Pablo de Olavide University will hold a course in Carmona on anxious attachment and healthy relationships. Psychologist Lourdes Moya will lead the sessions from July 14 to 15.
Pablo de Olavide University (UPO) has organised a summer course in Carmona to help young people identify and break patterns of toxic relationships. Titled 'Tools to move from anxious attachment to secure and healthy attachment in your relationships', the initiative will take place on July 14 and 15 at the Carmona-Rosario Valpuesta headquarters.
The course director, psychologist Lourdes Moya, has pointed out that these insecure relationships are generating negative emotions and profound emotional insecurity among young people. The idea arose from observing her own environment: "something is not working in the way we develop our personal relationships," she explained.
The origin of anxious attachment
According to Moya, toxic relationships based on anxious attachment have their roots in "an internal programmed pattern that we assume as normal in the way we relate to others." This pattern causes "anxiety from not knowing how to connect and from having insecure relationships." The course will address this phenomenon from a self-care perspective, providing tools to detect the origin of these behaviours and replace them with healthier patterns.
The sessions are open to anyone who wants to "learn to generate healthy relationships" and address their emotional problems. The psychology professionals conducting the course will cover topics such as "having more self-love, more self-esteem, improving communication, and better expressing your feelings." However, Moya has clarified that this is an "approach" to having healthy relationships, not "a definitive solution."
Social media and immediate gratification
The expert has acknowledged that social media has exacerbated the development of insecure attachment relationships and dependence on external validation. "The existence of quick dating apps, for example, or the number of people who are single today or willing to meet strangers" demonstrates that there is "a distrust in the way we relate to each other and a search for immediate gratification."
For Moya, "the type of life filled with anxiety, occupations, and immediacy" leads to "us relating in a different way." The course will also include practical activities such as "dynamics to connect the mind with the body," since "it is through the body that emotions and these anxieties are felt." There will be breathing exercises, meditation, and self-awareness, as well as lectures on managing negative emotions such as fear, abandonment, or anxiety.
Residents of Carmona and the entire province of Seville interested in improving their personal relationships have a unique opportunity this summer. The course will take place in the historic centre, at the UPO headquarters in Carmona, an environment that invites reflection and learning.
Registrations are now open and places are limited. For more information, interested parties can consult the UPO summer courses website. An opportunity to perhaps start loving oneself a little more and relating better.
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