Shame and the Self: Understanding Its Role in Eating Disorder Struggles

This webinar will cover what shame is, its impact, and how to relieve or reduce it for ongoing healing and growth.  As an MFT, my perspective also includes acknowledging the role of family and other support systems on the development and maintenance for views of self, as well as healthy uses of boundaries alongside allyship in the growth and recovery process.  The primary goal would be to provide a healthy perspective for practitioners to see and understand the role of shame in ED struggles, as well as feel more confident in their ability to reduce the barrier role of shame in their healing and recovery efforts.

Lambers Fisher, MS, LMFT, MDiv, is a marriage and family therapist who has counseled individuals, couples, and families from a variety of cultural backgrounds, in private practice, non-profit organizations, as well as ministry environments. He has a strong desire to help counseling professionals in various fields feel more comfortable, competent and confident in their ability to meet the needs of whomever they have the opportunity to serve. Lambers’ training experience includes facilitating workshops, guest lecturing, as well as being an adjunct instructor at Crown College on various aspects of diversity in counseling.

Lambers is the author of the award-winning book, Diversity in Clinical Practice: A Practical & Shame-Free Guide to Reducing Cultural Offenses & Repairing Cross-Cultural Relationships.

Currently, Lambers is a therapist in private practice where he effectively balances personal and professional experiences to provide unique and practical perspectives on a variety of culturally sensitive topics. Lambers supervises aspiring therapists as a board-approved supervisor.