Breaking the Cycle of Shame
A 2.5-hour self-discovery workshop where you explore strategies to address shame and find relief through self-compassion and daily healing practices
Course Description
Quiet your inner critic, restore confidence, and heal from trauma. Learn to address shame and find relief through self-compassion and daily healing practices.
What’s included in the training?
Here is everything you get for just $67!
2.5-Hour On-Demand Recorded Workshop led by Dr. Diane Poole Heller + Q&A,
Learn why we experience shame and how it becomes destructive. You’ll practice techniques and exercises to stop shame spirals and shift harmful thoughts––and we’ll explore ways you can begin to develop greater self-esteem and self-compassion.
In-Class / Take-Home Experiential Healing Exercises and Prompts
Watch and learn as Diane guides you through several experiential exercises that will help you recognize where (and how) you feel shame to deepen your self-awareness.
You’ll also feel what it’s like to begin healing physically and emotionally as you release shame, judgment and self-blame—and instead, offer yourself kindness and empathy.
You’ll also get 30 days worth of self-directed exercises and prompts you can use daily to reinforce these skills and practice new, empowered thinking.
Follow-Along PDF Course Companion Workbook
Your interactive (digital or printable) PDF workbook is filled with helpful information, space for notes or personal insights, and prompts for deeper reflection.
You’ll find each exercise from the workshop outlined, plus easy-to-follow instructions for the self-directed exercises and additional resources that further support you in your ongoing healing journey.
FREE Bonus: Symptoms of Unhealthy Shame Checklist
This useful checklist helps you identify the most common signs of shame, so you can better understand how (and when) they affect your life, relationships, and work.
It’s also a valuable tool to assess and check ongoing progress.
Why take this course?
Learn to recognize and heal inherited trauma through somatic practices, DARe attachment work, and family constellation methods.
Have you ever worked with a client whose challenges seem rooted in something deeper than their own life experiences?
As therapists, we often see clients who struggle with issues that seem disconnected from their personal history––persistent anxiety, unexplained fears, or recurring relationship conflicts that don’t seem to stem from any specific event in their lives.
You sense there’s more beneath the surface, but without knowing how to reach the root of the trauma, you’re left feeling uncertain and less confident in your ability to help your client truly heal.
What many clients and therapists don’t realize is that these issues often point to something deeper––patterns of inherited trauma. These patterns can take various forms, such as intergenerational trauma passed directly from parent to child, transgenerational trauma affecting multiple generations, or even ancestral trauma rooted in historical and cultural experiences.
The problem is that traditional approaches often fall short in addressing these complex patterns. What’s needed? A more holistic approach that includes complementary methods, so you can be flexible and responsive to each client’s unique needs and history.
When you help clients uncover these hidden influences, you open the door to profound healing. They begin to understand the roots of their pain, allowing them to break free from patterns that have controlled their lives and build a future defined by resilience and strength.
Develop a toolkit to address unconscious patterns, build resilience, and break the cycle of inherited trauma.
What you’ll learn?
Develop a toolkit to address unconscious patterns, build resilience, and break the cycle of inherited trauma
Learn to recognize the subtle signs of inherited trauma in yourself and clients, helping them understand how past family experiences shape our behaviors, emotions, and relationships.
Adapt your therapeutic approach to uncover and address the root issues underlying each client’s trauma—staying flexible and responsive to their evolving needs and experiences.
Explore ‘bottom-up’ approaches, including somatic techniques, DARe attachment work, and family constellation methods that alleviate unnecessary pain and suffering.
Empower clients to release the pain of inherited trauma and discover new pathways for personal growth, meaningful relationships, and emotional resilience.
Act as a catalyst for change by guiding clients to transform inherited trauma into wisdom and strength drawn from their ancestral experiences—preventing its transmission to future generations.
Expand your clinical skill set with trauma-informed perspectives that address both the visible symptoms and underlying causes of inherited trauma effectively.
Meet Your Instructors

You don’t have to keep hiding. You don’t have to prove yourself. You are more than your shame. Without condition, you deserve a fulfilling and joyful life. True healing is possible––for yourself and others.

Dr. Diane Poole Heller is an internationally recognized speaker, author, and teaching expert in the field of adult attachment theory and trauma resolution.
Her signature approach—DARe (Dynamic Attachment Re-patterning experience)—provides therapists and individuals with relevant skills and practical exercises that facilitate healing from attachment and trauma wounds.
Her work with adult attachment has forged a path for adults with childhood attachment injuries to develop Secure Attachment Skills (SAS) that lead to more connected and fulfilling adult relationships.
She has authored several books, including the widely acclaimed The Power of Attachment: How to Create Deep and Lasting Intimate Relationships. Her expertise in trauma healing has supported survivors, helpers, and families affected by events such as 9/11, Columbine, and other school shootings.
Through various training programs, books, lectures and her own work as a clinical therapist, Dr. Heller has helped a countless number of people in their healing journey towards experiencing greater intimacy, wholeness and more fulfilling relationships.
She believes that when we heal ourselves first, we heal our families, our communities and the world as a whole.
What Our Students Say About This Training
“So helpful! I see that a lot of my response to recent events are most likely rooted in shame that is hiding beneath what’s visible. I feel I have more tools now to look at this, which makes me more hopeful. Thank you!”
Lana N.

“This has been incredibly helpful, thank you. I was terribly stuck in shame and fear and really didn’t know what to do. I feel you have become a protective figure in my arsenal!”
––Alison O.
“Thank you very much, great course, I have learned a lot. Many thanks for the exercises and your great examples; your understanding of this subject is second to none – and also good value in these challenging times ❤️”
––Lona

“I have realized during this call that my Mum has projected her shame unto me all my life and I’ve internalized all this toxic shame. I have told my Mum to take responsibility for her own shame and emotions and I have handed it all back to her. I feel a huge sense of relief and it finally feels like the end of a cycle 💚🩷”
––Suzanna B.
“Thank you Dr. Heller. This workshop and the support content was so helpful to me and my journey. I am grateful that my therapist shared this webinar with me. I feel validated and connected and have hope.”
––Monica

“This has been absolutely amazing — I have been going through a really deep reclamation, wounding, uncoupling and it gave me such hope and understanding of my partners and my fears AND THAT it was a natural response to not blame myself so much!!!!!! Wow I am forever grateful thank you!!!”
––Libby

Dr. Diane Poole Heller
Get immediate access…
- 2.5-hour Recorded, On-Demand Workshop
- Interactive PDF Workbooks with in-class exercises + 30 days of take-home experiential activities
- Private Course Portal with Lifetime Access to Video Recordings, Audio, Transcripts, and Resources
- + FREE Bonus: Symptoms of Unhealthy Shame Checklist

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