- Identify how shame functions as a transdiagnostic emotion, influencing various mental health conditions.
- Analyze factors correlated with the frequent experience of shame, including parental care, expectations, and attachment styles.
- Analyze the role of shame proneness as it relates to posttraumatic cognitions and posttraumatic stress symptoms.
- Examine the relevance of Polyvagal theory and the neurobiology of shame and trauma to treatment.
- Develop a safe co-regulating therapeutic environment to process shame and trauma.
- Apply empathic attunement strategies to strengthen the therapeutic alliance and create the relational safety necessary for clients to explore shame-based material.
- Analyze family systems dynamics and the development of the false self to help clients dismantle shame-based protective identities.
- Use mindfulness exercises to help clients regulate emotional arousal in shame processing.
- Apply somatic practices to reduce perceived internal shame and increase self-compassion.
- Identify perfectionism, co-dependency, and other behavioral patterns as shame-based defenses.
- Apply emotional regulation and literacy tools to help clients interrupt shame-driven responses and internalize a stable sense of worthiness.
- Analyze the intersection of sexual culture, gender, and shame to better assess and treat clients impacted by shame-based sexual narratives.
- Identify the clinical relationship between shame, body image disturbance, and disordered eating and apply targeted interventions.
- Utilize self-compassion practices to help shame-prone clients build capacity for self-forgiveness and reduce shame-driven psychological distress.
This is your chance to train with a leading
expert for FREE and upgrade your treatment toolbox.
Shame lies behind the perfectionism, the people-pleasing, the self-sabotage and the “I am not enough” your clients have carried since childhood.
But shame is one of the hardest wounds to heal…
…it shows up in your office as anxiety, disordered eating, addiction, or a failing marriage, and intensifies the moment you name it directly.
You need the tools to treat shame where it lives: in the nervous system, the attachment patterns, and in the earliest self-narratives.
That’s exactly what you’ll get in this intensive two-day certification training, COMPLETELY FREE!
Join Dr. Patti Ashley, author of Shame-Informed Therapy as she shares her treatment framework based on decades of experience…
…PLUS the narrative, somatic, parts work, and experiential techniques that co-regulate shame states in session, rewrite the “not enough” story and interrupt shame’s oldest, deepest patterns.
This is your chance to level up your skills with a world renowned expert, with zero risk.
Plus, you’ll end this FREE training with the education you need to become a Certified Shame-Informed Treatment Specialist.
Just hit the REGISTER button to claim your spot before this limited-time offer ends.
FREE LIVE ONLINE TRAINING!
2-Day Shame Specialist Certification Training:
Tools for Attachment
Trauma, Identity Wounds and the “Not Enough” Story
Featuring Patti Ashley, PhD, LPC
Monday and Tuesday, January 11 and 12, 2027 • 9:00am to 5:00pm Central
Can’t attend live? Register anyway for 3-day FREE ACCESS to the training!
*After you register, upgrade to receive up to 12.5 CE hours, extended recording access, PLUS Dr. Ashley’s book Shame-Informed Therapy!
*After you register, upgrade to receive up to 12.5 CE hours, extended recording access, PLUS Dr. Ashley’s book Shame-Informed Therapy!
Shame is the hidden engine driving your most complex,
stuck, and hard-to-reach clients.
This FREE training has answers…
Join Dr. Ashley and hundreds of your colleagues on January 11 and 12, and get:
- 2 days of LIVE expert-led training
- The complete set of course materials
- On-demand access to the recording for 3 days
- And the opportunity to get your questions answered live during the training
And with case studies and real-world examples, you won’t just learn the concepts. You’ll see what effective intervention looks like so you can move clients toward the authentic identity and agency they need to thrive.
Shame is central to the story of so many of your clients.
Dr. Patti Ashley’s Trainings Have Helped Over 10,000
Professionals
Treat the Core Shame Beneath Trauma, Grief and Relational
Dysfunction
Patti Ashley, PhD, LPC
Patti Ashley, PhD, LPC, is a psychotherapist, international speaker and best-selling author of Shame-Informed Therapy: Treatment Strategies to Overcome Core Shame and Reconstruct the Authentic Self (PESI Publishing, 2020). With over 25 years of experience as a licensed counselor, Dr. Ashley brings unique insights into the identification and treatment of trauma, shame, grief and dysfunctional family patterns. She has counseled individuals, couples, families and groups in mental health agencies, psychiatric hospitals, and private practice settings. She currently maintains a private practice in Colorado where her Authenticity Architecture model helps clients break through unconscious barriers and rediscover a sense of self-love, belonging, and connection.
In addition to her book for psychotherapists, Dr. Ashley is the author of Living in the Shadow of the Too-Good Mother Archetype (Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing, 2014) and Letters to Freedom (Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing, 2019). Dr. Ashley develops and teaches continuing education courses for psychotherapists, physicians, hospital wellness programs, universities, and several private organizations. She is the host of The Inner Space Project Podcast. Her 2022 TEDxCU talk Trauma, Shame, and Being Enough has over 300,000 views.
“This is exactly the kind of presenter and content that inspires and reignites
healers.”
Karen N.
“Amazing presentation. I learned so much… I have so many ideas to bring into my
practice immediately.”
Elizabeth G.
“One of my favorite CEU courses I’ve ever attended, so easy to stay engaged,
informative and rich in multimodal vehicles for learning.”
Bo A.
FREE LIVE ONLINE TRAINING!
2-Day Shame Specialist Certification Training:
Tools for Attachment
Trauma, Identity Wounds and the “Not Enough” Story
Featuring Patti Ashley, PhD, LPC
Monday and Tuesday, January 11 and 12, 2027 • 9:00am to 5:00pm Central
Can’t attend live? Register anyway for 3-day FREE ACCESS to the training!
*After you register, upgrade to receive up to 12.5 CE hours, extended recording access, PLUS Dr. Ashley’s book Shame-Informed Therapy!
*After you register, upgrade to receive up to 12.5 CE hours, extended recording access, PLUS Dr. Ashley’s book Shame-Informed Therapy!
Your Shame Certification Training Schedule
Day 1: January 11, 2027, 9:00am to 5:00pm Central
Shame as a Core Clinical Process
- Shame vs. guilt: clinical distinctions and implications
- Shame as identity-based (“I am bad”) vs. behavior-based distress
- Shame as a transdiagnostic driver of psychopathology
Childhood Attachment Injury, Trauma and the Origin of Shame
- Early attachment injury and internalized shame schemas
- Intergenerational and cultural transmission of shame
- Trauma, dissociation, and shame-based identity formation
- Relational survival strategies (compliance, perfectionism, avoidance, oppositionality, people-pleasing)
Shame, the Nervous System and Emotional Dysregulation
- Shame and autonomic nervous system states (collapse, shutdown, hypervigilance)
- Links between shame, emotional dysregulation, and maladaptive coping
- Attunement as the key to therapeutic change
- Co-regulating safety and equal power in the therapeutic relationship
- Therapists as attachment figures
Strategies to Build Emotional Literacy and Agency
- Teach clients to tolerate discomfort and bridge paradox
- Productive ways to express anger
- Emotional regulation tools and exercises
Day 2: January 12, 2027, 9:00am to 5:00pm Central
The Shame Treatment Toolbox: Narrative Therapy, Somatic, Mindfulness and
Complementary Approaches
- Narrative therapy techniques to externalize clients’ feelings of shame
- Imagery rescripting and trauma reprocessing techniques
- Self-compassion and mindfulness-based approaches
- Breathing techniques to bring emotional and physical calm
- The role of yoga, dance, and movement in mediating shame
- Therapeutic art techniques: how clients can process pain outside of themselves
- Reconnect to the self with nature therapy strategies
- Research, risks and limitations
Experiential and Parts Work Interventions to Create Corrective Emotional
Experiences
- Therapist stance: reduce reenactments of shame in the therapy relationship
- Use attunement, validation, and empathy to restore dignity
- Repair ruptures and build secure attachment experiences
- Chair work as a tool to confront the internalized shame voice
- Role plays to rewrite the “not enough” story in real time
- Work with protective parts that developed to hide, manage, and survive shame
- Research, risks and limitations
Build Shame Resilience and Authentic Identity
- Transform shame into self-compassion and agency
- The role of social support and connection in reducing shame
- Support clients in developing authentic self-expression and boundaries
Note: Each day there will be a 70-minute lunch break and two 15-minute breaks, held at the speaker’s discretion.
FREE LIVE ONLINE TRAINING!
2-Day Shame Specialist Certification Training:
Tools for Attachment
Trauma, Identity Wounds and the “Not Enough” Story
Featuring Patti Ashley, PhD, LPC
Monday and Tuesday, January 11 and 12, 2027 • 9:00am to 5:00pm Central
Can’t attend live? Register anyway for 3-day FREE ACCESS to the training!
*After you register, upgrade to receive up to 12.5 CE hours, extended recording access, PLUS Dr. Ashley’s book Shame-Informed Therapy!
*After you register, upgrade to receive up to 12.5 CE hours, extended recording access, PLUS Dr. Ashley’s book Shame-Informed Therapy!
Your Exclusive Upgrade Options
If you want to earn up to 12.5 CE hours PLUS get a copy of Dr. Ashley’s book Shame-Informed Therapy delivered right to your door you can upgrade for just $99.99. PLUS, your upgrade fee covers your application to become a Certified Shame-Informed Treatment Specialist.
Choose how you learn best: live or recording package!
A $589.97 value… today just $99.99!
LIVE Upgrade Package
- Up to 12.5 LIVE CE hours
- 3-day recording access
- Shame specialist certification application
- Dr. Ashley’s book Shame-Informed Therapy
Self-Study Upgrade Package
- Up to 12.5 self-study CE hours
- 12-month recording access from the time it becomes available
- Shame specialist certification application
- Dr. Ashley’s book Shame-Informed Therapy
About Dr. Ashley’s book Shame-Informed
Therapy
A $29.99 value, included with your CE upgrade purchase
We’ll ship you a physical copy, the kind of clinical companion you’ll dog-ear, annotate, and reach for again and again.
Get the perfect companion to the training, full of proven tools and techniques to help your clients overcome the debilitating negative thought patterns and feelings of never being good-enough that result from core shame.
Combining 40 years of experience as an educator, child development specialist, and clinician, this book is full of practical strategies, real-world case examples, and ready-to-use clinical interventions that will help you crack the code on the often unseen and unspoken aspects of core shame, and develop more effective treatment for even your most resistant clients.
- Understand, demystify, and treat the neurobiology of core shame
- Work with Polyvagal Theory and the Four Therapeutic R’s: Recognize, Respect, Regulate, & Re-Story
- Individualize somatic techniques that build and sustain self-compassion
- Develop therapeutic empathy and balance power in the therapy room
- Recognize how shame-informed therapy is a Hero’s Journey
FREE BONUS WHEN YOU UPGRADE…
Become a Certified Shame-Informed Treatment Specialist
When you upgrade, becoming a certified specialist is as simple as 1-2-3.
3 Simple Steps to Get Certified
STEP 1:
Watch the online training.
STEP 2:
Complete the CE tests and instantly print your certificates of completion.
STEP 3:
Submit the Certification Questionnaire included in this training, and your application is complete*.
That’s it! No hidden fees. No catch. Just certification made EASY.
*Professional and clinical experience standards apply. Learn more at www.evergreencertifications.com/csts.
FREE LIVE ONLINE TRAINING!
2-Day Shame Specialist Certification Training:
Tools for Attachment
Trauma, Identity Wounds and the “Not Enough” Story
Featuring Patti Ashley, PhD, LPC
Monday and Tuesday, January 11 and 12, 2027 • 9:00am to 5:00pm Central
Can’t attend live? Register anyway for 3-day FREE ACCESS to the training!
*After you register, upgrade to receive up to 12.5 CE hours, extended recording access, PLUS Dr. Ashley’s book Shame-Informed Therapy!
*After you register, upgrade to receive up to 12.5 CE hours, extended recording access, PLUS Dr. Ashley’s book Shame-Informed Therapy!
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. Our goal at PESI Inc. is simple… connect knowledge with need. And over the last few
years, thanks to the generosity of our expert speakers, authors, and the support of therapists
like you, we’ve had the amazing opportunity to provide professional training to more
therapists than ever FOR FREE. Join Patti Ashley at this completely free event today and take
the knowledge and insight you learn into your next session. This event is our way of supporting
you and your clients.
Enter your email above, then complete your free registration on PESI with your name and
email. You’ll receive your access details by email before the training.
This event is free to attend, however, if you would like to earn CE credit, just register today above with your name and email, and on the Add CE tab in your portal you can complete your upgrade for just $99.99 to become eligible to earn CE hours for attending this event. It’s that easy!
PLUS, when you upgrade you get a copy of Dr. Ashley’s book Shame-Informed Therapy: Treatment Strategies to Overcome Core Shame and Reconstruct the Authentic Self shipped to your door.
This program is designed for:
- Counselors
- Social Workers
- Marriage & Family Therapists
- Psychologists
- Registered Psychotherapists
- Addictions Counselors
- Nurse Practitioners
- Other Mental Health Professionals
Yes! Just register above and then click the “Self-Study” CE button on the next
page and purchase the recording package. You’ll get 12-month access to the training (from
the time it becomes available) and will be able to earn self-study CE.
YES! If you attend live you’ll be able to engage with the presenter and colleagues via a
chat feature throughout the presentation.
Yes! “No pay” video replay (with no CE hours) is available within 48 hours of the
live event. You get replay access for 3 days after the training recording is available.
The live webinar will take place January 11 and 12 from 9:00am to 5:00pm Central Time. Each day
there will be a 70-minute lunch break and two 15-minute breaks, held at the speaker’s
discretion.
Event Countdown
0
Days
:
0
Hours
:
0
Minutes
:
0
Seconds