Shame and trauma are both states of freeze. Shame, like trauma, puts the body in a freeze state and lowers the ability to think and act clearly. Shame almost always accompanies trauma—and being shamed can have a traumatic effect.
In working with trauma, there is a tendency to miss the shame component that is often hiding in plain sight. And shame can be worked with most successfully as a form of trauma, utilizing many somatic techniques. Shame is also a primary emotion. And it has a strong cognitive component—the belief that “something is wrong with me”—that needs to be addressed.
Being able to understand and have compassion for the parts of the person that are still frozen in shame and trauma helps us be able to sit with a client without having our own shame triggered. In this intermediate workshop, we will explore the connection between shame and trauma and look at ways to unlock somatic and imaginal resources to work with both effectively.
Course Level - Intermediate
PREREQUISITE: This workshop is open to students who have either taken at least one Healing Shame workshop with us or who have significant training in working with trauma.
2 Saturdays: april 19& 26, 2025 10:00 AM TO 6:00 PM Pacific Time
ONLINE
Live and recorded, using Zoom
13 CE credits (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 510-420-1441 or Bret@HealingShame.com. This workshop can be applied toward certification as a Healing Shame Practitioner.
Please note that this workshop is open to students who have either taken at least one Healing Shame workshop with us or who have significant training in working with trauma. You are welcome to contact Bret Lyon for more information.
Pricing and Registration
$395 full price
$375 with early bird discount, paid in full by March 15, 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.
To pay for CE credits, please click here.
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. The Center for Healing Shame maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.
At this time, we are only able to provide 13 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 Bret Lyon, PhD, SEP and Sheila Rubin, LMFT, RDT/BCT.
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.
Top photo by Bret Lyon.