COURSE TWELVE - Psychoanalysis and Attachment Theory
EXTENSION PROGRAM
Online Course
Course Coordinator/Leader: Ella Rogalska, DTATI, Dip. TCPP, RP, Cert. IMHS
Wednesday, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm: March 25, April 1, 8, 15, 2026 (4 sessions)
Fees: $280
Deadline for registration is March 18, 2026.
Preregistration is required.
** DISTANCE PARTICIPATION ONLY – This course will be conducted online.
This four-evening course offers in a condensed view a contemporary and historical account of attachment theory across the lifespan, highlighting the psychoanalytic implications for clinical work. It will bring together the contributions of Bowlby and his followers, from Mary Ainsworth and Mary Main to Peter Fonagy and Beatrice Beebe. The course will also attend to the interplay between attachment theory and psychoanalytic perspectives. Participants will have an opportunity to evaluate their own views on the long-standing critique of attachment theory as “not psychoanalytic.”
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Attachment categories from infancy to adulthood and the clinical application of the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI)
- The intergenerational transmission of attachment patterns with focus on loss and trauma
- The reflective functioning and coherence of self-narratives
- The clinical relevance of attachment theory and research to psychoanalytic work.
Ella Rogalska, DTATI, Dip. TCPP, RP, Cert. IMHS
Ella Rogalska, DTATI, Dip. TCPP, RP, Cert. IMHS is a Registered Psychotherapist in private practice in Toronto. Her graduate education is in psychoanalytic psychotherapy (infancy to adulthood). In the past ten years, Ella has worked and researched in infant mental health treatment and education. She was trained in the psychodynamic model of Infant Parent Psychotherapy (IPP) and is now an instructor and supervisor of the Infant-Parent Psychotherapy, Toronto based model. She is the current President of the Canadian Association of Psychoanalytic Child Therapists (CAPCT) and an Affiliate of the TPS&I.
A considerable part of her practice is dedicated to attachment-based treatment, supervision, and education. Ella has an advanced training in attachment studies. She trained to score the AAI with the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) Institute taught by Howard Steele and Miriam Steele, members of the Consortium of AAI Trainers, and in Reflective Functioning (RF) by Howard Steele.
This event is eligible for Section 1 CME credits (0.5 credits/hour). This event is an accredited group learning activity (section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certificate Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, approved by the Canadian Psychiatric Association (CPA). The specific opinions and content of this event are not necessarily those of the CPA, and are the responsibility of the organizer(s) alone. As per the Royal College standard, each presentation provides a minimum of 25% interactive learning.
Full-time students in universities and colleges, and mental-health trainees are eligible for a 25% reduction in course fees. Proof of 2025/2026 status needs to be provided. Please contact the tps&i directly to register at a discount.
Refunds must be requested in writing two weeks prior to the beginning of a course. A handling fee of $30 will be retained. After these two weeks, fees cannot be returned.
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