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Transforming Shame: Pathways to Agency and Empowerment

Feb. 15, 2025
10:00 AM - 1:15 PM (EST)
- Psychologists
- Social Workers
- Therapists
- Counselors.
Sarah Buino, LCSW, RDDP, CADC, CDWF
Sarah is a speaker, educator, consultant, therapist, and the founder of Head/Heart Therapy and Head/Heart Business Therapy. As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker; Registered Dual Diagnosis Professional; Certified Alcohol and other Drug Counselor; Certified Daring Way facilitator; and NARM Master Therapist; Sarah holds a master’s degree from Loyola University in Chicago and undergraduate degree from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. For more than a decade, Sarah has applied her social work skills supporting individuals, groups, helping professionals, and organizations with issues as varied as wellness for helping professionals; shame resilience; anti-racism in healthcare; and healing developmental trauma. Sarah founded Head/Heart Therapy in 2014, which quickly grew into an important resource for clients and professionals alike, both in Chicago and nationally.
After this training, participants will be able to:
- Identify and differentiate self-conscious affects in their clients.
- Explain the physiological processes behind client’s shame responses.
- Describe the intersections of shame with issues such as racism and homophobia.
10:00-10:05 am – Introduction
10:05-10:30 am – What is shame? Differentiating from other self-conscious effects
10:30-11:00 am– shame and neurobiology
11:00-11:30 am– shame in a cultural context
11:30-11:45 am – Break
12:45-12:15 pm –empathy and self-compassion in shame
12:15-12:45 pm – empathy and self-compassion in shame continued
12:45-1:05 pm – shame resilience
1:05-1:15 pm – Q&A
Intermediate to advanced.
Register | Live Interactive Virtual Event
Registration $65 | Feb. 15 | Virtual Event | 3 CE Credits | 10:00 am – 1:15 pm ET
Registration Deadline: Feb. 15, 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 offered.
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.
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.
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.
Sarah Buino receives a speaking honorarium from Clinical Events, LLC. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.