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Working with Shame and Anger in Psychotherapy. 2-day in person workshop with Dr. Leslie Greenberg

The Swiss Institute for Emotion-Focused Therapy is delighted to announce a two-day in person workshop with Leslie Greenberg on the topic of shame and anger in psychotherapy.

Objective

Core unhealthy shame is a major source of psychological distress and human suffering. Shame results in feelings of worthlessness and self- contempt, difficulties in interpersonal relationships, and problematic emotions such as unhealthy anger or rage. In contrast, assertive healthy anger is helpful and therapeutic to change core shame. As a therapist, knowing how to access assertive anger is fundamental in transforming shame as is accessing the sadness of grief related to childhood unmet needs.
Through the psychotherapeutic process, adaptive emotions are accessed to transform maladaptive emotions, and the therapist helps clients to develop positive identity and relationship narratives. This workshop is based on Emotion-Focused Therapy’s flexible treatment tenets and principles of change which can be viewed as a transdiagnostic approach to treatment, across many clinical populations and has been demonstrated to be an empirically validated approach to treatment.
This workshop is designed by Dr. Leslie Greenberg, an international leader in the field of psychotherapy and emotion, and it is tailored for licensed mental health professionals and graduate students from various training backgrounds who have training in psychotherapy. This workshop describes emotion change principles to transform shame with anger and teaches participants how to use specific interventions to work with shame and anger to transform shame. In addition to didactic presentation of theory and discussion with participants, excerpts of a newly released APA in-person therapy video series on working with shame and anger will be used throughout to teach participants how to apply therapy interventions.

Target Group

Interested professionals

Content

After the workshop, participants will be able to

  • Describe principles of emotion change to transform maladaptive shame into healthy anger and then healthy sadness of grief.
  • Use a self-criticism intervention to activate core maladaptive shame.
  • Use age regression intervention to access unmet childhood needs and the healthy sadness of grief.
  • Use specific interventions to help clients who have difficulty accessing their emotions.

1st day
  • Trans-diagnostic perspective
  • Shame-anger interactions
  • Nature and function of shame
  • Types of shame
  • Key processes in working with shame
  • Principles of emotional change
  • Shame and culture
  • Shame and self-criticism
  • Watch the video


2nd day
  • Anger
  • Nature and function
  • Types of anger
  • Key processes in working with anger
  • Suppressed anger and self-interruption
  • Unfinished business
  • Changing narratives

Trainers

Dr. Leslie Samuel Greenberg

Leslie Samuel Greenberg, (born 1945 in South Africa) is a distinguished research professor emeritus of psychology at York University in Toronto, Canada and director emeritus of the Emotion-Focused Therapy Clinic in Toronto. He is the founder and principal developer of Emotion-Focused Therapy for individuals and for couples. His research addresses issues of empathy, psychotherapeutic processes, the therapeutic alliance, and emotions in human life.
Leslie Greenberg has published over 100 articles and is co-author of major books on emotion-focused approaches to psychotherapy, such as Emotion in Psychotherapy (1986) and Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples (1988). His more recent books include "Emotion-Focused Couples Therapy: The Dynamics of Emotion, Love, and Power" (2008), "Therapeutic Presence: A Mindful Approach to Effective Therapy" (2012), "Emotion-Focused Therapy: Theory and Practice" (2015), "Case Formulation in Emotion-Focused Therapy" (2015), "Emotion-Focused Therapy of Generalized Anxiety" (2017), "Emotion-Focused Therapy of Forgiveness" (2019), and "Changing Emotion With Emotion" (2021).
He is a founding member of the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration (SEPI) and past president of the Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR), from which he received the Distinguished Research Career Award in 2004. The Canadian Psychological Association honored him with the Professional Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology as a Profession, and the American Psychological Association presented him with the "APA Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Applied Research" and the "Carl Rogers Award". He has served on the editorial boards of numerous psychotherapy journals, including the "Journal of Clinical Psychology," the "Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology," the "Journal of Family Psychology," the "Journal of Marital & Family Therapy," the "Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, and Psychotherapy Research."
Currently, Les trains people in emotion-focused approaches in countries around the world.

Practical Information

Course Dates

31.10.-01.11.2023

Times

09:15-17:00

Language

English

Location

Kongresszentrum Allresto Bern, Effingerstr. 20, 3008 Berne, Switzerland

Costs

790 CHF

Credits

FSP: 14 / SGPP: 10.

Recognition

Recognition is according to the guidelines of the respective professional society.

Cancellation policy

Cancellation of the binding registration by the participant is possible up to 90 days before the start of the course. In this case, only the administrative costs (CHF 50.-) will be charged. In case of withdrawal of the registration less than 90 days before the beginning of the course, the full amount of the course will be charged.

Contact

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Registration

Working with Shame and Anger in Psychotherapy. 2-day in person workshop with Dr. Leslie Greenberg

Kongresszentrum Allresto Bern, Effingerstr. 20, 3008 Berne, Switzerland

Registration deadline: 22.10.2023
The number of participants is limited. The course will only take place if there are enough registrations.
The registration deadline for this course has passed, online registration is no longer possible.