Understanding The Role of Toxic Shame in Substance Use Disorders- Webinar

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Description

What happens when shame becomes chronic or toxic? Individuals with substance use disorders are presenting with unconscious, untreated toxic shame, yet this subject is underacknowledged in addiction treatment and the wider field. When we understand the role of shame in addiction, we see the need for wrap-around care, systemic and depth approaches – and why we need to include children and family members in treatment.

Presenter

Josephine Mansergh-Johnson, LPCA (CT), MBACP (UK), MHC-LP (NY), is an educator and professional with multiple years of experience addressing trauma and addiction and has trained to treat clients in both the UK and the US. Josie has worked in harm reduction, integrated treatment, school-based play therapy, and private practice, supporting clients of all ages. Mansergh-Johnson contributes to research, counselor education, and presents internationally on topics such as healing sexual trauma and reconceptualizing addiction through the lens of intergenerational shame. Currently, Mansergh-Johnson is at Resilience Therapy New York, seeing clients across the lifespan, in addition to working in child and family services with Hazelden Betty Ford, teaching graduate-level clinicians at the Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School, and consulting. With a passion for awareness, education, and innovation, Mansergh-Johnson empowers others through her belief in the power to change trajectories and foster the potential of the next generation.

Learning Objectives

• Participants will be able to describe how to identify toxic shame, how it contributes to returns to use, co-occurring disorders, affects relationships, quality of life and functioning.
• Participants will be able to summarize toxic shame’s origins.
• Participants will be able to identify clinical interventions that can help individuals to heal from toxic shame, what the journey looks like, and wider implications for working with children and families.

Content Level

All Levels.

• Beginning level courses introduce learners to a content area; include information about a condition, treatment method, or issue; and involve learning and comprehending content.
• Intermediate level courses provide information that builds on knowledge practitioners with some experience already have. These courses focus on skill-building or adding knowledge, possibly following a brief overview of basic information, and involve using information in concrete situations and understanding the underlying structure of the material.
• Advanced level courses provide content for participants who have been working in the content area and have a clear understanding of the issues. These courses cover and address the complexities involved in the work and involve synthesizing material to create new patterns or structures or evaluating material for a specific purpose.