Attachment styles: how early childhood attachment impacts nervous system regulation later in life.

Attachment Styles: How Early Childhood Attachment Impacts Nervous System Regulation Later in Life

Live on Zoom

Early attachment experiences shape the way we relate, regulate, and move through the world—often long after childhood has passed. This workshop explores how attachment styles are not only relational patterns, but also deeply rooted nervous system adaptations that influence emotional regulation, connection, and resilience across the lifespan.

Led by Monica Gomez, AMFT #149644 (supervised by Rachel Horodezky, PsyD #25159), this talk integrates attachment theory with a somatic, nervous-system-informed lens. Participants will gain insight into how early caregiving environments shape regulatory capacity, and how these patterns show up in adult relationships and clinical work.

Through clinical examples and practical application, this training supports therapists in recognizing attachment-based nervous system patterns and working with them in a compassionate, effective, and embodied way.

Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

• Identify core attachment styles and their associated patterns of nervous system regulation

• Understand how early attachment experiences shape emotional and relational functioning across the lifespan

• Recognize how attachment patterns present in clinical settings and therapeutic relationships

• Apply somatic and regulation-based interventions to support clients with attachment-related challenges

• Integrate an attachment-informed, nervous-system lens into ongoing clinical practice