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The Freud Museum in London and Bournemouth University’s Centre for the Study of Conflict, Emotion and Social Justice (CESJ) invite you to an online conference on the theme of shame.
The conference features some of the world’s leading thinkers and clinical practitioners working with individuals and in communities experiencing shame. It follows the publication of Interdisciplinary Applications of Shame/Violence Theory: Breaking the Cycle (Palgrave Macmillan 2022), edited by Roman Gerodimos.
This conference will explore the following questions:
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- What is the role of shame as a driver of polarisation, aggression and violence, from the micro level of the individual to the macro level of societies?
- What are the psychosocial drivers of shame, and what are its clinical, social and political manifestations and effects?
- How important is gender in the shame/violence dynamic?
- What are the challenges facing practitioners working with patients – children, young people, offenders – experiencing catastrophic levels of shame?
- How can we use shame theory in practice to break the vicious cycle of trauma and violence?
- What is Shame/Violence Intervention? What is shame-sensitive practice? What therapeutic approaches are available to us to address shame-related trauma?
Panels
1. Roundtable on Interdisciplinary Applications of Shame/Violence Theory
Chair: Gabriella Braun
Roman Gerodimos, Jonathan Asser, Candida Yates, Barry Richards
2. Interdisciplinary Applications
Chair: Nini Fang
Liz Frost- Shame in social work
Luna Dolezal- Shame Competence: Why We Need to Understand Shame and Its Effects
3. Therapeutic Approaches
Chair: Marylin Charles
Aileen Allen- Shame and its role in black identity wounding
James Gilligan- Shame: Constructive and Destructive
Click here for speakers’ biographies
The conference marks the beginning of a six-month Freud Museum / Bournemouth University project in collaboration with The Faction Ensemble and the Katakouzenos House Museum in Athens.
Members’ Discount
Freud Museum Members will be able to receive a 20% discount on tickets with a special Members code. Details will be circulated to all Members via email.
Bursary
A limited number of £15 bursary places will be available for those under financial hardship. Priority will be given to UK unemployed and PIP/ESA claimants. All bursary places have now been issued.
