Approved for 6 CEs - details below
Thursday, July 16 &
Friday, July 17
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Exploring and resolving shame, especially pre-verbal, implicit and chronic shame, has always been challenging even for the most effective therapist-client dyads. Shame is a painful interpersonal emotion that develops in relationship with caregivers, significant other people, society at large, and is impacted by historical and racialized trauma.
We see ourselves through the eyes of others, and if we perceive that others are disapproving, humiliating, ridiculing or hold us in contempt, our sense of self, our bodies, emotions, thoughts and self-esteem are deeply affected. Because shame inherently pertains to parts of the self that we wish to disguise or conceal, clients often do not readily talk about their shame for fear (implicit or explicit) of further humiliation or rejection. Therapists, sometimes because of their own shame, also might avoid bringing shame to the fore in the therapy hour. The avoidance on the part of both parties obfuscates shame itself and can render its treatment inconceivable.
This workshop explores the roots of shame including early relationships, privilege/oppression dynamics and historical trauma, and elucidates its impact on the body and nervous system, on patterns of emotions, thoughts and beliefs, and on relationships. We will address the various manifestations of shame, and how shame is so often disguised and veiled, sometimes even to our clients themselves. Since many shameful encounters, especially early ones, occur primarily through non-verbal communication, such as prosody, gesture, and eye contact we will explore the role of these in the therapy hour in terms of healing shame. With an emphasis on the relational nature of shame, special attention will be given to the importance of the therapeutic relationship. Both resourcing shame and processing memories of shameful encounters will be addressed.
SPI is finding new ways to continue to support the mental health community. This online workshop is one of several resources we have developed to support you in helping clients during this challenging time.
The financial impacts of the global COVID-19 pandemic are varied and widespread. That is why we are offering you the ability to choose what you pay for this live online workshop.
All levels include access to recordings, transcripts and slide handouts from the workshop.
If your finances have not been impacted, please consider being a champion of learning opportunities like this. Your payment covers the basic costs of delivering this learning opportunity including faculty time, plus institute overhead so we can keep bringing this work to the community.
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SPI is finding new ways to continue to support the mental health community. This online workshop is one of several resources we have developed to support you in helping clients during this challenging time.
The financial impacts of the global COVID-19 pandemic are varied and widespread. That is why we are offering you the ability to choose what you pay for this live online workshop.
All levels include access to recordings, transcripts and slide handouts from the workshop.
If your finances have not been impacted, please consider being a champion of learning opportunities like this. Your payment covers the basic costs of delivering this learning opportunity including faculty time, plus institute overhead so we can keep bringing this work to the community.
The prices shown are in United States Dollars. Use this currency converter to estimate your cost >