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Trauma, Shame, and Healing: A Therapist’s Guide

Trauma, Shame, and Healing: A Therapist's Guide

Nov. 22, 2025

10:00 AM - 1:15 PM (EST)

Virtual Event
3 CE Credits
Discover how shame impacts trauma recovery and gain practical strategies to help clients heal. In this powerful session, Katelyn Baxter-Musser, LCSW, shares clinical tools to identify and reduce shame, foster resilience, and support lasting change. Plus, learn how to prioritize your own well-being while doing this vital work.
Shame can have a profound and complex impact on clients who have experienced trauma. It often exacerbates the distress caused by trauma and can impede the healing process. As such, addressing the role that shame plays in a client’s trauma and recovery process is a critical aspect of therapy. Internalized feelings of self-blame and guilt distort the client’s self-image and self-esteem. Often leading to a pervasive self of unworthiness, self-sabotaging and avoidance behaviors, and a belief that they are undeserving of a better life. In this presentation, Katelyn Baxter-Musser, LCSW will provide you with clinical skills and practical strategies to recognizing the presence of shame and provide clients with tools to reduce shame and build resilience. During this presentation, clinicians will also review the importance of self-care and maintaining their own well-being while working in this challenging field.

This live interactive webinar is designed for behavioral health professionals, including:

  •     Counselors
  •     Social Workers
  •     Psychotherapists
  •     Marriage & Family Therapists
  •     Psychologists
  •     Substance Use Disorders Counselors
  •     Case Managers
  •     Physicians
  •     Other Mental Health Professionals

Katelyn Baxter-Musser, LCSW

A Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 16 years of experience in trauma-informed care.  Originally from Massachusetts, Katelyn has lived and worked in Washington, D.C., Arizona, and now Maine, where she is in private practice. Katelyn holds a Master’s in Social Work from Arizona State University and a Graduate Certificate in the Assessment of Integrative Health Modalities. She is a Certified DBT therapist, Certified EMDR therapist, and an EMDRIA Approved Consultant. Katelyn specializes in trauma, PTSD, anxiety, depression, and relationship issues, and specializes in working with first responders and survivors of narcissistic abuse. She is also the author of The DBT Workbook for Narcissistic Abuse and Gaslighting (2024). Her approach is integrative, compassionate, and grounded in evidence-based practices to help support clients in their healing journey.

  1. Participants will gain a deep understanding of the concept of shame, its origins, and its role in exacerbating trauma in individuals.
  2. Participants will acquire a toolkit of evidence-based strategies and interventions to address shame effectively in the context of trauma.
  3. Professionals will develop skills to manage and prevent secondary trauma, burnout, and compassion fatigue.

10:00-10:05 am – Introduction

10:05-10:30 am – Unpacking the connection between shame and trauma

10:30-11:00 am- Shame in the therapeutic relationship

11:00-11:30 am – Assessing and identifying shame

11:30-11:45 am – Break

11:45-12:15 pm – Building shame resilience

12:15-12:45 pm – Shame-reduction techniques

12:45- 1:05 pm – Managing secondary trauma and self-care for professionals

1:05-1:15 pm – Q&A

Intermediate to advanced.

Registration Cost

Registration $67 | Nov. 22 | Virtual Event | 3 CE Credits | 10:00 am – 1:15 pm ET

Registration Deadline:  Nov. 22, 2025

Cancellation Policy

You may request to cancel your registration for a future credit up to 72 hours before the event’s date and time.  Cancellation requests made within 24 hours of the event date/time will not receive a transfer. When you register for an event, you agree to these terms.

A total of 3 CE credits are available.

Additional Approvals Pending.

ASWB ACE

Clinical Events, LLC, (provider # 2201) is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 11/01/2024 – 11/01/2025.

NBCC

Clinical Events, LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved   Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7643 Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Clinical Events, LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

NAADAC

This course has been approved by Clinical Events, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #320899, Clinical Events is responsible for all aspects of the programming.

NY State Board of Psychologists

Clinical Events, LLC 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-0292.

NY State Board of Social Workers

Clinical Events, LLC 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-0828.

NY State Board of Mental Health Counselors

Clinical Events, LLC 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 mental health counselors. #MHC-0329.

NJ State Board of Social Workers & Professional Counselors

New Jersey Social Work Examiners Board accepts ASWB ACE Provider credits.

New Jersey Professional Counselors Board accepts NBCC-approved CE provider credits.

All Other States

All other states accept ASWB ACE Provider credits and NBCC-approved CE provider credits. Licensees are responsible for determining whether courses meet the CE requirements in their jurisdictions. States and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for credit.

Florida Certification Board

Clinical Events is approved by the Florida Certification Board (FCB) to offer continuing education programs (Provider # 5527-A).

Canada Social Workers

BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, and QC accept ASWB ACE-approved provider programs to meet licensure renewal requirements.  Licensees are responsible for determining whether courses meet the CE requirements in their province. Provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for credit.

Canada Counsellors

Clinical Events is an NBCC-approved provider.  Licensees are responsible for determining whether courses meet the CE requirements in their province. Provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for credit.

Financial: Katelyn Baxter-Musser maintains a private practice and receives royalties as a published author. She also receives a speaking honorarium from Clinical Events, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.

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