Seminar on DVD, 5 hr 49 min Details: Multi-disc DVD recording with electronic manual and instructions. Clinicians often report feeling "stuck" and unsure of the reasons why clinical strategies aren't working. Watch this recording with shame expert, Patti Ashley, Ph.D., LPC, and enhance your clinical skills using neurobiological-informed and relational-informed strategies for identifying and treating toxic shame. Toxic shame is like an infectious disease that lies untreated due to symptoms being difficult to recognize or misdiagnosed. Learning how to recognize and treat toxic shame requires you to be vulnerable and courageous in the therapy session. Recognizing the signs of toxic shame in the assessment and treatment process can be difficult. Here are some examples of client behaviors to watch for that could indicate shame: • Frequently cancels sessions • Terminates treatment early • Deflects and projects onto others • Narcissistic self-inflation • Perfectionism • Minimization • Anger, rage and contempt and more This recording will take you back to the origins of shame and help you identify the non-verbal unspoken and unseen aspects in clinical work. Understanding how shame can undermine the therapeutic alliance and using somatic strategies to deepen an authentic relationship with the client are the keys to working with toxic shame in clinical practice. Dr. Ashley has heard other clinicians who have watched this recording say they experienced a "sigh of relief." This is a recording you don't want to miss out on! About the Presenter: Patti Ashley, Ph.D., L.P.C., is an international workshop presenter, author, and psychotherapist, who owns and operates Authenticity Architecture in Boulder, Colorado. She has developed a unique approach to working with shame in clinical practice. After her doctoral research uncovered a chronic sense of “not-enoughness,” she has been committed to helping people feel better about themselves and heal the wounds of toxic shame. Dr. Ashley offers experiential healing retreats in the United States and Europe that help clients excavate the authentic self and heal aspects of a shame-based identity. Combining elements of developmental, cognitive, strength-based, somatic, relational and positive psychology, Dr. Ashley guides clients on a journey of self-discovery that enables them to identify dysfunctional family patterns and utilize somatic techniques to sustain long-term changes in body memory. Dr. Ashley has over thirty-five years of experience in the fields of education and psychology, including developing continuing education courses for physicians and hospital wellness programs; instructing undergraduate and graduate courses for universities; and counseling individuals, couples and families in mental health agencies, psychiatric hospitals, and private practice settings. Dr. Ashley completed a Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Psychology from the Union Institute and University in 2002. She is the author of the book Living in the Shadow of the Too-Good Mother Archetype (Wyatt-MacKenzie, 2014.) She has two new books scheduled for release in 2019. Letters to Freedom, a memoir of grief and relationship coming spring of 2019 (Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing;) and Shame Informed Therapy (SIT,) a workbook for clinicians on Shame in Clinical Practice coming in the fall of 2019 (PESI Publishing.) |