Working with Shame in Therapy
May 16, 2025 | 8:30am to 11:45am CT | 3.0 CE credit hours

Virtual (via Zoom)

*Registration for this course CLOSES on Tuesday, May 13, 2025 at 5pm CT*

This course is funded by the North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services, Behavioral Health Division through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Substance Use and Mental Health Block Grants.

CE/CEU credits included: 3.0 (see below for approval details). You must attend at least 90% of this webinar to receive continuing education credits, and attendance is monitored (partial credit not awarded).

Format: Live, interactive virtual workshop via Zoom. If you are interested on the on-demand version of this course, click here.

Investment: Free for professionals residing in North Dakota. $89 for professionals who are not North Dakota residents.

Presenter: Dave Jackson, PhD, LP (see bio below)

Abstract:

Shame is an emotion that commonly presents within the course of therapy, although many clinicians are unsure how to best guide their clients through this challenging experience. This webinar will explore the value of shame as an innate and healthy affect and how it can become a chronic emotion which leads people to define themselves as being “flawed and unlovable”. Although abuse and neglect create chronic shame, benign caregiver misattunement during the early childhood development is a more common genesis. Given that the roots of shame are planted during the visceral / preverbal phase of development, healing shame requires accessing emotions, which are stored in the body, rather than cognitively explaining shame away. Practicing self compassion, accepting vulnerability, and having corrective-emotional-experiences are crucial to healing shame. Attendees will learn how the overall approach and interventions within Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) are ideally suited for working with shame, as they address these crucial components.

Objectives:

1. Describe the healthy and socially protective value of shame
2. Define "caregiver misattunement" and describe how this leads to chronic shame
3. List and describe the four poles of Nathanson's Compass of Shame
4. Explain why self-compassion is a key component to shame resilience
5. Define "corrective emotional experience" as practiced in EFT
6. Define RISSSSC and explain why it is an integral part of EFT and treating shame

Non-Discrimination:

HPC and ATAGF do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, disability, military status, sexual orientation, or age.

Conflict of Interest Statements:

There is no known commercial support for this program, nor are there any relationships between the CE sponsor, presenting organization, presenter, program content, research, grants, or other funding that could be construed as conflicts of interests. Dr. Jackson receives an honorarium for instructing this course. He is also the co-owner of Assessment and Therapy Associates of Grand Forks. There is no commercial support or benefits for endorsement of products (e.g., books, training, drugs).

The presenter will inform participants of the utility and validity of content discussed (including the basis for statements about utility/validity), as well as limitations of the approach and the most common and severe risks, if any, associated with program content.

Requests for Accommodations:

HPC and ATAGF are committed to accessibility and non-discrimination in all aspects of its continuing education activities. Participants with special needs should contact program organizers so reasonable accommodations can be made.

To request accommodations, contact ATAGF's Continuing Education Vice Chair, Christine Boulton-Olson, PhD, LP, at [email protected].