Session Eight - Shame: Attachment and Relational Perspectives for Psychotherapists, Part I
May 3, 2023
Session Eight – Content Level: Advanced
Shame: Attachment and Relational Perspectives for Psychotherapists, Part I
This session will first focus on shame as a behavioral system: links to attachment, defense, and dysregulation. This will be followed by caring for the human spirit in pride and shame and seeking kindness from birth. There will be a discussion of primary shame and attackments: subjugation, shame, and the attachment to painful affects and objects. The accompanying journal article discusses the vicious cycle of traumatic narcissism and dissociative depression, including the associations between narcissism, childhood trauma, dissociation and attachment styles. There will be an opportunity to present case reports.
Objectives:
After the completion of this class, participants will be able to:
After the completion of this class, participants will be able to:
- Discuss several analytic concepts of the understanding of shame
- Identify the links of shame to attachment and dysregulation
- Prepare and present case reports and process therapeutic options
Readings:
- Epstein, O. (Ed) (2022) Shame Matters: Attachment and Relational Perspectives for Psychotherapists. Routledge, New York, NY. Introduction & Chapters 1-4 (pp. 1-76).
- Vedat Şar MD & Tuğba Türk-Kurtça PhD (2021) The Vicious Cycle of Traumatic Narcissism and Dissociative Depression Among Young Adults: A Trans-Diagnostic Approach, Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 22:5, 502-521, DOI: 10.1080/15299732.2020.1869644
Timed Outline:
75 minutes: Book Chapter(s)
15 minutes: Journal Article
60 minutes: Case presentations
Available Credit
- 2.50 APAThe International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
- 2.50 ASWB ACEThe International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD), #1744, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 08/20/2024 – 08/20/2027. Social workers completing this course receive 2.50 continuing education credits.