Ugghh…shame…such a murky, overbearing, crippling feeling. Shame can rob us of our light, our energy, our joy. Importantly it can rob us of our self-compassion.
With trauma, and particularly complex, relational trauma, where a person has experienced significant deprivations whilst growing up, a common internalised belief is: I am bad, it’s my fault… This belief goes through to the core and is re-enforced by a bullying inner critic. Trauma-shame is deep rooted! This can often mean that a persons self-esteem has never really lifted off their self-esteem has been slowly grated away over time by the internalised critic.
The body, gestures and nervous system take shape around these early experiences further perpetuating the shame response. In this workshop through Kate’s playful and engaging teaching style you will learn how to work with the body & mind to move from shame to compassion.
The techniques you’ll learn are easy to pick up and safe to bring into your therapeutic practice immediately
In this workshop you’ll learn:
- what can lead to trauma-shame
- how this links to destructive patterns with self and others
- how we can bring psycho-education in to help our clients to understand what happened to them
- and exercises to support your client to move towards self-compassion and acceptance
Learning Objective Participants Can Expect From This Event
- Learn the nervous system default mode of shame
- Explore the postural, gestures, breath, feelings, cognitions surrounding shame
- Learn techniques to move from shame to self compassion
Who is This Workshop Appropriate For?
- For anybody who would like to develop more self compassion and for therapists to bring into their client work
How May This Workshop Impact Your Practice?
- To develop your understanding of shame and how you can help your clients harness self-compassion
Course Content
Presenter
Kate Williams has been in therapeutic practice since 2009 with a background in counselling in further education. She currently runs a busy private practice, works with NHS clients and enjoys running workshops for onlinevents and staff wellbeing workshops for NHS Hull & Humberside.
Kate is centre manager for the Bedfordshire Centre for Therapeutic Studies where she teaches on the CPCAB L5 in Somatic Trauma Therapy course & L2 Award in Breathwork Coaching as well as the Level 4 in Therapeutic Counselling.
Kate has a passion for bringing the body into her practice supporting clients to release the trauma that is held within their bodies. Kate is know for her relaxed teaching style, experiential somatic practices and skill of bringing theory to life and making it applicable.
