Master the Shame Lens:

A Trauma-Informed Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Approach to Treating Social Anxiety

Your clients aren’t fragile or resistant. They’re caught in a trauma response. Social anxiety is often shame in disguise, rooted in fear of humiliation and abandonment. With the right lens, you can help them heal.

Plus: Discover the 6 Subtypes of Social Anxiety and the Trauma Narratives Behind Them to Pinpoint Interventions with Greater Precision.

Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) has 6 elements:

  • Acceptance (willingness to feel)

  • Defusion (despiral)

  • Self-as-context (depersonalize)

  • Values (a compass)

  • Contact with Present Moment (orient to reality)

  • Committed Action (practice makes progress)

ACT breaks the cycle of rumination and perfectionism to unlock the brain to become more flexible and help clients choose their life instead of an inner critic choosing for them.

Where and When?

When: Friday, September 12, 2025 from 9 am - 11 am
Where: INSPIRED Counseling, LLC
202 South Austin Drive
Allen, TX 75013
or
Virtual via Zoom