This 3 day course explores the multifaceted experience of shame—its origins, manifestations, and pathways to healing. Drawing from psychology, neuroscience, attachment theory, and somatic practices, the content delves into the development of shame in childhood, its embodiment across generations, and the healing potential of compassionate awareness. Contributions from influential figures such as Resmaa Menakem, Donald Nathanson, Patricia DeYoung, Joyanna Silberg, Gabor Maté, and others underscore the cultural, ancestral, and physiological aspects of shame. The course offers a blend of clinical insight, personal narrative, and practical frameworks to support learners in identifying, understanding, and transforming shame through relational repair, self-compassion, and embodied awareness.
Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:
- Define healthy shame and toxic shame and differentiate their roles in emotional regulation and relational functioning.
- Explain shame as an embodied, relational, and intergenerational process informed by trauma theory and attachment research.
- Identify at least four common trauma-related shame response patterns using the Shame Compass model.
- Recognize the impact of early attachment disruptions and relational shame on affect regulation and behavior.
- Apply witness consciousness and self-compassion practices to interrupt shame-based cognitive and somatic loops.
- Utilize somatic and relational repair strategies to support clinical work with shame-based presentations.
Note: CE's pending approval
