifications."

Presenter: Dr. Robert Marvin

Robert S. Marvin, Ph.D. Director, The Ainsworth Attachment Clinic and Circle of Security® Network & Professor Emeritus, The University of Virginia School of Medicine Research Professor, Department of Psychology, The University of Virginia

Dr. Bob Marvin is a child and family clinical psychologist and research scientist who has been working with young children since he was an undergraduate. His specialty is children and their caregivers where there has been a disruption in the child’s family relationships during the early years of the child’s life: separation of the child’s parents, maltreatment by caregivers, and children in the foster care or adoption systems. Dr. Marvin was an undergraduate student and research associate with Mary D. Ainsworth, one of the founders of Attachment Theory, at The Johns Hopkins University. He received his Ph.D. in developmental and clinical psychology from the University of Chicago in 1972. After completing a postdoctoral fellowship at the Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota he began teaching and remained at the University of Virginia, where he is currently Professor Emeritus in the School of Medicine and Research Professor in the Department of Psychology. He is also the founder and director of the Ainsworth Attachment Clinic and Circle of Security® Network in Charlottesville, Virginia. Throughout his career, Bob has been active in basic and clinical attachment research, and research with families who have children with chronic medical conditions and/or histories of problematic or disrupted early relationships. With a variety of colleagues, he has developed and tested numerous attachment-related procedures that are used in basic and clinical research, and in clinical practice. He has written and co-authored more than 75 articles, books, and film documentaries on this work.