Cultivating Connection - Attachment Workshop
Online workshop with a relationship therapist to understand attachment, trauma, and your needs in relationships
Format: Online (live)
Place: Zoom — accessible worldwide
Price: $55 CAD
Spots are limited
About the Workshop:
Have you ever noticed how a small moment — a delayed text, a shift in tone, a feeling of closeness — can suddenly make you anxious and clingy, or wanting to pull back from any relationship? This is often your attachment system at work — the one shaped long ago in childhood through your relationship with your primary caregivers.
And if you’ve tried books or watched endless attachment-style videos and still feel confused… this trauma-informed workshop connects the full picture. You’ll finally learn your attachment style, how it impacts your day-to-day experiences, and how to understand yourself — and others — more clearly so you can navigate your relationships, all kinds of them, with more confidence and ease.
Join us today — spots are limited! Everything is explained in simple, relatable language, no psychology background needed.
This Workshop is for You if…
✔️ you find it hard to figure out your attachment style and want clarity on how it shapes your emotional world (you’ll take a quiz in the workshop)
✔️ you have a difficult time making sense of patterns in closeness, conflict, or communication, especially when they repeat without explanation
✔️ you often react in ways that don’t reflect your true intentions — in romantic relationships, friendships, family dynamics, or at work
✔️ you find it challenging to stay grounded and confident in connection, especially when things feel uncertain or overwhelming
✔️ you keep repeating old relationship patterns and want to show up with more clarity in future connections
✔️ you feel confused by your nervous system responses, even if you’re already in therapy or thinking about starting
✔️ you struggle to express your needs or boundaries without guilt, fear, or shutting down, and want clearer language for your emotional world
✔️ you feel overwhelmed by attachment content online, because books and endless videos haven’t given you a full picture
✔️ you want to understand yourself in a safe, supportive environment where others are exploring similar patterns
✔️ A clear understanding of what attachment styles actually mean — beyond the simplified Instagram versions
✔️ A practical workbook filled with clear explanations, reflection prompts, an attachment style quiz, and tools you can use long after the workshop to support real, sustained change
✔️ Insight into your core relationship needs and how to finally meet them in healthy, grounded ways
✔️ Clarity on why you react with shutdown, anxiety, avoidance, or over-connection, and what those reactions are trying to protect you from
✔️ Tools for communicating your needs in ways that build connection, not conflict or disconnection
✔️ An understanding of how trauma, culture, and survival responses shape your emotional patterns and influence the way you relate to others
✔️ The ability to recognize your triggers, protest behaviors, and shutdown strategies before they take over
✔️ Coping strategies you can use when you feel overwhelmed, activated, or dissociated, with gentle guidance you can rely on in real moments
✔️ A clear starting point for change, so you don’t leave overwhelmed but empowered
✔️ A safe, no-pressure environment, where sharing is optional and understanding yourself is the main goal
What You’ll Get:
(FAQ)
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Absolutely.
Attachment shapes how you connect, express needs, set boundaries, manage stress, and show up in all relationships — friendships, dating, family, workplace, and with yourself.This workshop supports anyone who wants to understand themselves better, whether you’re single, dating, or in a long-term relationship.
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Yes — deeply.
Most people only know the basic labels (anxious, avoidant, secure, disorganized).
This workshop goes far beyond that by exploring:your nervous system responses
your window of tolerance
cultural influences
protest and shutdown patterns
your core relationship needs
why your triggers happen
how to regulate in real time
You’ll walk away with insight you can’t get from free online quizzes.
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Yes! This is a worldwide workshop.
The session takes place in MST (Mountain Standard Time), but don’t worry — if the timing doesn’t work for you, you’ll receive a recording so you can watch it at a time that fits your schedule.
If you’d like to join the live conversation and ask questions, we encourage attending in real time if possible. -
No — sharing is completely optional.
You’re welcome to participate quietly, reflect privately, and take in the content in whatever way feels safest.
There is zero expectation to talk about your past, your relationships, or your emotions unless you choose to. -
Unfortunately, no. This is a workshop, so it isn’t eligible for therapy benefits or insurance coverage.
However — we designed it intentionally to offer high value at an accessible price, with limited spots to keep the experience engaging, personal, and interactive.
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No worries! Every participant will receive a recording with 7 days of access to watch — or rewatch — at their own pace.
The perk of joining live is having the chance to ask questions in the chat, engage with the facilitator, and be part of the real-time conversation.
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Part 1
Understanding Healthy Relationships & the Foundations of Attachment. We begin by exploring how your early experiences, cultural background, and nervous system shape your understanding of safety, connection, and healthy relationships.
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Part 2
Discovering Your Attachment Style. Through a guided attachment quiz and reflection, you’ll gain clarity on your own attachment patterns.
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Part 3
Trauma, Culture & the Nervous System. You’ll learn why certain moments activate you, why some behaviors feel automatic, and how protest behaviors or shutdown patterns develop as survival strategies.
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Part 4
Needs, Tools & Moving Toward Secure Connection. We’ll identify your core relationship needs, explore tools that support you, and share practical strategies for building more secure communication and connection. This part also includes a gentle Q&A and discussion space — participation optional.
Meet your Facilitator:
Gabriella Mercuur
Registered Provisional Psychologist, Relationship Therapist
Gabriella is a Registered Provisional Psychologist in Alberta, Canada with deep training and experience in attachment systems, trauma, and relationship dynamics.
Her work focuses on helping individuals and couples build insight into unconscious patterns, understand how early experiences and nervous system responses shape adult relationships, and develop skills for healthier, more secure connection. Gabriella draws from evidence-based modalities including Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) for couples communication, EMDR to help reprocess trauma that impacts relationships. As well as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), mindfulness-based practices, and solution-focused techniques that support growth, resilience, and meaningful change.
In this workshop, Gabriella brings her clinical expertise together with a collaborative and supportive teaching style — helping participants learn, reflect, and walk away with awareness & practical tools for connection - all within a space where your experience matters and your growth is supported.
What Happens After I Sign Up?
Once your payment is received, you’ll get an email confirming your spot in the workshop, along with some details.
Two days before the workshop, you’ll receive a gentle reminder with the Zoom link, instructions, and anything you may want to have with you during the session.
During the workshop, you’ll receive a downloadable workbook you can keep, engage with other participants in the chat, and take part in a live Q&A session with the facilitator.
After the workshop, you’ll receive a link with 7-day access to the recording so you can watch — or rewatch it — at your own pace.