This is number 4 in a series of 6 webinars, which can be taken as a complete series, or each one can be watched as a stand-alone talk.
Toxic shame is an unavoidable element of childhood trauma, developing as a result of abuse, neglect, or other systemic family dysfunctions. This talk addresses shame’s underlying relationship to caretaking and co-dependence, narcissism, grandiosity and contempt. It also looks at ways of combating and reducing the often overwhelming effects of childhood shaming.
Psychosexual therapist Juliet Grayson, and award-winning poet William Ayot return with another series of their successful talks, exploring the many faces of shame. They combine examples from their lives, psychotherapeutic understandings and the unique insights of poetry, providing an engaging and authentic exploration of the subject. Ideal for practitioners and those who wish to explore their own issues in a safe way.
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Juliet Grayson is a psychosexual psychotherapist, coach, teacher, and has worked as a psychotherapist since 1991. She specialises in working with couples and sexual problems, as well as people who are facing a life-limiting diagnosis. As a psychotherapist she is UKCP registered, NLPtCA accredited, COSRT accredited, and PBSP accredited. She has a private practice in South Wales (UK) and on Zoom. Juliet designed and runs (alongside her team) a twelve day programme, in six modules each of two days. This teaches therapists, counsellors, psychologists, coaches, and health professionals how to work with couples and relationship issues. This course is approved by COSRT for CPD.
They also run courses for therapists on Creative Writing in the Therapeutic Encounter, Storytelling for Healing and Change, Anger Rage and Relationship, Working With Shame, Polyamory Polygamy and Arranged Marraiges, Therapeutic Work with Men, Boys, & Teens.
Juliet herself runs Deep Dive Therapuetic Workshops using Pesso Boyden System of Psychotherapy. John Wilson said about these ” I would personally highly recommend this experience, I have been on 3 residentials now and found them all deeply helpful!” John Wilson Trainer, Psychotherapist & co-founder of Onlinevents.
William Ayot is an award-winning poet, author, teacher and ritualist. Over three decades, he has organized, hosted, facilitated and led, men’s and mixed personal development events and rites of passage, working in rehab, correctional, personal development and organizational contexts. He uses poetry and the arts to teach leadership in boardrooms and business schools around the world, currently teaching on the Advanced Management Programme at INSEAD. William also designs and leads bespoke rituals for individuals and groups in his purpose-built ritual garden in Monmouthshire, Wales. Writing includes the play, Bengal Lancer, three collections of poetry, and a prose book on ritual. He is currently writing a book for and about men in a time of epochal change.
William leads personal rituals for people, and is available for one-to-one coaching online.
