{"product_id":"hidden-stories","title":"Hidden Stories: Navigating Shame, Secrets, and Disclosure","description":"\u003cp data-end=\"759\" data-start=\"603\"\u003eLive online professional development for counsellors, psychologists and relationship therapists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"857\" data-start=\"761\"\u003eShame and secrecy shape more of the therapeutic process than most clients, or therapists, realise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1212\" data-start=\"859\"\u003eClients arrive with carefully managed narratives, unspoken fears and untold histories that quietly determine what they can reveal, how they connect and where they get stuck. The challenge for clinicians is recognising the difference between resistance and protection, and learning how to invite truth without overwhelming the client or the relationship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1437\" data-start=\"1214\"\u003eHidden Stories is a 60-minute training with a 30 minute Q \u0026amp; A, live, online training for therapists who want a deeper, clearer map of the inner forces that keep clients silent, especially in work involving affairs, hidden behaviour and relational betrayal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1464\" data-start=\"1439\"\u003eWho this training is for:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1860\" data-start=\"1466\"\u003e• Therapists who sense “something isn’t being said” and want to understand why\u003cbr data-end=\"1547\" data-start=\"1544\"\u003e• Couples and relationship clinicians navigating high-stakes emotional territory\u003cbr data-end=\"1630\" data-start=\"1627\"\u003e• Practitioners working with affairs, hidden behaviour or fractured trust\u003cbr data-end=\"1706\" data-start=\"1703\"\u003e• Clinicians seeking a grounded, non-pathologising approach to shame\u003cbr data-end=\"1777\" data-start=\"1774\"\u003e• Anyone wanting to strengthen safety, depth and honesty in the therapeutic space\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1952\" data-start=\"1862\"\u003eIf you’ve ever felt a client pulling back just as things deepen, this training is for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1999\" data-start=\"1954\"\u003eWhat you’ll learn in this 60-minute training:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2472\" data-start=\"2001\"\u003e• How shame organises behaviour and limits what clients feel allowed to disclose\u003cbr data-end=\"2084\" data-start=\"2081\"\u003e• Why secrecy forms and why it is usually about protection, not manipulation\u003cbr data-end=\"2163\" data-start=\"2160\"\u003e• Signals that tell you shame is driving the session, even when clients appear “fine”\u003cbr data-end=\"2251\" data-start=\"2248\"\u003e• How to reduce threat in the room so clients can risk genuine honesty\u003cbr data-end=\"2324\" data-start=\"2321\"\u003e• Practical strategies for navigating partial disclosure, emotional shutdown and defensiveness, particularly in couples work and betrayal recovery\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2658\" data-start=\"2474\"\u003eThis is not a moral debate or a pathology-based model. It’s a clinical, relational and trauma-informed look at how people hide—and how therapists can meet them with precision and care.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2676\" data-start=\"2660\"\u003eWhat’s included:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2975\" data-start=\"2678\"\u003e• 60-minute live online training via Zoom with 30 minute Q\u0026amp;A\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2975\" data-start=\"2678\"\u003e• Practical interventions you can use immediately in your work\u003cbr data-end=\"2787\" data-start=\"2784\"\u003e• Time for Q\u0026amp;A with the presenter\u003cbr data-end=\"2823\" data-start=\"2820\"\u003e• Access to a replay recording (time-limited; details provided after registration)\u003cbr data-end=\"2908\" data-start=\"2905\"\u003e• Downloadable handout summarising key concepts and interventions\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2999\" data-start=\"2977\"\u003eDate, time and format:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"3195\" data-start=\"3001\"\u003e• Format: Live online via Zoom\u003cbr data-end=\"3034\" data-start=\"3031\"\u003e• Duration: 90 minutes\u003cbr data-end=\"3059\" data-start=\"3056\"\u003e• Investment: $35\u003cbr data-end=\"3083\" data-start=\"3080\"\u003e• When: 2 April, 2025 (12 Noon NZ time\/10 AM Sydney time)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"3195\" data-start=\"3001\"\u003e• Where: Online (Zoom link will be emailed April 1, prior to the training)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"3326\" data-start=\"3306\"\u003eAbout the presenter:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"3779\" data-start=\"3328\"\u003eSteven Dromgool is the Clinical Director of Relate and a specialist in infidelity, relational betrayal and couples therapy. Over more than fifteen years, he has worked extensively with high-shame material, complex relational trauma and disclosure processes. He integrates attachment theory, relational neuroscience and practical intervention design to offer trainings that are clinically rigorous, deeply humane and immediately applicable in practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"3798\" data-start=\"3781\"\u003eWhy this matters:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"4043\" data-start=\"3800\"\u003eMore clients are entering therapy carrying unspoken stories about identity, intimacy, sexuality, betrayal and unresolved trauma. When shame goes unnamed, therapy stalls. When secrecy is misunderstood, therapists can inadvertently reinforce it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"4224\" data-start=\"4045\"\u003eClinicians who thrive in this landscape are not the ones who push harder for disclosure they are the ones who understand how to create the conditions where truth becomes possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"4320\" data-start=\"4226\"\u003eJoin us for Hidden Stories and deepen your ability to work where real change actually happens.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thinkific","offers":[{"title":"Price","offer_id":54785057653027,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/8266\/9347\/files\/HiddenStories.png?v=1773260140","url":"https:\/\/relate.online\/products\/hidden-stories","provider":"Relate","version":"1.0","type":"link"}