One-Day Workshop | Melbourne, Australia
Attachment theory isn’t only about how we behave in relationships - it’s about how our nervous system manages the threat of loss.
To avoid abandonment, some of us work tirelessly to become the best, most acceptable versions of ourselves - often at the expense of our own needs for rest, connection, or love. Others try to fit seamlessly into the lives of people we idealize - and end up trapped in the exhausting effort to keep those people on the pedestals we’ve placed them on. True attachment healing means learning to stay present with loss and disappointment, both when we fall short of our own ideals, and when others do.
In this intimate one-day workshop, we invite you to join attachment expert Heidi Priebe and grief coach Avery Collura for Attachment, Loss, and the Shadow: an exploration of how our earliest relational patterns shape the way we love, protect, and repair.
Through lecture, reflection, and gentle experiential exercises, this workshop will teach practical tools for building self-trust, integrating grief, and cultivating secure, authentic connections.
Workshop Flow
Morning: Understanding Our Adaptations & Making The Unconscious Conscious
Using the Dynamic Maturational Model of attachment as a guide, we'll explore how insecure attachment behaviors are not flaws or even patterns of 'self-sabotage,' but intelligent adaptations to our early environments.
Through guided reflection and lecture, we'll begin identifying the protective roles we've learned to play in relationships and the hidden motivations that underlie them.
Afternoon: Building Tools for Secure Relating
The afternoon will focus on learning and practicing concrete, attachment-informed tools aimed at cultivating self-trust and connection - integrating grief, disappointment, and repair into your relational vocabulary.
What You’ll Walk Away With
A clearer understanding of your attachment orientation
Learn how your early adaptations shaped the ways you seek, avoid, and protect connections.
Practical tools for secure relating
Build self-trust, learn to self-regulate through conflict, and create emotional safety with others.
Language for repair
Explore how to move from rupture to reconnection with honesty and compassion.
A sense of clarity and self-compassion
See your patterns not as flaws, but as once-intelligent strategies ready to evolve.
A new relationship with grief and disappointment
Discover how to stay present with loss and allow imperfection, in both yourself and others.
Who is this workshop for?
This workshop is open to anyone curious about how early attachment patterns shape their relationships - with others and with themselves.
It is especially supportive for:
Individuals exploring personal growth, grief, or relational healing
Therapists, coaches, and facilitators seeking a deeper, more embodied understanding of attachment theory
Couples or friends interested in improving communication and emotional safety
Anyone ready to replace self-blame with curiosity, and fear with self-trust
No prior background in attachment theory or psychology is required — just a willingness to reflect, feel, and engage with compassion.
Location & Format
Date: Saturday, November 29th, 2025
Time: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM (includes a one-hour lunch break)
Location: Melbourne CBD (venue details to be announced soon)
Investment: $375 AUD
This one-day workshop combines lecture-style teaching with guided reflection and gentle interactive exercises. You’ll have opportunities to listen, learn, and connect with others in a supportive environment while moving at a pace that feels grounded and contained.