14. Attachments Beyond Death - Ruth Lawson-McConnell

Published: Sept. 10, 2020, 9:20 a.m.

Our attachments don't die with the person we lost. In many cases they do intensify but in the absence of their physical presence it's vitally important to redefine what kind of relationship we can still have with our person. In this episode Dr. Ruth Lawson- McConnell explains the 6 stages of attachment, and how we can redefine them in order to foster a new way to relate with our loved one who is not physically present.

Dr. Ruth Lawson -McConnell is a brilliant therapist who also happen to be my dear friend. Ruth is a sought-after counsellor and trainer with 30 years’ experience of counselling adults, children, adolescents and families. She specialises in Attachment issues both in adults and children; her clinical practice involves individual work with people experiencing relationship difficulties, depression, anxiety and trauma, specialist supervision on attachment issues, as well as parent consulting on behavioural and emotional issues in children and adolescents.  She is a Professional Associate of the Neufeld Institute where she trained with Dr Gordon Neufeld in his Attachment based Developmental paradigm. She is also a certified Neuro-psychotherapist as well as a Partners of Sexual Addicts Trauma specialist.  

Dr. Ruth offers free online resources such as coping with grief and anxiety in COVID, as well as online training courses for counsellors, psychologists, pastors, spiritual directors, mental health workers. She has two facebook pages - Dr Ruth Lawson-McConnell (more clinical/mental health focused) and Trinity Initiatives. You check out her resources, view her upcoming courses and book counselling sessions through her website https://ruthmcconnell.com/ or you can email her on therapy@ruthmconnell.com

If you would like to get in touch with me, check out my blog www.crazygrief.com or email me on tatiana@crazygrief.com

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Light and Peace,


Tatiana xo