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Child Experience of Attachment: Understanding Developmental Trauma Through a Relational Lens with Kevin Kebede-Berhanu, LMFT
7:00 PMMonday, November 24 2025
6:00 PMMonday, November 24 2025
5:00 PMMonday, November 24 2025
4:00 PMMonday, November 24 2025
3:00 PMMonday, November 24 2025
2:00 PM
Kevin graduated from the University of Oregon with his masters from the Couples and Family Therapy program. His education focused on a systemic perspective of therapy which emphasized the significance of context and interaction in development of problems and their resolution. Since graduating he has completed a course through PSU to work with foster and adoptive families, child development, and collaborative problem solving. He has also worked with organizations designed to support foster and adoptive families. His drive for this work in grounded in wanting to help others find their place and recognizing their personal worth, resilience and ability.
This training explores the intersection between child development and attachment, emphasizing how early relational experiences shape emotional regulation, identity formation, and resilience. Participants will deepen their understanding of attachment trauma, examine its developmental impact across early childhood through adolescence, and identify therapeutic and systemic interventions that promote repair and connection. The session integrates attachment theory, developmental neuroscience, and trauma-informed frameworks to equip clinicians with practical strategies for supporting children and families healing from relational wounds.
This course is eligible for 2 continuing education credits.
This course is suitable for Psychologists, LMHCs, MFTs, Social Workers, LPCs, and Counselors.
Introductory
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By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Describe key stages of child development and their relationship to attachment formation.
- Identify the signs and impacts of attachment trauma on interpersonal trust, regulation, and identity development.
- Apply an attachment lens to reframe presenting problems from intrapersonal to relational perspectives.
- Describe trauma-informed interventions that strengthen attachment security and family resilience.
- Integrate developmental and relational concepts into treatment planning and parent work.