NICABM – Cultivating Self-Compassion To Heal From Shame

When a client is drowning in shame, there’s one powerful lifeline we can use to help pull them out of it – it’s compassion-oriented therapy.

To do it effectively, we need to know:

• specific compassion-based strategies that can transform the “threat-focused shame mind”
• the distinctive drivers that feed the shame cycle
• why compassion-oriented therapy is uniquely effective for healing shame – even after traditional treatments have fallen short

What You’ll learn In Cultivating Self-Compassion To Heal From Shame

That’s why we asked 12 of the world’s top experts to share their best strategies for integrating compassion-based interventions into their work with shame, to bring you . . .

Channeling the Power of Self-Compassion to Break a Cycle of Shame
Deborah Lee, DClinPsy   Christopher Germer, PhD   Dennis Tirch, PhD   Paul Gilbert, PhD   Laura Silberstein-Tirch, PsyD   Christopher Willard, PsyD   Kristin Neff, PhD

• One Critical Starting Point for Helping Clients Stuck in Shame and Self-Criticism
• A Specific Metaphor to Help Crystallize Your Client’s Understanding of How Self-Compassion Can Heal Shame
• A Key Revelation About Compassion and the “Threat-Focused Shame Mind”
• Distinguishing External Shame from Internal Shame (and How Each One Might Impact Treatment)

Compassion-Based Strategies to Shift How Your Client Experiences Shame
Susan Pollak, MTS, EdD   Christopher Willard, PsyD   Deborah Lee, DClinPsy   Christopher Germer, PhD   Kristin Neff, PhD

• The Simple But Powerful Process That Can Move Your Client Out of Reactivity
• Two Ways to Help Your Client Neutralize and Depersonalize Shame
• How to Tell Whether You’re Striking the “Right Tempo” When Working with Shame
• An In-Depth Look at What Feeds the Shame Cycle (and How to Help Clients Dismantle It)
• One Simple Imagery Exercise to Help Clients “Retire” Their Inner Critic

The Common Challenges of Integrating Self-Compassion Work into the Treatment of Shame (and Ways to Address Them)
Deborah Lee, DClinPsy   Paul Gilbert, PhD   Dennis Tirch, PhD   Kristin Neff, PhD   Laura Silberstein-Tirch, PsyD

• A Practical Application to Help Clients Move from Judging Shame to Understanding It
• Key Questions to Help Clients Understand the Function of an Inner Critic
• An Expert Workaround for When a Client Struggles to Develop a Compassionate Self
• Case Study: Using Functional Analysis and Imagery to Move a Client Out of Self-Criticism and into Self-Correction

Practical Applications to Orient Your Client Away from Shame and Toward Self-Acceptance
Dennis Tirch, PhD   Christopher Germer, PhD   Paul Gilbert, PhD   Jack Kornfield, PhD

• A Step-by-Step Guide to Helping Clients Create a Corrective Emotional Experience
• One Expert Technique to Help You Notice When Cognitive Interventions May Be Falling Short
• Using the “Two Schools” Metaphor to Introduce Your Client to Self-Compassion Work
• Tone Training – What It Is, How to Do It, and Why It’s So Effective in Helping Clients Accept Self-Compassion

Critical Insights for Using Self-Compassion to Work with Shame
Kelly McGonigal, PhD   Ron Siegel, PsyD   Ruth Buczynski, PhD

• Using the Three Paradoxes of Shame to Help Crystallize Your Client’s Understanding of It
• Redefining a Common Misconception of the Inner Critic
• Two Key Aspects of Suffering (and How Shame Is Deeply Embedded In Each)
• An Analogy to Help Your Client Understand the Relationship Between Shame and Self-Compassion

Expert Strategies for Transforming Shame with Self-Compassion
Rick Hanson, PhD   Deborah Lee, DClinPsy   Ashley Vigil-Otero, PsyD

• How to Help Your Client Feel More Comfortable Talking About Shame
• Three Techniques to Help Clients Let Go of an Inner Critic
• A 3-Part “Investigative” Method to Help Clients Work with Their Inner Critic

About NICABM

We proudly provide continuing education for practitioners who are dedicated to being the best in their craft. Our goal is to develop programs that connect you with the top experts and the latest strategies in the field, to help you achieve better outcomes, more quickly with each of your clients.

About Ruth Buczynski, PhD

Dr. Ruth Buczynski is a licensed psychologist and founder and president of The National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine (NICABM). NICABM helps physicians, nurses, psychologists, social workers, and counselors – practitioners who have some of the most significant and life-changing missions on the planet – provide cutting-edge, research-based treatment strategies to their patients. For more than 35 years, NICABM has offered accredited training and professional development programs to thousands of practitioners worldwide.

About Ashley Vigil-Otero, PsyD

Dr. Ashley Vigil-Otero is a licensed clinical psychologist and program developer at NICABM. Her education and experience include training at Harvard Medical School, Cambridge Health Alliance and Vanderbilt University. Dr. Vigil-Otero has a private practice in Florida, where she specializes in compassion-oriented psychotherapy with clients across the lifespan. She is passionate about raising public awareness on mental health, resilience, and well-being.

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