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Foundations of Attachment
Understand what attachment is, where the theory comes from, and how the need for safety and connection shows up throughout life.
5 lessons
course · Happy Mind Society
Understanding Attachment
A ten-module guided course on safety, closeness, distance and repair across relationships.
10 modules42 short lessonsSelf-pacedPrivate progress
Why this course
Support that makes the next step clearer.
Explore attachment without reducing yourself or anyone else to a label. Across 42 lessons, learn how patterns develop and show up in family, friendships, romance, work and caregiving. Each module pairs clear teaching with fictional cast stories, private reflection and practical exercises. This course is educational and is not diagnosis, therapy or crisis care.
Inside the course
A clear route from overload to a workable plan
Each module builds on the last, but the lessons stay short enough to pause, revisit, and use around real life.
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Understanding Attachment Patterns
Explore common strategies for closeness and distance as flexible patterns rather than fixed identities or diagnoses.
6 lessons
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How Attachment Develops
Consider how care, context, adversity, and later relationships shape expectations without turning a childhood story into destiny.
6 lessons
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Family Relationships
Look at adult family roles, boundaries, and repair with room for choice and without pressure to reconcile.
4 lessons
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Friendships and Social Safety
Understand trust, rejection sensitivity, belonging, and repair in friendships and groups.
4 lessons
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Romantic Relationships
Explore intimacy, dependence, partnership dynamics, and ways to build more secure connection.
5 lessons
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Communication and Repair
Notice conflict cycles, name needs clearly, and practise repair while respecting consent and safety.
4 lessons
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Attachment at Work
Recognise how feedback, approval, and belonging can affect work without reducing every workplace difficulty to attachment.
3 lessons
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Children and Caregiving
Understand attachment in children and the value of responsive care without labelling or diagnosing a child.
2 lessons
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Integration and Next Steps
Bring the learning together in a practical, realistic plan for continuing growth and support.
3 lessons
Start by looking around
See how the lessons feel before deciding what comes next.
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