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Attach Together

Optima Health Services

Attached Together is a podcast exploring attachment theory, attachment styles, and psychotherapy in clinical practice.Created by the therapists and tutors at Optima Health Services, this podcast is for counsellors, psychotherapists, and mental health professionals who want grounded, thoughtful conversations about attachment, trauma, relationships, and everyday therapeutic work.Each episode examines how attachment shapes the way we love, cope, regulate, and connect - both in our personal lives and in

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Working with Disorganised Attachment in Therapy

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2026/03/17

🎓 Get your CPD certificate from our website.Understanding Disorganised Attachment in Relationships, Trauma & Attachment-Informed TherapyDisorganised attachment is one of the most complex and misunderstood attachment styles in attachment theory.In this episode of Attach Together, Darren is joined by counsellor and attachment-based psychotherapist Gav McKee to explore how disorganised attachment develops, how it shapes adult relationships, and how therapists can work safely and effectively with

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00:25:42

Anxious Ambivalent Attachment in Relationships

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2026/03/10

🎓 Get your CPD certificate from our website.Preoccupied Attachment, Attachment Theory, Therapy & RelationshipsIn this episode of Attach Together - the attachment theory podcast for counsellors and psychotherapists, we explore anxious ambivalent attachment, often described as preoccupied attachment.We explore how anxious ambivalent attachment develops, how it appears in adult relationships, and how therapists can support clients experiencing intense relational anxiety, reassurance seeking and

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00:27:38

Avoidant Attachment in Therapy: Defences, Distance &...

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2026/03/03

🎓 Get your CPD certificate from our website.In this episode of Attach Together, we explore one of the most misunderstood attachment styles: avoidant attachment.What does avoidant attachment really mean from an attachment theory perspective? How does it show up in the therapy room? And how can therapists build connection without overwhelming clients who experience closeness as unsafe?Darren and Georgina unpack:How avoidant attachment develops in early caregiving environmentsWhy “independence” can

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00:29:02

Internal Working Models

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2026/02/24

Internal Working Models in Attachment Theory: What They Are and How Therapy Updates ThemGet your CPD Certificate HereIn this episode of Attach Together, Darren is joined by Jo Oxley (founder of Optima) to unpack one of the most important concepts in attachment-informed practice: internal working models (also called inner working models).Jo explains models are formed and become an unconscious “blueprint” for how we experience ourselves, other people, and relationships. With a wonderfully accessible

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Attach Together ·

2026/02/22

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