Tuesday, July 15th, 2025 6:00 PM EDT -9:00 PM EDT Shira Sameroff
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Webinar Description
This interactive presentation offers practitioners theory and tools for understanding and healing the widespread individual and collective issues around shame. It aims to equip participants with insight and skill to support clients in overcoming shame-related challenges and to help transform the systems that cause and perpetuate shame. We will explore the underlying causes, manifestations and profound individual and collective impact of shame, the role shame plays in perpetuating oppression and paths to individual and collective healing and social change.
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About the Presenter:
Shira Sameroff, LCSW is a therapist, coach, teacher and group facilitator with over 30 years of practice with people of diverse identities, ages and life stories in a wide array of settings. Professional roles have included therapy, supervision, group design and facilitation, professional development training, teaching, community organizing, transformative decluttering and a decade and a half on the leadership team of a community-based social work agency.
Shira weaves a range of therapeutic healing modalities including IFS, Hakomi and other holistic, somatic, nature-based and anti-oppressive practices into her work with individuals, groups and organizations. She works around themes including ending oppression, shame, loneliness, group facilitation, giving and receiving feedback, empowering practice with youth and tending to self as a practitioner. Shira’s approach is collaborative, intuitive, creative and full of heart and is rooted in my own lived experience of healing, learning and emerging.
Learning Objectives:
- Demonstrate knowledge of the origins and development of shame, and the role it plays in clients emotional well being and relational patterns.
- Demonstrate knowledge the role shame plays in perpetuating oppression.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the difference between shame and guilt.
- Demonstrate knowledge of cultural and societal influences on shame and its expression.
Agenda:
Accreditation - This Webinar Offers 3 Live Interactive Continuing Education Credits
- Therapist Express 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-0129.
- Therapist Express 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-0325.
- Therapist Express 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-0774.
- 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.
This presentation is open to:
- Behavior Analysts
- 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
This online class is offered at an intermediate level, and is beneficial for intermediate level clinician:
- 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
Additional information
- Refunds: Registrants who are unable to attend a EZ CEU seminar or live webinars may ask for, and will receive, a credit or refund (your choice). Refund requests will be processed within 3 business days. When an attendee knows in advance that they are unable to attend we ask that they inform EZ CEU ahead of time by emailing support@nefeshinternational.com or by calling or texting 201-384-0084 this allows us to free up the spot in the training in the event that a training is at or near capacity.
- 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.
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- Satisfactory Completion: Certificates are available after satisfactory course completion in your account or by clicking here
- Participants will receive their certificate electronically upon completion of the webinar and course evaluation form.
- There is no conflict of interest or commercial support for this program.