MySQL:¿Cómo me uno a la misma tabla varias veces?

Necesita usar múltiples LEFT JOINs :

SELECT 
    ticket.ticket_id,  
    a1.attr_val AS attr_val1,
    a2.attr_val AS attr_val2,
    a3.attr_val AS attr_val3
FROM ticket
    LEFT JOIN attr a1 ON ticket.ticket_id=a1.ticket_id AND a1.attr_type=1
    LEFT JOIN attr a2 ON ticket.ticket_id=a2.ticket_id AND a2.attr_type=2
    LEFT JOIN attr a3 ON ticket.ticket_id=a3.ticket_id AND a3.attr_type=3

Aquí hay un ejemplo:SQL Fiddle .