{"id":31938,"date":"2026-07-24T11:39:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T15:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.abftinternational.com\/?page_id=31938"},"modified":"2026-07-27T16:55:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T20:55:27","slug":"special-topics-abft-st-task-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/courses.abftinternational.com\/index.php\/special-topics-abft-st-task-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Deepening Parental Empathy in Attachment-Based Family Therapy Task 3: Integrating Schema Therapy to Support Attachment Repair"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"31938\" class=\"elementor elementor-31938\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8ab9328 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8ab9328\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f6ca599\" data-id=\"f6ca599\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1901fd2 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1901fd2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Live Clinical Webinar | Practical ABFT-ST Strategies for Working with Defensive or Emotionally Detached Parents<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><u><strong>Speaker:<\/strong><br \/><\/u><strong>Paul DelGrosso, LICSW LCSW-C<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>September 22, 2026 2:00-3:30pm Eastern Time<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; margin-block-end: 24px; text-align: start;\">In attachment-based family therapy (ABFT) Task 3, therapists often encounter parents who remain defensive, emotionally detached, minimizing, or fixed in rigid beliefs\u2014making it difficult to access empathy for their adolescent\u2019s attachment-related experience. When these barriers persist, attachment repair can stall.<\/p><p style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; margin-block-end: 24px; text-align: start;\">This webinar offers practical strategies for integrating ABFT and Schema Therapy (ST) to help parents soften defensive modes, access underlying vulnerability, and become more emotionally available for repair. While it builds on concepts introduced in <a style=\"transition: 0.12s cubic-bezier(0.455, 0.03, 0.515, 0.955); color: #296eb6;\" href=\"https:\/\/courses.abftinternational.com\/index.php\/abft-schema-therapy\/\"><em>Deepening the Attachment Narrative: Integrating ABFT and Schema Therapy<\/em><\/a> (May 2026), prior attendance is not required.<\/p><h5 style=\"text-align: left;\">What You\u2019ll Experience<\/h5><ul><li style=\"text-align: left;\">A brief clinical overview of how ABFT Task 3 can become blocked when parents remain defended or emotionally unavailable<\/li><li style=\"text-align: left;\">Two live demonstrations showing integrated ABFT-ST interventions in action<\/li><li style=\"text-align: left;\">Discussion of how to recognize parental modes, reduce defensiveness, and access underlying vulnerability<\/li><li style=\"text-align: left;\">Clinical decision-making guidance for applying ABFT-ST strategies in practice<\/li><\/ul><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>***The 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He also completed four years of post-graduate study in Bowen Family Systems theory and psychotherapy at the Bowen Center for the Study of the Family in Washington, DC. Paul recently participated in a research study sponsored by the Yale LGBTQ Mental Health Initiative comparing outcomes using ABFT and CBT for young adults with at least one non-supportive parent.<\/p><p>Paul is particularly interested in the role family dynamics plays in human development. Through his work with youth and parents in a wide array of settings, he has developed insight into how unaddressed attachment ruptures in childhood result in problematic schema-mode formation that later contributes to unsatisfactory life patterns in adulthood. Paul is passionate about addressing this dynamic early through family therapy to foster a better life trajectory.<\/p><p>Paul is available to provide clinical supervision to those interested in the ABFT-ST model.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1365\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1365\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">FEES<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1365\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1365\"><div><p><b>Regular Registration:\u00a0<\/b>$35 per person<\/p><p><strong>APA CES:<\/strong> $30 per person<\/p><\/div><p><b>VAT in the EU and UK applies.\u00a0 <\/b><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1366\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1366\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">LOGISTICAL INFORMATION<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1366\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1366\"><p>This live training will take place over Zoom. 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