Patti Ashley – 2-Day Shame-Informed Treatment Certification Course

Description

Shame lurks in the shadows of almost every therapy hour.
It can push your clients to hide their innermost feelings, put them into a freeze state where they feel trapped and powerless, or cause them to lash out at you in-session as they mask their shame with anger and blame.
Patti Ashley – 2-Day Shame-Informed Treatment Certification Course
Yet for most of us, working with shame wasn’t part of our university or supervised training. How will you move your clients forward when they’ve spent a lifetime viewing themselves as wrong, unlovable, and unworthy of getting better?
This 2-day Certification Training will give you the skills and tools you need to end the tyrannical hold of shame and empower your clients to develop the acceptance of themselves, others and reality necessary for the effective treatment of shame-prone clients with trauma, stress, anxiety, eating disorders, substance use, and anger issues.
Watch and get the training you need to:

End shame avoidance that stalls therapy
Reduce judgmental thoughts and reactivity
Reclaim the body from shame
Overcome fears about failure, inadequacy and rejection that get clients stuck
Build shame resiliency with interventions based on empathy, forgiveness and compassion

Best of all, upon completion of this live training, you’ll be eligible to become a Certified Shame-Informed Treatment Specialist (CSTS) through Evergreen Certifications. Certification lets colleagues, employers, and caregivers know that you’ve invested the extra time and effort necessary to understand the complexities of grief counselling with today’s youth. Professional standards apply. Visit www.evergreencertifications.com/csts for details.
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Handouts

Manual – 2-Day Shame-Informed Treatment Certification Course (4.4 MB)
102 Pages
Available after Purchase

Handout – Large Print Slides (Black and White) (3.4 MB)
60 Pages
Available after Purchase

Outline
Shame, Attachment and Social-Emotional Development

The difference between guilt, shame and core shame
Shame and attachment
Ruptured interpersonal bridges
The evolution of social-emotional development
Why self-compassion is so hard to access

The Neurophysiology of Shame:

Polyvagal Theory, Shame and the Shutdown Response

Shame and the Vagus Nerve
Neuroception, shame and felt safety
Core shame and implicit memory
Three common responses to shame
How addressing shame expedites treatment

Recognizing Shame: Assessment Tools

Why shame goes undetected by clinicians
Multicultural perspectives
Perfectionism, rage, blame and other defenses against shame
Reading the body – non-verbal signs of shame
Interview questions for assessing shame in relationships and current patterns
Self-assessment: identify your own shame

How to Create a Safe and Empathetic Therapeutic Environment

Mirror neurons and relational presence
Attunement as the key to therapeutic change
Large Empathy and being vulnerable
Avoid stigmatizing language in therapy
Co-regulating safety and equal power in the therapeutic relationship

Re-Write the Story of Shame into “I Am Enough”:

Clinical Strategies to Cultivate Secure Attachment and Self-Compassion

Somatic approaches to cultivate secure attachment
Self-compassion and gratitude exercises
The four therapeutic “R”s: Recognize, Respect, Regulate and Re-Story
Four “C” shovels to calm nervous system and self-regulate shame response
Exercises to strengthen connections
Creative arts, music and poetry – increase neuroplasticity
Playfulness, humor and being in nature can rewire the brain
Mindfulness and meditations for non-judgmental awareness of shame
Narratives and visualizations to re-write clients stories to safety and being enough
Research, limitations and potential risks

Connect Shame-Informed Clinical Strategies to the Treatment of:

Anger and Rage

Shame of fear: Shame as a cover for anger
Self-acceptance techniques for internal damage control
Compassion and forgiveness exercises to let go of anger

Trauma

Somatic interventions
Strategies to survive without guilt
Exercises to rediscover self-worth

Stress and Anxiety

Mediate the paralysis of perfection with self-acceptance
Social anxiety as shame & self-doubt
Mindfulness-based, non-anxious self-consciousness

Eating Disorders

How shame pushes clients into binge eating
Choice Awareness Training for moderation & presence
Self-acceptance strategies for emotional eating

Substance Abuse and Addiction

Addressing the shame of relapse
Self-assertive trigger avoidance
Choice awareness techniques for habit modification
Build craving/impulse control skill power

Depression, Self-Harm & Suicidality

Recognize how internalized shame can deepen depression
Developing healthy coping strategies for uncomfortable feelings
Demystifying shame responses and returning them to their origin