Our Curriculum

How does one modify behaviors and tendencies ingrained in early childhood; how are healing and healthy connections made possible? 

Primary Objectives

  • Understanding Attachment Styles - Learning more about your attachment styles and your personal attachment characteristics.

  • Awareness of Core Attachment Stressors - Identifying your core attachment stressors and where they stem from in your life.

  • Identifying Attachment Triggers - Learning your physical, emotional, and mental symptoms of trigger activation for early onset intervention.

  • Cultivating Coping Skills - Identifying and practicing new coping skills to improve ability for healthy responses.

  • Improving Self-Esteem - Gaining awareness of your negative core beliefs connected to your attachment patterns and working to change them.

  • Inter-generational Attachment Patterns - Learning how attachment patterns have been passed down through your family and how to begin to break the cycle.

  • Developing Secure Attachments - Increasing the levels of secure attachment towards yourself and others to improve relationships.

  • Relapse Prevention - Identifying all of the stages of your attachment relapse cycle and how to intervene for continued healthy outcomes.

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  • “In my over 15 years of working in this field, I have yet to see another curriculum with such a masterful amalgamation of evidence based, gold standard concepts and theories in such an easy to use and easy to understand format.”

    -Nicholas Crapser, PhD, LPC, LMHC, CADC-III, SUDP, CRM, NCC, MAC, ACS, CSC

  • “I have found this curriculum to meld beautifully with individual outpatient counseling. It has been informative not just for the client in their own time, but in identifying past attachment wounds, attachment trauma, and identifying areas to do deeper work in sessions.”

    -Brennon Moore MS, CTT, CADC-II, LPC

  • "The roll-out of the new EABT curriculum at Cielo Treatment Center has been a game-changer for our clients, enabling them to address and heal deep-seated emotional wounds. Through its compassionate and structured approach, many have experienced profound breakthroughs in their emotional and behavioral well-being. This program is now truly a cornerstone of the center's success in fostering healthy relationships and personal growth."

    -Solara Salazar, MS, CADC-II, QMHA-R, Executive Director, Cielo Treatment Center

  • “Doug Smith's EABT curriculum for adolescents was a phenomenal addition to our SEL curriculum at Harmony. Adolescents in early recovery crave meaningful connections with their peers, but often don't know how to build healthy relationships. EABT has had profound impacts on Harmony's students, allowing them to gain self-knowledge and empathy, recognize and express emotions, repair broken relationships and create new ones, and to give and receive love. This was a bright spot in our year.”

    -Sharon Dursi Martin, MAT, Founding Principal, Harmony Academy

  • “The Peer Support curriculum is so very relevant and user friendly that even our newer less experienced staff can utilize it easily. I’m excited to see some of the outcomes for our clients in the future!”

    -Paul Gonzales, CADC-I, CRM-II, PSS

  • “I have been using EABT in my private practice as a trauma therapist for several months now with amazing results. Using Doug's model, my clients have been able to identify what their unmet childhood needs are and how these unmet needs create emotional triggers that impact them today. EABT provides the framework for understanding early attachment wounds, creating healthy coping skills, and ultimately allowing the client to experience and embody secure attachment within themselves and in their relationships. EABT is a groundbreaking model that pulls many related components of healing together into a powerful modality that I will continue to use in my practice to empower and heal clients.”

    -Wendolyn Wirtz, MS, LPC, Professional Counselor, Workshop Facilitator, Author, EMDRIA Certified Therapist, HeartMath Certified

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