Shame as Attachment Figure: Working with Chronic Shame
The Collective Skillshare is a dynamic lunch-and-learn style workshop series designed to foster ongoing professional development and community connection. This month, we have the pleasure of learning from and with fellow member Andrew Fontana.
This workshop is for anyone who hears a recurring theme in their practice of “there is something wrong with me.” We will explore working with chronic shame using Attachment theory’s premise of humans as relational beings shaped by relationship. What is revealed in working with chronic shame as if shame is a person’s primary attachment figure?
Through this workshop, participants will be able to:
Better identify where shame shows up in their work as practitioners, for themselves and those they work with
Become acquainted with, or deepen their understanding of, Attachment Theory, and the ways attachment can be a guiding framework for understanding illness and healing
Take away simple, tangible techniques for working with chronic shame from the modalities of Internal Family Systems/parts work and Talk Therapy
Better understand how to work with shame from the modality/modalities of their specific practice
Container
We will meet virtually via Zoom. You’ll receive the link to join the morning of the offering.
The first 35 minutes of the workshop will be a combination of didactic and communal discussion and it’s completely OK for you to eat your lunch while listening. The last 15 minutes will be protected for questions and conversation.
Exchange
Free for Shelterwood Members. Participation includes 1 CEU.
Authorization
Participation includes 1 continuing education unit, if desired. These CEUs are authorized and approved by the NASW Washington State Chapter. Our provider #1975-507. Licensed social workers, marriage and family therapists, and mental health counselors are eligible.
Andrew Fontana
Psychotherapist
he/him
Andrew Fontana is a Psychotherapist and Washington State approved supervisor, who specializes in attachment, focusing on integration of fragmentation through parts work, affect awareness, attention to grief, and growing the question of desire.