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Shame and Relationships- Online Workshop - 13 CE Credits - Taught by Sheila Rubin and Bret Lyon


  • Worldwide - Live and Recorded - Pacific Time (map)

This workshop is open to helping professionals alone or with their partners.

The more we care about each other, the more vulnerable we are to shame. Intentionally or unintentionally, we poke each other in the tender spots.

People in relationships can shame each other multiple times a day, often without realizing what is happening. This can become a highly reactive cycle, preventing both people from getting their basic safety and attachment needs met. The more we become afraid of losing connection or not getting our needs met, the more likely this becomes. And shame can distort how we hear each other; the received message may have little to do with the message the partner is attempting to send.

In this workshop we will explore the blame/shame game in relationships and learn how to help stop shaming each other and work together to create a secure base and heal the wounds of the past.

We will:

  • Look at some of the many subtle ways shame can be triggered.

  • Explore shaming moments with great care so we can teach our clients how to avoid shame-based reactivity.

  • Learn the gentle art of counter-shaming and how to avoid triggering feelings of inadequacy in ourselves or in another person.

  • Talk about, have compassion for, and heal past shaming incidents within the relationship.

  • Help each person to understand, have compassion, and be there for each other—to learn to face the shame dragon together, to avoid shaming in the present and heal shame from the past. 

Course Level: Beginning

There is no prerequisite for this course.

While most helping professionals come alone, we do invite you, if it feels right, to bring your spouse or partner or close relative at a discounted price. See information below.


2 saturdays - MArch 16, 23, 2024

10 am - 6 pm TIME Pacific Time

ONLINE

Live and recorded, using Zoom - Pacific Time

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 February 8
(Use coupon code EARLYBIRD)
Special rate for interns - $70 off full price (Use coupon code INTERN)

Special Rate for Partners - While most helping professionals come alone, we do invite you, if it feels right, to bring your spouse or partner or close relative, and they can receive a $100 discount on registration. For partners, please register separately. One of you may use the coupon code PARTNER for the discount. On the registration form where it asks for your helping profession, you can note the name of the person you’re registering with.

$40 fee for CE credits - available for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs and LEPs in California
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. 

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.

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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.

Photo source: Vitaliy Deynega