Society for Emotion and Attachment Studies

06/17/2025

Don't miss this year's Social Neuroscience of Human Relationships, Attachment and Caregiving ( ) Conference 👇!

🚨 Join us at the 5th of Human , and ( ) this summer! 🚨

SNRAC2025 will be held at the Universität Bremen ( ) on August 20 and 21. This year's special topic is: The Social Origins of and .

Besides talks by leading scholars within the field, there will be lots of opportunities for early career researchers ( ) to present their research during poster and short talk sessions. These presentations can showcase , studies in progress with preliminary or completed projects with final data. There will also be a panel discussion for ECRs to have the opportunity to interact with keynote speakers, as well as many other opportunities for networking.

SNRAC2025 can be attended in person and remotely (as listener only). All talks and the panel discussion will be recorded, and recordings will be made available to remote attendees for asynchronous viewing beyond the conference date.

The deadline for abstract submission and registration has been extended to 04 July 2025. Don't miss it - there won't be any further extension!

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
▶️ Tina Malti (Humboldt Science Center for Child Development (HumanKind) - UNIVERSITÄT LEIPZIG, Germany)
▶️ Guy Bosmans (KU Leuven, Belgium)
▶️ Stefanie Hoehl (Universität Wien, Austria)
▶️ Tsachi Ein-Dor (אוניברסיטת רייכמן - Reichman University, Israel)
▶️ Lars White (Universität Bremen, Germany)
▶️ Pascal Vrtička (Psychology at University of Essex, University of Essex, United Kingdom)

Please don't hesitate to get in touch with Hannah Ihme if you have any questions (https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/klips-kjp/snrac-conference/contact).

SUBMIT AN ABSTRACT AND/OR REGISTER HERE:
👉 https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/klips-kjp/snrac-conference

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Society for Emotion and Attachment Studies

12/21/2024

Reflective Functioning seminar training taking place over Zoom 15-17 January 2025. 12noon -2pm daily. Taught by one of the developers of the RF scoring system, I.e. Howard Steele. Email Howard for full details and how to register. [email protected]

05/26/2024

Sometimes when the brains of parent and child are too synced it can be a sign of relationship difficulties.

05/26/2024

It's hard to believe that our PI Dr Pascal Vrticka's Series already has 12 topics...!

Here is a summary of topics #07 - #12.

#07 - is not supported by recent evidence. There is no scientific evidence for a “dumb” versus a “smart” vagal pathway dichotomy in mammals, nor for bradycardia to be exclusively caused or significantly influenced by a dorsal pathway. This has important implications for and .

#08 - There are no specific attachment " hacks". For child attachment development, the “how” is much more important than the “what”. There are countless ways for parents to interact with their children – each situation is different and each parent-child relationship unique.

#09 - Attachment is not "right-brain" centred. Modern attachment science clearly shows that attachment is everywhere within the . It involves several large-scale networks spanning both hemispheres and involving many different and processes. in the context of attachment difficulties therefore needs to find a good balance to address both emotional and cognitive aspects and particularly their intricate interdependence.

#10 - Attachment involves much more than just and . Attachment is everywhere within the brain.

#11 - We should say "parent-child bonding" and not "parent-child" attachment. While and attachment are closely related and the underlying neurobiological and attachment systems overlapping and complementary, they are not the same. This distinction should be reflected in our use of terminology.

#12 - It suffices to be a "good enough" parent. What really counts is that the parent-child relationship functions well overall. That children can develop trust in their parents and that any mismatches, which naturally occur all the time, are successfully repaired.

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Check out all of the topics #07 - #12, and topics #01 - #06, too! https://pvrticka.com/attachment-myth-busting/

Psychology at University of Essex, University of Essex, Society for Emotion and Attachment Studies

02/05/2024

Plan to come to Rouen France 🇫🇷 (2 hours south of Paris) for the next International Attachment Conference, mid-July 2024

& Director of the RISElab | studying contextual factors influencing families, relationships, & well-being | | she/her/elle

01/28/2024

Reflective Functioning applied to Adult Attachment Interviews, and other narrative material, will be taught via Zoom over 3 days in early June 2024, by Professor Howard Steele.
Learn in detail all about Reflective Functioning from one of the originators of the concept.

Full details available from Howard: [email protected]

11/25/2023

Coexistence for Israelis and Palestinians is possible and is the only alternative to violence.

11/02/2023

Save the date for the next International Conference ( ) organised by the Society for and Attachment Studies ( ) to be held in Rouen (France) on July 15-17, 2024.

More information will be made available soon here: https://internationalattachmentconference.com/.

06/24/2023

Don't miss the deadline for the on "The of , and " ( ) organised by our Special Interest Research Group on the Social Neuroscience of Human Attachment (SIRG ) to be held at the University of Essex in association with Psychology at University of Essex ( , ) on August 14-14, 2023 and remotely.

More information can be found here: https://pvrticka.com/soneat-conference-2023/.

Abstract submission deadline is Sunday 25 June 2023.

Attendance is also possible remotely and as a listener only and starts at only GBP30.

SNRAC2023 will cover many topics relevant for our members, including attachment organisation and disorganisation, , adversity, , , , , , , , , and many more.

If you have any questions, please get in touch with SIRG SoNeAt: [email protected]

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06/12/2023

This image was shared with me by a SEAS member carrying out research on counselor/client relationships—-watch for text to be posted soon on how to participate if you are a counselor or therapist.

06/01/2023

Do not miss the conference at the University of Essex on "The of , and " supported by our Society for Emotion and Attachment Studies (SEAS) on August 14-15, 2023.

The conference will cover a variety of topics, including - in association with , & child-parent , , , , , , , , , , , and many more.

There will be 8 expert keynote speakers and many spots for early career researcher short and presentations.

submission deadline is June 15, 2023.

https://pvrticka.com/soneat-conference-2023/

In case of questions, please contact Dr Pascal Vrticka.

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