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Unpacking the Power of Therapeutic Presence: Navigating Shame with Compassion

with Shari Geller, PhD

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What you'll learn

  • Discover the transformative power of therapeutic presence in fostering deep engagement with clients across various dimensions — physical, emotional, cognitive, spiritual, and relational
  • Explore the relationship between presence and shame, and its impact on both the therapist and the client
  • Examine prevalent obstacles that hinder the cultivation of presence, and acquire practical strategies to overcome them

About the speakers

Shari Geller, PhD

Shari Geller, PhD, is an author, clinical psychologist, certified Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) teacher, and leader in the field of therapeutic presence. She offers training modules in therapeutic presence internationally as part of a longer-term vision of having presence be a foundational training across psychotherapy approaches. With over thirty years’ experience weaving psychology and mindfulness, Shari co-authored the book, Therapeutic Presence: A Mindful Approach to Effective Therapeutic Relationships (2022) with Dr. Leslie S. Greenberg; authored A Practical Guide For Cultivating Therapeutic Presence (2017), which offers hands-on tools and guidance for cultivating and strengthening presence in therapy; and is a co-editor of a new book, Self-Compassion in Psychotherapy: A Clinical Handbook (manuscript in preparation). Shari created the Therapeutic Rhythm and Mindfulness Program (TRM™), a group modality integrating mindfulness, rhythm practices, and emotion-focused awareness to enhance wellbeing and presence. Shari serves on the teaching faculty in Health Psychology at York University and is Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto, in association with Music and Health Research Collaboratory (MaHRC).  Shari is on the steering committee and part of the core faculty of the Self-Compassion in Psychotherapy (SCIP) certificate program and is Membership and Networking Committee Chair for the International Society for Emotion Focused Therapy (isEFT). Shari is the co-director of the Centre for MindBody Health, in Toronto, where she offers training, supervision, and therapy in Emotion-Focused therapy (EFT) and Mindfulness and Self-Compassion modalities for individuals and couples.

Pamela Ayo Yetunde, MA, ThD

Pamela Ayo Yetunde, MA, ThD, is a pastoral counselor and the author of Casting Indra's Net: Fostering Spiritual Kinship and Community and co-editor of Black and Buddhist: What Buddhism Can Teach Us About Race, Resilience, Transformation, and Freedom.  Ayo is working on a transformative novella and film project, inspired by a Buddhist story, about healing from shame.

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  • Thank you so much for this beautiful wise conversation Pamela and Shari! I felt the connection between you both and the presencing you brought in for the listeners as well as yourself. Feeling very Ventral and grounded with a smile on my face. :))

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  • Such a calming, centering presentation. Thanks so much, especially for the grounding tree envisioning, and the breatth focused practice, and the reminder of the importance of a continual such practice fir therapists.

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  • Totally loved and benefitted from the framework of multiple perspectives yet integrated well with various themes!!!

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  • There seems to be a stigma about shame just as there is a stigma about mental health. It was helpful to learn how unpopular shame is in both word and thought. I had a hard time accepting I had ever had any shame!
    Because of my excellent memory I had no problem being “present” with late friends, and now feeling that presence will be eternal,—thank you.

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  • Thank you so much for the beautiful, connected, present session. I really loved it. So much gratitude.

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  • It is a pleasure to listen to my dear teacher Shari Geller delve into a concept as valuable as Therapeutic Presence.

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  • What a lovely dialogue between the two of them. I especially enjoyed the addressing of each other as cousins. I also appreciated when Dr. Geller talked about what gets in the way of presence. And, I have read her first book. I’m also curious if anyone offers a workshop for therapists on how to improve presence? I sense that I have work to do in this area.

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