WEBINAR: Shame, Pride, and Relational Trauma: Concepts and Psychotherapy

SATURDAY 6th NOVEMBER 9:30AM AEDT

"Pro-being pride is defined as, “I delight in being me, delighting in you delighting in being yourself, with me” (self with other); and “I delight in being me, delighting in me delighting in being myself, with me” (self with self). "

Ken Benau

This webinar will be recorded, and sent to registrants following the session, available for private study only for a period of 1 week/7 days. The recording will not be able to be re-activated after this time.

Shame is basic to being human, reflecting explicit and implicit judgments of self, other, and relationship. So, too, is pride, although it has rarely been discussed in the psychotherapy literature. This two-hour webinar will demonstrate the centrality of shame and pride in psychotherapy with survivors of relational trauma, including abuse, neglect, and attachment wounds.

Please view this SHAME TO PRIDE article, with further peer-reviewed articles to be made available to registrants

This webinar will:

• Define shame, pride, and relational trauma.
• Describe adaptive and maladaptive shame and pride subtypes, with a special emphasis on “pro-being pride”. Pro-being pride is defined as, “I delight in being me, delighting in you delighting in being yourself, with me” (self with other); and “I delight in being me, delighting in me delighting in being myself, with me” (self with self).
• Delineate a neurophysiological and psychological process of moving from “going on being” and aliveness to shame and dissociation.
• Demonstrate how a “parts” model informs our understanding of interrelational and intrarelational shame processes.
• Use transcripts of several psychotherapy sessions with a relational trauma survivor, to document movement from a traumatic shame state to pro-being pride, states of “oneness”, grief, and deepened integration within the patient, and connection with others and the world.
• Offer participants some opportunities to discuss further these ideas with Dr. Benau.

TRAINER

Ken Benau, Ph.D. has a private practice in psychotherapy, consultation, and training in the San Francisco Bay Area. He works with children and adults in individual, couple and family therapy. Dr. Benau has expertise in applying understandings of shame and pride in psychotherapy with survivors of relational trauma. He has written several peer-reviewed articles and is completing a book, to be published in early 2022, on this theme.

FEE

100% of the ticket cost will be donated

Tickets to the webinar will cost $10 (including GST, excluding ticketing fee). *** All proceeds will be donated, split between the Asylum Seekers Community Leaders Paid Internship program and to Oglala Lakota College, https://www.olc.edu/

FORMAT

THIS WEBINAR WILL RUN ON SATURDAY 6th NOVEMBER AT 9:30AM AEDT (MELB/SYDNEY TIME). IF YOU ARE NOT BASED IN MELBOURNE OR SYDNEY, PLEASE DO DOUBLE CHECK YOUR INDIVIDUAL STARTING TIME

This webinar will be recorded, and sent to registrants following the session, available for private study only for a period of 1 week/7 days. The recording will not be able to be re-activated after this time.

This workshop will be conducted online, over the Zoom online conferencing platform which allows us to simulate as best we can the pre-CV19 group environment of our classes.

Upon registration here, instructions on links to Zoom will be sent out to participants in the lead up to the webinar (registration is essential to attend the webinar).

CONTINUING WORKSHOPS

Following on from this webinar, Ken will be providing workshops in 2022, dates and venues TBC pending restrictions and health advices.

FAQs

What can/can't I bring to the event?

BRING:

curiosity, willingness to try things out ("Yes, and..."), a sense of humour, and a heart-oriented openness to possibility and embodiment, and the multiplicity of self.

Where can I contact the organiser with any questions?

Yes, see the link at the bottom of the brief bio to the right .

Is my registration/ticket transferrable?

Tickets are transferable to suitably experienced colleagues. Please advise if you do exchange tickets so we can update certificates of attendance, name tags, and lists.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

In making an application all participants accept the terms and conditions of the organiser Mind-Beyond Institute and IFSAust here. Applying to and attending this event confirms both understanding and abiding these as listed.

The Australian Psychological Society advise that APS Members may accrue Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours by participating in activities that they determine to be relevant to their specific professional approaches, and professional development goals. CPD activities do not need to be endorsed by the APS.

Continuing Professional Development Note - these workshops qualify for equivalent hours of specialised training that may be counted towards Continuing Professional Development according to requirements set down by your accrediting body (APS, ACA, ASW, PACFA etc). Registered health professionals have a responsibility to ensure that they continue to maintain, enhance and extend their knowledge and skills throughout their working lives.