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Embracing Vulnerability:
An Experiential Workshop on Understanding, Experiencing, and Liberating from Shame

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In this transformative workshop participants will embark on a journey of self-discovery and growth. Unlike traditional workshops, this experience is designed for active participation, not passive observation, fostering a deep connection between all participants.

The workshop has two central objectives. First and foremost, it aims to provide valuable insights into the complex emotion of shame, shedding light on its origins and manifestations. Secondly, participants will engage in a series of carefully crafted, safe, and staged experiences that allow them to confront and process feelings of shame in a supportive group setting. Through the workshop attendees will learn how to help clients process these emotions, paving the way for healing and growth.

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Embracing Vulnerability:
An Experiential Workshop on Understanding, Experiencing, and Liberating from Shame

Sunday, February 02, 2025, 1:00 PM EST - 4:00 PM EST
$59.99 Member Price:  $39.99 Eliezer Evan Schwadron, LCSW-R

This presentation will NOT be recorded for playback review

In this transformative workshop participants will embark on a journey of self-discovery and growth. Unlike traditional workshops, this experience is designed for active participation, not passive observation, fostering a deep connection between all participants.

The workshop has two central objectives. First and foremost, it aims to provide valuable insights into the complex emotion of shame, shedding light on its origins and manifestations. Secondly, participants will engage in a series of carefully crafted, safe, and staged experiences that allow them to confront and process feelings of shame in a supportive group setting. Through the workshop attendees will learn how to help clients process these emotions, paving the way for healing and growth.

About the Presenter

Eliezer Evan Schwadron, LCSW-R is a therapist at Yedei in Chestnut Ridge, NY. Eliezer Schwadron started working as a social worker in 1986. He works connecting fathers and sons, supporting couples to love more deeply, and strengthening the belief that as a person, I matter. He works confronting his own and others' shame everyday.

This workshop Offers 3 Live Interactive Continuing Education Credits

Embracing Vulnerability:
An Experiential Workshop on Understanding, Experiencing, and Liberating from Shame

Sunday, February 02, 2025, 1:00 PM EST - 4:00 PM EST

Presenter: Eliezer Evan Schwadron, LCSW-R

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Course Length: 3 Hours

Learning Objectives:

  1. Identify and categorize different types of shame experienced in personal contexts.
  2. Demonstrate effective strategies to acknowledge and identify feelings of shame in oneself and others.
  3. Reflect on and articulate personal experiences of shame, including emotional responses and cognitive processes involved.

This workshop Offers 3 Live Interactive Continuing Education Credits

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This presentation will NOT be recorded for playback review

In this transformative workshop participants will embark on a journey of self-discovery and growth. Unlike traditional workshops, this experience is designed for active participation, not passive observation, fostering a deep connection between all participants.

The workshop has two central objectives. First and foremost, it aims to provide valuable insights into the complex emotion of shame, shedding light on its origins and manifestations. Secondly, participants will engage in a series of carefully crafted, safe, and staged experiences that allow them to confront and process feelings of shame in a supportive group setting. Through the workshop attendees will learn how to help clients process these emotions, paving the way for healing and growth.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Identify and categorize different types of shame experienced in personal contexts.
  2. Demonstrate effective strategies to acknowledge and identify feelings of shame in oneself and others.
  3. Reflect on and articulate personal experiences of shame, including emotional responses and cognitive processes involved.

Agenda:

1. Team building experiences to build safety (20 minutes)

2. Defining shame (20 min)

What is shame? What does it feel like? Guilt and shame. Made a mistake vs are a mistake. Experiential activity Process

3. Shame at School/ Learning (30 min)

Academic curriculums Sports Cliques Where did you eat lunch? Special education / Special classes Experiential activity Process

4. Shame around… (30 min)

Shame around weight religion, race, family Shame around addictions Shame around health Shame around wealth and having Poverty, incarceration Experiential activity Process

5. Cultural Shame   (20 min)

What are past and present cultural norms creating shame? What is shameful in other cultures Covid-19 shame Immigrant experiences Experiential activity Process

6. Leaning into wholeness - self acceptance (40 min)

All or nothing and other cognitive distortions Learned helplessness The full picture. "I can live on a good compliment for two months" Mark Twain Supporting our inner shamed child and adult Experiential activity Process

7. Summarizing ending and reconnecting (20 min)

Transforming Shame in the Pandemic: An International Study

Mayer CH, Vanderheiden E. Transforming Shame in the Pandemic: An International Study. Front Psychol. 2021 Jun 14;12:641076.             doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.641076. PMID: 34220612; PMCID: PMC8244785.

This presentation is open to:
  • Social Workers
  • Professional Counselors
  • Therapists
  • Psychologists
  • Licensed Mental Health Practitioners
  • Medical Doctors and Other Health Professionals
  • Other professionals interacting with populations engaged in mental health based services
Course Level: introductory
Level of Clinician: beginner
  • New practitioners who wish to gain enhanced insight surrounding the topic
  • Experienced practitioners who seek to increase and expand fundamental knowledge surrounding the subject matter
  • Advanced practitioners seeking to review concepts and reinforce practice skills and/or access additional consultation
  • Managers seeking to broaden micro and/or macro perspectives

Participants will receive their certificate electronically upon completion of the webinar and course evaluation form.

Disability Access - If you require ADA accommodations, please contact our office 30 days or more before the event. We cannot ensure accommodations without adequate prior notification. Please Note: Licensing Boards change regulations often, and while we attempt to stay abreast of their most recent changes, if you have questions or concerns about this course meeting your specific board’s approval, we recommend you contact your board directly to obtain a ruling. The grievance policy for trainings provided by the NEFESH INTERNATIONAL is available here Satisfactory Completion Participants must have paid the tuition fee, logged in and out each day, attended the entire workshop, and completed an evaluation to receive a certificate (If this is a pre-recorded program, a post-test with a passing grade of 80% to receive a certificate.) Failure to log in or out will result in forfeiture of credit for the entire course. No exceptions will be made. Partial credit is not available. Certificates are available after satisfactory course completion by clicking here.
There is no conflict of interest or commercial support for this program.
  • NEFESH International is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0048.
  • NEFESH International is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for Mental Health Counselor #MHC-0082
  • NEFESH International is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0046
  • CE You! is an approved sponsor of the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners for continuing education credits for licensed social workers in Maryland.
    CE You! maintains responsibility for this program.
  • NEFESH International, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0116.
  • The School of Sex Therapy is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The School of Sex Therapy maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Refund Policy: Full Refund until 48 hours before scheduled date.
48 hours before: full refund less $5.00 processing fee. After event no refund will be given.
*exclusions apply for reasonable need and cause.