Using Art Therapy to Explore Shame

Description

Understand how Shame presents in the nervous system, its function and how to support repair.

As practitioners working with our clients, we will at some point encounter shame in our clients and ourselves. Shame can be disguised in many ways and it can be difficult to identify and repair.

This PD is for those wanting to know how shame presents in the nervous system from a Somatic Experiencing and Polyvagal framework. We will be exploring the difference between toxic traumatic shame and healthy shame, identify the many ways it can present and use art therapy to explore the experience of shame and how to facilitate repair.

Taking concepts from Kathy Kain,’ Nurturing Resilience’, Neuro Affective Touch, attachment and developmental trauma ‘Healing the relational matrix’, as well as touching on Jungian concepts of the shadow and mythology.

This PD will suit anyone working with CPTSD, addition recovery, survivors of violence and sexual abuse, developmental trauma and neglect.