
Nurturing A Secure Attachment with Reflective Skills: Insights with Dr. Nicole Letourneau
About this episode
In this special 200th episode of the Curious Neuron podcast, we chat with renowned professor from the University of Calgary Dr. Nicole Letourneau. Her research focuses on enhancing parental reflective functioning (RF), the ability to understand and interpret one's own and a child's mental and emotional states.
Through the development of the ATTACH™ program, a 10-week intervention, she has demonstrated that improving RF leads to stronger parent-child interactions, secure attachment, and better child outcomes, including enhanced social-emotional skills, fewer behavioral issues, and improved cognitive abilities.
Her work highlights the role of RF in fostering healthy relationships, reducing child anxiety and aggression, and promoting emotional and psychological well-being. Parents can apply these insights by engaging in reflective practices and interventions like ATTACH™ to deepen their connection with their children and support their development.
You DON'T want to miss this episode!
To celebrate this special episode, if you send me a screenshot of your review AND a screenshot of you sharing the podcast on either a newsletter at work, a Facebook parent page etc, I will give you 3 FREE months for the Reflective Parent Club that Curious Neuron launched in September. That is a $79 value!
How to Contact Dr. Letourneau:
For more information about Dr. Nicole Letourneau and the Attach program visit attach.teachable.com for program details and links to research findings.
To learn more about Resolve SK, head to research-groups.usask.ca/resolve/
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/20/4/3078
Support the podcast and donate as little as $5/month!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1255388/suppor
- Join the Reflective Parent Book Club for only $9.99 for the year: https://reflectiveparentclub.circle.so/checkout/reflective-parenting-book-club
- Watch my Tedx Talk on YouTube called The Over-Educated, Emotionally Underprepared Parent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDYJFY_9K9E&t=19s
- Grab our course for $99, The Emotionally Aware Parent: https://curiousneuron.com/reflective-parent-club/
- Or email me to join the next 8-week training (Starts Oct 12th), to schedule a discovery call for a 1:1 consult for your and your family or to book some leadership training for your workplace [email protected]
Get every episode summarized
Each time Reflective Parenting by Curious Neuron publishes, we email you a written briefing from the transcript — the topics, who appeared, and any specific claims, with the ad reads skipped.
Email me new episodesFree for 3 shows. No card needed.
Hosts & guests
No transcript yet
This episode has not been transcribed. Request it and it moves to the front of the queue.
More episodes
More from Reflective Parenting by Curious Neuron

What if conflict were actually an invitation for intimacy?
Reflective Parenting by Curious Neuron

Reflecting About the New School Year: Expectations, Slowing Down & Sparking Curi...
Reflective Parenting by Curious Neuron

Reflecting on how mental heath care is failing us all
Reflective Parenting by Curious Neuron

Reflections on what we need to teach our kids about conflict (which also applies...
Reflective Parenting by Curious Neuron