TRAINING DATES in South Korea:
October 6 & 13, 2026 (2-half days)
Time:
7:30pm-11:15pm KST
***This course is currently available to participants in South Korea, with region-specific pricing applied at checkout.
The workshop will have a Korean translator.
We will open seats to mental health clinicians in other countries if spots remain by September 22nd.
To be put on the wait list for a spot if you live outside of South Korea, please email info@abftinternational.com.
Attachment-Based Family Therapy (ABFT) is an evidence‑based, manualized treatment model designed to address adolescent depression and suicide risk. Rooted in attachment theory and supported by extensive research, ABFT helps families rebuild trust, repair relational ruptures, and strengthen emotionally protective parent–child relationships. The therapy is structured around five clearly defined treatment tasks that guide clinicians in delivering this focused, emotionally engaged approach.
The Fundamentals of Attachment Based Family Therapy Workshop provides a comprehensive overview of ABFT. Through lectures and therapy demonstration videos, participants will explore the model’s theoretical foundations, core clinical strategies, and the experiential methods that make ABFT impactful. Faculty review how attachment principles, emotion regulation, and trauma‑informed concepts shape the delivery of this relational therapy. Attendees will also learn how the five treatment tasks serve as a roadmap for fostering meaningful change efficiently and effectively.
This is a beginner level course. The target audience for this training includes Case Workers, Counselors, Couple and Family Therapists, Mental Health Professionals, ER Physicians, Health Care Administrators, Frontline MH staff, Primary Care Physicians, Psychiatrists, Psychiatric Nurses, Psychologists, Psychotherapists, SAP Team members, and Social Workers.
The workshop is a live interactive synchronous distance learning activity conducted in real time, allowing for simultaneous participation of participants and instructors from different locations.
Fundamentals of ABFT Objectives:
- Explain the theoretical foundation of ABFT.
- Discuss the empirical support for ABFT.
- Describe the five treatment task structure of the model.
- Explain how to engage family members in strengthening their relationship as the first goal of therapy.
- Identify strategies for helping youth explore and understand their attachment wounds and the impact it has on them.
- Discuss how to motivate youth to talk to parents about attachment injuries and traumas.
- Describe methods for increasing parental empathy for their child.
- Identify how to use in session enactments to enhance relational repair.
View approximate schedules for the training here:
South Korea Fundamentals of ABFT Schedule
In general, one cannot miss more than approximately an hour of the training if they would like to receive a Certificate of Completion.
Registration Deadline: October 5, 2026 5pm KST
To make this course more accessible for our South Korean community, we’ve adjusted pricing to account for currency exchange differences. Once you put in your billing address with South Korea as the Country – pricing will adjust.
This ensures more consistent and equitable access regardless of location.
This live training will take place over Zoom. You will be emailed the Zoom link and relevant handouts a week before the first webinar will occur.
We do require cameras to be on during the training as we are trying to simulate an in-person training. Please do not hesitate to reach out to us regarding this requirement should you have questions or concerns.
Please let us know if you have any disability or other special needs so that we can ensure that your needs will be fully met (info@abftinternational.com or 267-270-2245). We will attempt to meet needs presented at the last minute, but 2 weeks notice will be appreciated
Guy Diamond, Ph.D.
Guy Diamond, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and formerly was Associate Professor at Drexel University in the College of Nursing and Health Professions. His primary work has been in the area of youth suicide prevention and treatment research. On the prevention side, he has created a program focused on training, screening and triage to be implemented in non-behavioral health settings. On the treatment side, he has focused on the development and testing of attachment-based family therapy (ABFT), especially for teens struggling with depression and suicide. ABFT has now been applied to children and young adults, LGBTQ youth and adults, and adopted in clinics all over the world where it is used as a transdiagnostic approach to patient mental health and ruptures in family attachment.
*Additional instructors may be added.
For any grievances or concerns relating to this workshop, please contact info@abftinternational.com
A $50 administrative fee will be charged for all refunds. Refund requests will be honored up to four business days before the start of the course and must be confirmed in writing. If cancellation occurs within three business days prior to the course, a refund will not be available. However, the full amount of tuition may be applied to a future course (i.e. you may transfer your registration to a future introductory workshop).
A $50 administrative fee will be charged for any returned checks due to insufficient funds.