Repairing the Rupture: Attachment-Based, Neurobiological, and Biblical Approaches to Healing Shame

Course overview

Shame is more than an emotion. It is an attachment wound that speaks into one's life on relational, mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical levels, often causing deeper pain and isolation unless repaired. For willing Christian clients coming from a Judeo-Christian worldview, shame can be understood as a reflection of the rupture of connection first seen in Genesis, where disconnection from God and one another produced both identity insecurity and hiding. Shame healing is not only psychological but also deeply relational and spiritual, grounded in God's desire to restore connection. In this workshop, psychologists, licensed mental health professionals and ministry leaders will explore how internal working models and shame scripts are formed and how attunement and co-regulation in therapy can begin to create healing. The therapeutic relationship with a faith-based or faith-informed provider can gently echo Christ's compassion, presence, and steadfast love, offering willing Christian clients a safe place to re-experience connection and belonging. The use of corrective emotional experiences with truths rooted in Scripture and informed by interpersonal neurobiology, Emotion Focused Therapy, and story-informed trauma will be presented and practiced.