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.

We have developed our Imaginal Workshop to provide new and powerful tools that have been incredibly under-utilized in most therapy trainings. Working with shame cognitively can only get us so far. When clients get stuck in shame, the most powerful way to help them get unstuck is to activate their imagination. What was stuck in the cognitive realm can be reexamined and shifted. Shaming situations from the past can be revisited and resolved. Utilizing the Imaginal Realm can greatly expand your toolkit and give you powerful and exciting new ways to heal shame.

  • In this workshop 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.

Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

  • Explain how imaginal techniques can be used to create optimal distance.

  • Apply work with parts to get clients out of their heads.

  • Utilize Focusing techniques to increase self-understanding and self-compassion.

  • Design role-play to recreate and change shaming situations.

  • Select objects to represent feelings.

  • Use three imaginal techniques to help clients create a new coherent narrative.

  • Create a protector to defend the child.

  • Identify four drama therapy techniques that can counter shame.

Course Level: Beginning
There is no prerequisite for this course.

Through the looking glass:
Using Imaginal resources to heal shame

RECORDED WORKSHOP


Pricing and Registration

$395 course fee
Special rate for interns - $45 off

$40 additional fee for CE credits

12 CE credits available ONLY for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs and LEPs in California – CAMFT Approved CE Provider #134393
Please note that the number of CE credits for the workshop includes both video time and exercise/practice time.

For details about CE credit, click here.

This recorded workshop can be applied toward certification as a Healing Shame Practitioner.

Course Structure
The recorded Imaginal workshop consists of two video classes. You can expect to spend approximately 12 hours on this workshop, including the breakout room exercises that you can do on your own.

For Those Not Seeking CE Credit or Possible Certification:
For those who do not need CE credit or an Hours of Attendance certificate and who are not in (or considering) our Practitioner Certification Program, we do strongly encourage you to write and submit papers (as described below) as a means of engaging with the course more deeply and fostering your individual learning.

Requirements for course credit (for those wanting CE credit or an Hours of Attendance Certificate or for those in the Healing Shame Certification Program):

  • For each of the two classes, write and submit a 3- to 4-page paper describing what you learned and how it affected you.

  • After you finish the course, complete and submit the course evaluation form.

  • You must complete the course and submit all materials within six months of the date of purchase. Materials received outside this time frame will not be applied toward the requirements.

For complete details about the requirements for course and CE credit, click here.

Please note: In registering for this workshop, you are agreeing to the terms of our Ethics and Scope of Practice Agreement. 

If you're wondering whether this is the right class for you, please contact Bret Lyon at Bret@healingshame.com, Sheila Rubin at Sheila@healingshame.com, or Elizabeth Davidge at EDhealingshame@gmail.com.

If you’re interested in registering for this recorded training, please fill out the form below and we will email you with the appropriate registration information.


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 12 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.

WORKSHOP CANCELLATION POLICY

We do not offer refunds for recorded workshops. Registrations are not transferable.

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.