We are all born with powerful, imaginal resources. We can easily imagine people, places and things that have never existed in our everyday reality. Children learn to cope with life largely through play and fantasy. As we get older, we may use this ability less and less, but it still stays with us. Our imagination not only makes life more interesting, it helps us survive.
When clients get stuck in shame, the most powerful way to help them get unstuck may be to activate their imagination. In the Imaginal Realm, logic and time are fluid and flexible. What actually happened can be explored and changed. What was stuck in the cognitive realm can be reexamined and shifted. Shaming situations from the past can be revisited and resolved.
In this workshop, we will utilize techniques from Drama Therapy, Focusing, Expressive Arts Therapy, Jungian active imagination processing and Hakomi. We will explore the critical voices and/or the childhood scenes that are still driving the internal shame dynamic in the client. And we will also cover how to use puppets and objects for tele-health appointments.
You will learn to help clients:
Externalize shame so that it can be worked with directly.
Work with roles, parts and shame-based introjects.
Access strength, resilience, inner resources and role repertoire.
Find a deeper understanding by working with objects you already have in your office.
Utilize imaginal techniques to give the shame back, so that it stays in the Imaginal Realm.
Once the shame is worked through in the Imaginal Realm, the client can interact with the world differently.
Course Level: Beginning
There is no prerequisite for this course.
2 Saturdays: May 31 & June 7, 2025
10:00 AM TO 6:00 PM Pacific Time
ONLINE
Live and recorded, using Zoom
13 CE credits for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs and LEPs in California
(See CE information below.)
CAMFT Approved CE Provider #134393
This course is for therapists and helping professionals. If you're not sure if it's the right class for you, please contact Bret Lyon at Bret@HealingShame.com. This workshop can be applied toward certification as a Healing Shame Practitioner.
Pricing and Registration
$395 full price
$375 with early bird discount, paid in full by April 25, 2025. (Use coupon code EARLYBIRD)
Special rate for unpaid interns - $45 off full price (Use coupon code INTERN)
$40 fee for CE credits
If you would like CE credits for this workshop, please pay for them now, at the same time you register for the workshop. Payment for CE credits is separate from your registration payment.
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We offer two payment options for registration:
1. If you want the early bird pricing, pay $375 by the early bird deadline. (Sorry, no deposits for early bird pricing.)
2. Pay the full amount of $395 or a $100 deposit to hold your space in the class. Upon registration, you will receive an email confirmation that includes a link to pay any balance due. Please note that we do not send a balance due bill, so it will be your responsibility to remember to pay. Any balance due must be paid in full at least 4 days before the class.
**If registering within one week of the class, you must pay the full amount; deposits will not be accepted.**
Please note: In registering for this workshop, you are agreeing to the terms of our Ethics and Scope of Practice Agreement.
CE Credit
The Center for Healing Shame is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs and LEPs in California – CAMFT-approved CE provider #134393. Courses meet the qualifications for 13 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs and LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.
At this time, we are only able to provide CE credit to LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs and LEPs in California. We are not able to offer CE credit to psychologists or nurses in California or to psychologists, therapists, or nurses licensed outside of California in the U.S. and Canada.
For complete information about CE credit, Hours of Attendance certificates, and course credit, please visit our information page.
The Center for Healing Shame maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.
Guarantee Your Spot:
This is a workshop for therapists and other helping professionals, taught by Sheila Rubin, LMFT, RDT/BCT and Bret Lyon, PhD, SEP.
Bret Lyon and Sheila Rubin have co-led workshops on Healing Shame for over a decade in many cities in the U.S. and Canada, including Berkeley, New York, Montreal, Ottawa and Victoria, BC. Both have trained in EFT with Sue Johnson and in AEDP with Diana Fosha. For more information, please visit our page About Us.
WORKSHOP CANCELLATION POLICY
We do not offer refunds. The amount paid can be applied toward a future workshop within 12 months. Registrations are not transferable.
ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THE DIFFERENTLY ABLED
The Center for Healing Shame welcomes people who have disabilities. Our training location is wheelchair accessible. Please contact us to discuss your specific needs.
GRIEVANCE POLICY
The Center for Healing Shame seeks to ensure equitable treatment of every person and to make every attempt to resolve grievances in a fair manner.
If you have a grievance, please include your name and contact information and submit it in writing to Sheila Rubin (sheila@healingshame.com).
Grievances will receive, to the best of our ability, corrective action in order to prevent further problems.