Healing Shame Directory Of Certified Practitioners

Disclaimer: This professional directory can help you locate a Healing Shame Practitioner. We cannot make assurances that any individual would be suitable for the needs of a particular individual. A listing in this directory does not constitute an endorsement of any particular person. It reflects their completion of a training program in Healing Shame – Lyon/Rubin Method. Therefore, we cannot be held responsible for the actions and abilities of any person listed here. Nor are we claiming or guaranteeing the credentials listed here, other than that the Practitioner has completed a full training program in Healing Shame with Bret Lyon and Sheila Rubin or has the equivalent experience. Not all of those listed are licensed mental health professionals. Practitioners have listed their credentials, including licensure, in their individual listings at their sole responsibility and we are not in any way guaranteeing their accuracy. Users of this directory understand and agree that the Healing Shame program is neither liable nor responsible for any actions of those using or choosing to list in this directory.

ALBERTA

I am a seasoned Anesthesiologist with over two decades of practice and department head for seven years. My commitment to understanding and healing shame came alive through Bret and Sheila at the Centre for Healing Shame and continues to evolve and deepen. My hope is to extend my learning and skills into the medical field aiming to address the pervasive issue of how shame impacts individual and overall wellness.  Beyond my Shame-specific endeavors, I am actively involved in the Well Doc Alberta Physician Peer Support Program, designed to support physicians’ mental wellness.  

My passion for pursuing and moving forward the challenging topic of shame is driven by a deep-seated belief in the importance of confronting and healing this often-overlooked, misunderstood, and understated aspect of emotional and mental health.  I am available for private support for physicians and other medical professionals and am also very eager to arrange speaking engagements for groups.

Having been well acquainted with the weight and pain of toxic shame myself, as well as having experienced this weight being lifted, I have a passion for helping others go through this shift too, in order to feel freer to share their authentic self with the people they hold most dear. I have worked in the area of addiction and mental health for over 11 years. I hold a Master of Arts degree in Clinical Psychology, a Sexual Addiction Therapist certification, and, most recently, have become a Certified Healing Shame Practitioner - Lyon/Rubin Method. I have experience working with various mental health concerns, including depression, anxiety, substance and process addictions, insecure attachment, childhood trauma and PTSD, toxic shame, and grief and loss.

I also have a passion for practicing and teaching mindfulness. Applying mindfulness to the many areas of my own life, including work, parenting, communication, and relationships with both myself and others, to name a few, has been life changing and has allowed me to more frequently experience life in the moment.

In our work together, my hope is that you feel you have someone right there with you, in a supportive way, through your mental wellness journey, by using a compassionate, attuned, personal approach. Because we’re not designed to do this alone. Talk soon!

BRITISH COLUMBIA

I am a somatic therapist, transformational workshop facilitator, and educator who combines more than 25 years of experience in meditation, emotional release work, and body-mind therapies. My goal is to provide a safe, heart-centered place of openness and acceptance where we can be with challenging feelings together. I aim to help my clients compassionately connect to unknown parts of themselves and bring forth the truth of who they are as worthy individuals.

In addition to my certification in the Lyon/Rubin method of Healing Shame, I am also trained in Hakomi, Somatic Experiencing, and Somatic Resilience and Regulation (somatic work for developmental trauma). I offer private sessions in Vancouver, BC and via Zoom, and facilitate transformational retreats worldwide that are focused on releasing the trauma held in the body so you can live a healthier, more authentic and passion-filled life.

ONTARIO – Toronto

I am a writer, filmmaker, and shame educator based in Toronto, Canada. My obsession with shame started five years ago when I had a breakthrough in therapy about my own shame. For the first time, I was able to see through the way shame was controlling my life, keeping me unhappy and anxious. After reading as many books on shame as I could find, I started travelling the world on a kind of “Eat, Pray, Shame” soul quest, taking every shame class I could find. It all fell into place when I met Bret and Sheila at the Center for Healing Shame. They helped me realize that the work of healing shame was my passion and I jumped at the chance to take part in their certification program for Healing Shame practitioners.

Now I host a lighthearted podcast about shame called Discomfortable and I’m currently working on a book of the same name. I also do coaching, teach classes on shame, and lead free, weekly shame gatherings through the online community The Stoa (thestoa.ca). Learning to understand and manage my shame changed my life to such a positive degree that I can’t help but share this work with you and everyone else.

Shame is easily the single most powerful force in our lives about which we, as a society, tend to be the most ignorant. That’s why I think everyone would benefit from learning the basics of shame. The more we understand shame, the less power it has over us.

QUEBEC – Montreal

I am a curious and energetic psychotherapist who practices EFT, CBT and mindfulness with individuals, couples and families. I believe healing involves reawakening our spirit of discovery, acceptance and compassion. It also involves a greater willingness to risk and become open to a vast possibility of experiences. I have training in guidance counselling, marriage and family counselling and as a counselling psychologist. I am attracted to everything psychology, but most of all, human relationships remain my greatest interest. Most recently the nature of shame and its devastating power on us has captured my attention and I am grateful to have developed my abilities to work with it in my practice. Thank you Sheila and Bret.

After nearly 30 years as a practicing psychologist, it is still an honor to be trusted with the stories patients bring me. My work with Bret and Sheila has helped me 'connect the dots' in those stories in a new way, to see and understand the profound effects of toxic shame that freeze us, block us from behaving responsibly towards ourselves and others, bind our energy and prevent us from living our lives to the fullest. By using a relational, attachment-based approach to treatment, one that is infused with Bret and Sheila's Healing Shame training, I feel more equipped than ever to help individuals and couples reduce their distress and regain their ability to grow and thrive.

Aprés presque 30 ans en tant que psychologue praticien, c'est toujours pour moi un honneur que les patients me confient leurs histoires. Mon travail avec Bret et Sheila m'a aidé à « faire les liens » entre ces histoires d'une nouvelle manière, pour voir et comprendre les répercussions profondes de la honte toxique qui nous paralyse, nous empêche de nous comporter de façon responsable à l'égard de nous-mêmes et des autres, unissent notre énergie et nous empêchent de profiter de la vie au maximum. En ayant recours à un traitement fondé sur une approche relationnelle portant sur l'attachement, laquelle est empreinte de la formation Guérir la honte de Bret et Sheila, je me sens plus outillé que jamais pour aider les personnes et les couples à réduire leur détresse et à retrouver leur capacité de croître et de s'épanouir.

Training with Sheila and Bret has given me a perspective in helping people who may be struggling with the burden of shame, which enables me to home in and help frame the difficulties in a way that empower and light the way toward deep healing. I add this invaluable tool to the other modalities I have trained in and use in my daily work as a psychologist, such as Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT) for couples, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and Schematherapy. It's a privilege to be a witness to the genuine desire that my clients have to heal and become whole, and I am grateful to be able to offer them the effective strategies I have gleaned from doing the training workshops with Sheila and Bret.

QUEBEC – Sherbrooke

After earning an MA MFT degree at the age of 58, I opened an office annex to my home, where I began practicing Emotion Focused Therapy for couples and adults. Along the way I became interested in healing shame in my own life and in the lives of those who would trust me with their problems. I experimented becoming free of the last vestiges of shame in my life under Bret and Sheila's tender care during several weekend conferences. It was and is a privilege to be associated with them and enjoy their company and teaching. I gratefully extend their care to my clients. In June 2016 I proudly became an accredited Healing Shame Practitioner - Lyon/Rubin Method.

I continue to study EFT and Healing Shame concurrently and my practice uses both in tandem in order to help suffering clients be healed of their trauma. Healing shame is an integral part of the therapy I do. I have seen clients freed to be able to live a life of peace as they resolve problems that are almost always connected to unresolved shame that haunts them. What a privilege to be able help my clients be freed to live a life in harmony with themselves and others. 

Suite à l'obtention du diplôme MA MFT à l´âge de 58 ans, je me suis ouvert un bureau qui est annexé à mon domicile et j'y ai débuté la pratique de la Thérapie du couple axée sur l'émotion(TCÉ) pour les couples et adultes. Au fil du temps, je me suis intéressée à la guérison de la honte présente dans ma vie personnelle ainsi que dans la vie de ceux qui me confieraient leurs problèmes. J'ai été délivrée des derniers vestiges de la honte dans ma propre vie, grâce à l'aide et aux bons soins de Bret et Sheila, durant plusieurs conférences de fins de semaine. Ce fut un privilège, et cela l'est encore, d'être associée à eux ainsi que de jouir de leur compagnie et de leur enseignement. C'est avec reconnaissance que je fais profiter mes clients des bons soins que j'ai re'çus d'eux en les leur prodiguant à mon tour. En juin 2016 je suis fière d'avoir été accréditée comme thérapeute de la guérison de la honte selon la méthode Lyon/Rubin.

Je continue à étudier simultanément EFT et la guérison de la honte que j'utilise en tandem dans ma pratique afin d'aider les clients qui souffrent à guérir de leurs traumatismes. La guérison de la honte est une partie intégrale de la thérapie que je pratique. J'ai vu des clients libérés et rendus capables de connaítre enfin la paix après avoir résolu des problèmes qui étaient presque toujours reliés à la honte non-résolue qui les hantait. Quel privilège de pouvoir aider mes clients à être libérés et pouvoir enfin vivre une vie en harmonie avec eux-mêmes ainsi qu'avec les autres!