Attachment Isn’t Solo Work: Healing Through Community with Martin Jonsson (310)

Attachment repair is a skill, not just insight.

Swedish clinical psychologist and SecureBase Lab founder Martin Jonsson explores how attachment healing extends beyond individual therapy and into relationships and community. Martin shares how peer support, shared experiences, and practical secure-relating skills can create opportunities for attachment repair, while exploring the roles of spirituality, sexuality, and belonging in building deeper, more secure connections.

“Community is about horizontal empathy, not hierarchy.” – Martin Jonsson Attachment Isn’t Solo Work: Healing Through Community with Martin Jonsson (310)

02:21 Spirituality and its role in therapy
09:21 Community as a space for attachment repair
11:23 Difference between groups and communities
14:54 Horizontal empathy and attachment in community
19:56 The integration of attachment theory in recovery models
22:26 Peer support and corrective emotional experiences
25:52 Language of attachment and shared understanding
28:27 Accessibility and inclusivity in attachment work
30:44 Sexuality and attachment patterns
34:09 Impact of attachment on intimacy and boundaries
40:44 Working with unconscious shadow aspects in community
45:16 The role of mentalization and affect regulation
49:38 Resources and upcoming workshops

About our Guest – Martin Jonsson

Martin Jonsson is a licensed clinical psychologist, educator, and founder of Secure Base Lab, an attachment-informed therapeutic community integrating attachment science, experiential psychotherapy, and relational approaches to support psychological growth and relational wellbeing. For more than twenty years, Martin has worked at the intersection of psychotherapy, education, and transformational learning. Alongside his clinical practice, he has facilitated groups, trained professionals, and designed experiential learning programs across healthcare, education, social services, and personal growth. His academic training includes degrees in Clinical Psychology and Sexology, complemented by extensive postgraduate training in attachment-based therapies, including experiential dynamic therapies, as well as supervision training. His work is further informed by contemporary attachment research, affective neuroscience, interpersonal neurobiology, and experiential psychotherapy. Today, Martin combines clinical practice, teaching, writing, and facilitation with the ongoing development of Secure Base Lab. His work is dedicated to bridging rigorous psychological science with the timeless human need for belonging, helping people move beyond understanding themselves
toward experiencing—and creating—the kinds of relationships in which lasting change becomes possible. Click Here to see Martin’s full bio.

Resources for Attachment Isn’t Solo Work: Healing Through Community with Martin Jonsson (310)

The Secure Base Lab – Website, resources, workshops and more

@TheSecureBaseLab – Official Instagram page

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