The Circle of Security® is an innovative intervention program designed to alter the developmental pathway of parents and their young children. Glen Cooper, Kent Hoffman, and Bert Powell from Marycliff Institute in Spokane, Washington and Robert Marvin from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia are the originators for this unique, evidence-based program. 

The Circle of Security® integrates over fifty years of early childhood attachment research into a video-based intervention to strengthen parents’ ability to observe and improve their caregiving capacity. Attachment theory, through the Circle of Security®, offers clear, individualized pathways for providing a secure relationship between parent and child.

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We want to express our gratitude and indebtedness to the founders of attachment theory, John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth. Without their original thinking and research none of what you currently see before you would have been possible.