Friday 19th June 2026.

ONLINE via Zoom and CATCH-UP for 28 days.

Event Times: 10.00am – 4.00pm GMT (London)/ 11.00am – 5.00pm CET (Paris)/ 5.00am – 11.00am EST (New York).

Tickets: £115 or £99 (full ticketing information at the end of this listing).

Please note that this workshop will be delivered on a Friday.

Summary: Exploring estrangement through an attachment lens, and why some people walk away from their families, or become banished from families.

*Family Estrangement: The power of silence*

Event Description:

Family estrangement is a common experience, and it is often shrouded in shame, secrecy and silence. Around a quarter of people have experienced some form of family estrangement, with around one in ten people cutting ties with either a parent or an adult child. Many people find themselves, not necessarily through choice, distanced from family members for many years, even decades.

In this brand new one-day workshop there will be the space to explore estrangements within families – estrangements which are deeply painful and traumatic for all involved.

How can attachment theory help to throw light on what seems to be such an anti-attachment statement – by family members who make the choice to withdraw from the family unit sometimes for years at a time, or even a whole lifetime.

There are multi-faceted reasons why family members might become estranged from one another, such as divorce, family disputes, childhood abuse, a clash of expectations, betrayals, or mental health issues.

We will look at what underpins estrangement by parents, siblings, sons and daughters and think together about what is being so powerfully communicated when someone walks away from, or is banished from, the family unit.

Trainer: 

Victoria Settle (Tori) is the current Chair of Education, and former CEO, of The Bowlby Centre in London. She is an attachment-based psychoanalytic psychotherapist and supervisor and is registered as a psychoanalyst with the UKCP.

She is a regular and very popular presenter of workshops on attachment issues for Brighton Therapy Partnership.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION ABOUT THIS WORKSHOP

Online Workshop: This workshop will be delivered via Zoom. Bookings close 24 hours before the start of the workshop , and joining details will be sent to all delegates after bookings close (the Thursday before the workshop between 2pm and 6pm). Please note that by booking a ticket for this workshop, you are agreeing to our terms and conditions for Zoom events, so please read through them carefully before making your purchase.

Catch-up:  This workshop will be recorded. A link to the recording will be emailed out to all delegates on the Thursday AFTER the event. This recording will then be available to view in your own time for 28 days. Full details are included in emails sent to delegates. After this time the recording will no longer be available, so if you are planning to use the catch-up function, please ensure that you have adequate time to view the recording within this time frame.

Discounted Ticket Price – £99 

Available until Saturday 23rd May 2026, subject to limited availability. Pick this ticket if you are on a reduced income or a student counsellor/psychotherapist.

Standard Ticket Price – £115

Available until 11am on Thursday 18th June 2026 when bookings close. Pick this ticket if you can afford to pay this, or if all the discounted tickets have been sold.

*Please be aware there are a limited number of tickets at each price point, including where a Super Early Bird ticket price is offered*

Please note that the use of the new subscriber code is limited for each workshop and when the maximum number is reached the code will no longer work.

Ticket Payment: 

Bookings must be paid for either via Paypal, Credit/debit card (via Paypal, no Paypal account required), or bank transfer. All payments via bank transfer must be made by 11am on Thursday 18th June to secure your place! 

CPD Certificates: 

All delegates will be supplied with a CPD Certificate. This will be available after completing a short feedback survey, the link for which will be sent out on the Thursday AFTER the workshop takes place.