Hello,
Deirdre Fay, MSW, knows the heavy toll of shame firsthand. She experienced horrible self-doubt that often catapulted her into shame spirals.
“I didn’t have a supportive family system or parents who understood my unique qualities. My energy was too much for them; I was too impulsive, too spontaneous, too, too, too much of everything.
And so I grew up ashamed of who I was, believing there was something wrong with me. As a child, that pain was intense.”
When Deirdre started studying attachment theory, she was able to connect the dots between her shame and attachment wounds. But knowledge alone didn’t bring relief.
She spent 30 years learning and practicing techniques to release the shame stored in her body, seeking calm, ease, and an open heart.
Now, she’s ready to share her wisdom to help others dissolve their shame.
The 4 Superpowers to Dissolve Shame is for people who:
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- Struggle with self-consciousness
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- Feel uncomfortable in their own skin
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- Seek approval from others
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- Question their worthiness of love and acceptance
If you or your clients believe there’s something fundamentally wrong with you…silencing you and sucking the vitality out of your life…
There’s hope.
In this course, you’ll establish a daily mental health practice – akin to the daily dental health practice of brushing your teeth – to live in a regulated body with a more relaxed mind.
You’ll delve into the weight of shame and learn practical exercises to dissolve it. Say goodbye to overwhelm and uncertainty, and welcome the confidence and connection you deserve.
You do not have to spend a lifetime lost in shame.
There is a path out. And it works.
Join us for The 4 Superpowers to Dissolve Shame and start your journey to liberation.
Warmly,
Academy of Therapy Wisdom
Deirdre Fay, MSW
In The 4 Superpowers to Dissolve Shame, you'll learn the blueprint to:
Transform shame and regret into compassion
Transform neediness into secure vulnerability
Transform shame triggers into accessing your inner guidance
Transform possibility into reality
In this pre-recorded workshop, you will get:
Module 1: Overview
This module will orient you to the course, show you the steps for treating shame that hinders your life, and leave you with a powerful practice to begin the process of dissolving shame.
Module 2: Transform Regret & Shame into Compassion
In Module 2, you’ll learn how shame is rooted in attachment wounds and develop an understanding of where shame is held in the body and manifests in our lives. Deirdre will share a story that completely shifted how she thinks about shame. And you will learn two compassion practices to begin dissolving shame in your own life.
Module 3: Transform Neediness into Secure Vulnerability
Research shows that we need balance to contain and absorb the painful negative effects of shame on our psyche and body. The remedy for shame disorders is to create a larger field of consciousness in which the shame can be absorbed. For those who have come from neglectful or abusive environments, this balance doesn’t come naturally, even when one’s heart longs for reassurance, warmth, kindness, and validation. Learn how to reframe neediness as a valuable, necessary trait, and how to place one’s needs in a larger context to create more options and opportunity for healing.
Module 4: Transform Triggers into Inner Guidance
As adults, our developmental needs are different than they were as a child. Our grown-up task – to develop as a person – requires knowing our own self, exploring what we need internally first, and then finding healthy ways to get those needs met externally with others and with experiences that engage and nourish those needs. To fulfill those tasks, we need to develop our inner guidance. In this module, you’ll learn the essential practices to build a solid sense of self.
Module 5:Transform Possibility into Reality
In the final module, we explore how to develop choice points… new options and behaviors that dissolve the shame spiral. You’ll learn meditation, self-assessment, and experiential practices to widen your possibilities and develop new ways of being.
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- Get out of your head and live in a safe, secure body (without the lightening bolt of shame ruling you any more)
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- Unravel shame memories without doubting yourself or feeling you’re not enough or unworthy of love, kindness and goodness
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- Savor knowing you’re lovable even when others get upset or withdraw their approval
- Be seen and known, valued for your unique expression in the world, no longer shutting off contact or disappearing inside where no one can reach you anymore
THE 4 Superpowers to DissolvE Shame
With Deirdre Fay, MSW
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Meet Your Presenter
Deirdre Fay, MSW
Deirdre Fay, MSW, works with people who have crummy histories to develop an inner platform for success to get their needs met for life. With decades of experience as a psychotherapist and educator, Deirdre brings together her research with neurobiology and attachment theory, then blends in ancient wisdom into a practice of what she calls “becoming safely embodied.”
Deirdre’s message resonates deeply with those who may look successful on the surface, but internally they may be plagued with shame, anxiety, distress, depression, and wonderi how to release shame from their body. Experts in the field have described her practical methods as a “radically positive approach to healing trauma” and a way for people to “get better faster.”
Deirdre is the author of Becoming Safely Embodied: A Guide to Organize Your Mind, Body and Heart to Feel Secure in the World.
Hear what folks who have learned from Deirdre have to say…
“[This] has been more than a lifeline, it has been life giving.”
“I have gone back to this again and again in my life since I did the course and it has brought the same release, comfort, stretch and safety to me. …The skills and tools I learned form the…course have helped mme time and again to ground myself and work with all teh tumultuous emotions, thoughts and body sensations….The skills have helped ME change how I handle what comes. [This] has been more than a lifeline, it has been life giving.”
– Adg Grah
“…to stop apologizing for existing at some deep level.”
“[As I learn] more about the skills, to explore what potential they might have for my clients, it is also very much to learn how to grow towards myself and find a way of living that is both grounded and free, light but solid, fully in my own body and my own power and presence – to stop apologizing for existing at some deep level. How wonderful it would be to be able to meet life with grace, wisdom and acceptance, and to receive and give love, joy and ease.”
–Delia Graham
“Rich with nuances of attachment.”
“I have started the practises. [They are] rich with nuances of attachment which makes the practises really useful. Suddenly my clients are able to have their favorite patterns be illuminated, and amazingly not so scary to be with!”
– Kerstin Palmer
“The course has changed the way I think of attachment.”
“The course has changed the way I think of attachment in a very practical and everyday way with clients. I can, as a result, see the changes in how I approach my clinical work. And how my clients are having the changes that make a difference for them.”
– David
Frequently asked
questions
Q: What does this course do? What is it about?
This course takes participants through step-by-step experiential and embodied exercises to dissolve shame. Deirdre Fay, MSW, developed this course to address the shame that keeps people cut off from life and helps them develop skills to overcome feeling hypersensitive to criticism or rejection, or held hostage by their own inner critic.
Q: Is this a course for therapists who experience shame, or for our clients with shame?
Great question! The answer is: both. You’ve heard it before…experiential learning is most effective. The course emphasizes learning the practices, building the inner experience of reducing self-doubt and increasing self-compassion (because, really, who doesn’t need that?). So take the course first for yourself, and then share the practices with your clients so all of us can live in a different body with a more relaxed mind.
Q: Is it really possible to change the disruptive and often automatic shame response?
Yes. Absolutely. Deirdre did it, and has guided many others to do so also. It’s done by training the body to have a different experience, regardless of attachment styles. That might sound unfathomable, but Deirdre provides the map and the tools to get there.
Q: Is this based on research or just someone's personal experience?
Deirdre started by researching shame to unravel her own experience…and then kept going for another 30 years. This course is based on the latest trauma, attachment theory, and neurobiology research. Deirdre goes over some of that research for those of you who want that kind of understanding. And it’s especially helpful for those of you who are looking for ways to work with shame in therapy.
Q: Is this course live or pre-recorded?
This is an on-demand, pre-recorded course you can watch at your own pace as you learn and practice each of the 4 superpowers.
Q: Can I get CEs for this course?
CEs are not available for this course.
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