What the Chicken Dance Got Right
A 2-hour pop culture CE course using Sex and the City Season 2 Episode 7 as a clinical teaching lens for adult attachment theory. Covers Bartholomew-Horowitz four-category model, fantasy bonds, anxiety-driven commitment, ECR-R, EFT-C, and earned security.
2
CE Hours
1
Est. Minutes
What you'll learn
- Upon completion, participants will be able to:
- Identify the four adult attachment styles and describe their behavioral signatures in romantic relationship initiation and commitment.
- Distinguish between genuine relational readiness and anxiety-driven commitment -- the clinical difference between choosing a partner and escaping aloneness.
- Define fantasy bonds and explain how they function as relational defenses against intimacy and authentic connection.
- Apply attachment theory frameworks to clinical case conceptualization of clients presenting with commitment difficulties, partner selection patterns, or romantic idealization.
- Recognize the clinical presentation of avoidant attachment in relationship-avoidant clients and describe evidence-based therapeutic approaches.
- Identify cultural scripts about romantic love and marriage that contribute to problematic relational patterns in clinical populations.
Who it's for
Licensed mental health professionals including LPCs, LCSWs, LMFTs, Psychologists, NCCs, and Psychiatric NPs who work with adult attachment concerns in individual or couples therapy.
Approval & credit
CounselorReady is an NBCC-Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP #7760). This course awards 2 NBCC-approved CE hours; a certificate is issued on completion. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. CounselorReady is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.