Self-Compassion for Shame Course
Shame is everywhere! We all feel it because we all wish to belong. And self-compassion is the antidote to shame.
What is self-compassion for shame?
This course for MSC graduates is designed to help us understand and heal from shame. We will strengthen our ability to bring awareness and self-compassion to shame whenever it arises. Become empowered to grow, stretch and loosen the grip of shame.
In this eight-week course, participants will learn to:
- Liberate yourself from shame’s trance of unworthiness.
- Identify the moments when shame arises in your life.
- Transform your view of shame – a universal and innocent emotion.
- Heal the parts of you that carry shame.
- Understand the sources of body shame and how self-compassion can help you appreciate your body.
- Use self-compassion to begin to forgive yourself for past wrongs.
- Unlock yourself from the grip of this powerful emotion through your own compassionate presence.
Self-Compassion for Shame course content was developed by Dr. Christopher Germer. This class is taught by Jamie Lynn Tatera, a certified Mindful Self-Compassion instructor and Barbara Moser, a trained Self-Compassion for Shame teacher.
Upcoming Classes and Workshops
Self-Compassion for Shame (In-Person in Shorewood, WI)
Thursdays, January 16 – March 8, 2024 from 1-3:30 pm
8-Week Self-Compassion for Shame course taught by Jamie Lynn Tatera and Barbara Moser in Shorewood, Wisconsin
Standard fee: $595 Supported Fee: $375
Related Testimonials
“I want to let you know how impactful this course has been for me – sorely needed in my life and much appreciated…Thank you for your leadership, intentional planning, and interpersonal gifts during our sessions. You are clearly a very gifted facilitator, and sharing your own experience and wisdom with the process has been very helpful to me. I am filled with gratitude to have been able to learn from you all of these weeks. Thank you, also, for creating such a comfortable, deeply, respectful, and caring environment – even on Zoom! I just wanted to let you know how I have felt about the course! Thanks again.” –Maureen L
“Jamie Lynn is an exceptional human being and teacher. I teach myself and am somewhat “picky” when it comes to facilitation, but she ticked all the boxes from holding space to being kind and making things interesting, sharing personal experience, being knowledgeable and having a solid own practice… I cannot thank her enough for her kindness and wisdom. –MSC participant
Course Outline
Session 1 – Introduction to Self-Compassion for Shame: Build community with other participants as you discover how self-compassion relates to shame.
Session 2 – The Wish to Be Loved: Explore the paradox of shame and how shame shows up for you in daily life.
Session 3 – Origins of Shame: Identify personal childhood and cultural disconnections that lead to shame.
Session 4 – The Compassionate Self: Explore different aspects of self-criticism from the perspective of the compassionate self.
Session 5 – Self-Forgiveness: Explore steps to forgiveness for harm that we may have caused to ourselves.
Session 6 – Compassion for Our Bodies: Learn how to shift from shame to appreciation of the body. Alleviate body shame with compassion.
Session 7 – Compassion for Our Parts: Direct self-compassion to hidden parts of ourselves.
Session 8 – Returning Home to Ourselves: Take positive action to live with less shame in daily life.
