61st Annual Conference

Workshop 27
Healing Existential Shame and Despair

Chairs:            

Virginia Crespo, M.S.W., CSW, ACSW, Social Worker, St. Lukes-Roosevelt

Hospital, New York, New York

Carl Goldberg, Ph.D., Editor-for-the Americas, International Journal of

Psychotherapy, New York, New York

This workshop is designed to demonstrate—from clinical evidence and simulated existential situations involving the workshop participants—the crucial interrelationship between a therapist’s willingness to deal with his or her shame and vulnerability and a client’s ability to express and work through despair.

experiential-didactic-sharing of work experiences-demonstration

Course References:

1. Goldberg, C. (1990). The role of existential shame in the healing endeavor.

    Psychotherapy, 27(4), 591-599.

2. May, R., Angel, E. & Ellenberger, H. (eds.) (1958). Existence. New York: Basic Books.

3. Buber, M. (1970). I and Thou. New York: Scribners.