Trauma recovery: Processing guilt and shame
Event date: -
Event location: Online
Event Link: https://cvent.me/NMRWQY
Event type: Single day (a day or less)
Trauma recovery: Processing guilt and shame
Presented by SickKids CCMH Learning Institute
Date: June 15, 2026
Time: 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET
Facilitator: Natalie Zlodre Choy, MSW, RSW.
CE hours: 6
Description: For decades, the therapeutic work of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was to process fear, helplessness and horror. The DSM has expanded the definition of PTSD to include guilt and shame. Evidence-based research indicates that unprocessed/unresolved guilt and shame are risk factors for developing and maintaining PTSD symptoms as well as compromising the healing process for clients with complex PTSD and developmental trauma. In this webinar, we will define guilt and shame and outline their similarities and differences. We will review the different subtypes of both emotions. We will review how we organize our conversations with clients and how we help clients face the unspoken needs and dilemmas that drive the guilt and shame experience.
Learning objectives:
- 7 types of guilt.
- How to process conversations when:
- The client feels guilty but is not guilty.
- The client has a distorted view of their role in a negative experience.
- When the client is guilty.
- 7 types of shame.
- How to process passing through shame and a shame-prone identity.
- How to pinpoint the source of a shame-prone identity.
- The connection between dissociation and shame.
- How to change shame-prone patterns.
Registration fee: General - $300 | Student and group rates are available
For full program overview and registration details please visit: https://cvent.me/NMRWQY
Facilitator Bio:
Natalie Zlodre Choy, MSW, RSW, is the Director of Community Resources and Initiatives, a trauma-informed consulting firm based in Toronto, Canada.
She was the Head of the Trauma and Resiliency Centre and Associate Director of Training at the The Hincks-Dellcrest Centre - Gail Appel Institute.
Her professional focus is in the areas of acute trauma, developmental/complex trauma and the impact of trauma on professionals and on mental health services. Natalie provides clinical consultation and supervision to mental health professionals and organizations. Her theoretical framework is trauma-informed and strength-based.
Natalie is an experienced training facilitator and has provided hundreds of presentations nationally and internationally. She is known for her direct and lively style and her ability to translate complex theories about traumatic responses into relevant practices for post-traumatic growth in vulnerable populations.
Continuing Education (CE) information: 6 CE hours
SickKids Centre for Community Mental Health Learning Institute is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) to offer continuing education (CE) hours. The number of eligible CE hours are outlined within each program. SickKids Centre for Community Mental Health Learning Institute maintains responsibility for the programs.
Other licensing boards and professional organizations will grant continuing education credits for attendance at their own discretion; participants will need to submit the course outline and Certificate of Participation for their consideration.
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