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Trauma Skills Summit.
August 17–26 2020
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Trauma Skills Summit.
August 17–26 2020
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August 17–26 2020
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Day 9
Day 9 will be available Tuesday, August 25, 2020.
Trauma, Shame, and the Transformative Power of Self-Compassion
Chris Germer, PhD
Psychologist, mindfulness and self-compassion teacher
Trauma and shame are closely intertwined: experiences of shame are often traumatic, and traumatic experiences can lead to shame. Shame is also a predictor of PTSD as well as a host of other psychological disorders. The antidote? Self-compassion. Treating ourselves with kindness and understanding when we suffer, fail, or feel inadequate is perhaps the most important gift we can give ourselves. Join Dr. Chris Germer to discover principles and practices for alleviating trauma by compassionately addressing shame.
Session Highlights:
- Exploring what self-compassion is and its many evidence-based benefits
- How to recognize shame and its manifestations in daily life
- The close association between trauma and shame
- Three skills for using self-compassion to work with shame safely and effectively
Chris Germer, PhD
Dr. Chris Germer is a clinical psychologist and codeveloper (with Kristin Neff, PhD) of the Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) program, which has been taught to over 100,000 people worldwide. He is also the author of a popular book, The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion, and coauthor (with Kristin Neff) of the professional text Teaching the Mindful Self-Compassion Program and The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook. His next book, expected in 2021, is on self-compassion as an antidote to shame. Dr. Germer is an MSC Teacher Trainer, and he leads MSC intensives and workshops around the world.
Healing Shame
Bret Lyon, PhD & Sheila Rubin, LMFT
Cofounders of the Center for Healing Shame
Shame is a combination of a powerful emotion and a state of freeze, similar to trauma. It can be incredibly painful and destructive in large doses—but it is designed to protect us. In this session, we will explore what shame is and how it affects our bodies, thoughts, actions, and relationships. Once we understand what shame really is, we can transform our relationship with it into something healthier and actually useful. This homeopathic dose of shame is referred to as “healthy shame.”
Session Highlights:
- What shame is and how to begin to transform it
- Understanding our four main reactions to shame
- How our nervous system attempts to protect us from the full impact of shame, but these reactions actually create more problems
- Coming Out of the Shame Freeze: Grounding Yourself and Setting a Boundary—a practice for healing
Bret Lyon, PhD, and Sheila Rubin, LMFT
Dr. Bret Lyon and Sheila Rubin are the founders of the Center for Healing Shame, an organization dedicated to educating and bringing practical awareness and training in healing shame and trauma. They provide training and certification in the Lyon-Rubin Method for Healing Shame, both online and in person, to practitioners all over the world. They have given talks, presentations, and workshops across the US and Canada. Rubin is a marriage and family therapist, with over 25 years’ experience combining somatic therapy, attachment work, and drama therapy. She has written many articles and book chapters and has taught at California Institute of Integral Studies and JFK University. Lyon holds doctorates in psychology and drama, and he has been a teacher of somatic and emotional mindfulness for over 30 years. He has taught at Tufts University, Pomona College, and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Their website is healingshame.com.
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Oh Chris please get rid of that beard. Why would you want to look older? I do truly appreciate your wonderful explorations into the applied emotional experiences and journeys having been following you recently in the transformational work between you and Christine Neff. I am deeply touched for being part of our journey.
Everything was interesting and useful
I would be grateful if I could receive a certificate stating that we have been together these days
Thank you very much!
Chris thank you. My first experience of you and it has felt so full of loving warmth from you. Interestingly I did my dissertation on shame about 15 years ago and my final paragraph describes how shame is a sob for love: like a wounded animal (I wrote) that cowers in hiding needing loving rescue but afraid and even growling in defence.
For years I have been putting my arms around myself, responding to my ashamed child from my maternal warmth, soothing. It works.
Ashley
Hi Ashley, I’d be interesting in connecting with you on this topic.
I really enjoyed Chris Germer’s presentation. We old just need to be loved and get rid of self loathing.
For me interesting and very informative sharing by dr Germer and like the practice. I did also feel resistance though from the beginning because I did get the impression that it were western scientists who virtually invented the ‘notion’ of shame and self compassion. I think this is incorrect as Chinese Confucius (dated BC) wrote about it. And I imagine other cultures too. I also wonder if it is universal. I felt alarmed when at 37.57 I heard: “Even Hafiz in the fourteenth century ….” Why was the term “even” used? In the sense that it is not expected that that was known at that time? By that culture? Is this western centrism?