Who is Eligible:
Training Requirements:
A minimum of 12 CPD hours of training in specific shame assessment and treatment topics.
Pre-approved, 3rd party trainings that meet the training requirements for CSTS certification include:
- CSTS Certification: Eating Disorders, Addictive Eating, Body Shame and More by PESI UK – Certification Included!
- Trauma & Shame-Informed Dual Certification: Evidence-Based, Integrated Treatment Strategies for Enhanced Recovery by PESI UK – Certification Included!
- Janina Fisher’s Shame Certification Training: Integrative Somatic, Sensorimotor, Mindfulness, & Neurobiological Strategies to Transform Self-Loathing by PESI – Certification Included!
Wondering if a course meets the requirements for CSTS certification? Submit a copy of or link to the course title, speaker, outline and learning objectives to info@evergreencertifications.com for review.
Please note that Evergreen Certifications does not offer CPD, all training must be purchased directly through the accredited training organization. Training is not included in the certification fee.
Application Process:
For your initial 1-year certification, please complete the following steps:
- Complete a qualifying training
- Remit your initial application payment of 149.99 USD online
- Upload the following documents to your account:
- A copy of the candidate’s professional registration, credential, or membership
- Evidence of completion of qualifying training, in the form of a CPD or completion certificate
Evergreen Certifications will certify applicants who meet the above requirements.
Please note: Certification does not imply endorsement of clinical competency. As a registered/credentialed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your profession’s standards.
Renewal Process:
To maintain CSTS certification, a renewal is required. After your initial 1-year certification, you have the option to renew for 1, 2 or 3 years. A 1-year renewal requires 6 CPD hours of shame-related training since you were last certified; a 2-year renewal requires 12 CPD hours, and a 3-year renewal requires 18 CPD hours.
Sample CSTS renewal trainings include:
- 2-Day Intensive Workshop: Shame and Self-Loathing in the Treatment of Trauma by PESI
- Toxic Shame in Clinical Practice course by PESI
- Release Shame and Cultivate Healthy Attachment course by PESI
- Guilt, Shame, & The Trauma Survivor course by PESI
Renewal CPD content cannot be the same content used for prior renewal or initial certification
Renewal Process
- Complete a qualifying training
- Upload the following documents to your account:
- A copy of the candidate’s professional registration, credential, or membership
- Evidence of completion of qualifying training, in the form of a CPD or completion certificate
- Remit your CSTS renewal fee online
- $49.99 for a 1-year renewal
- $79.99 for a 2-year renewal
- $99.99 for a 3-year renewal
Renewal training hours need to have been taken in the time since you were certified or last recertified.
Renewals are calculated from the date that your certification was issued. If you allow your certification to lapse for more than 3 years, you are no longer eligible to renew your certification and instead can reapply for certification.
Patti Ashley - PhD
Patti Ashley, PhD, licensed professional counselor has integrated 40 years of experience in special education, child development, and psychology into her wholehearted work as a psychotherapist, author, international speaker, and authenticity architect coach. She brings unique insights into the identification and treatment of shame, trauma, grief and dysfunctional family patterns.
Dr. Ashley owns and operates Authenticity Architects in Boulder, Colorado. Her inimitable Authenticity Architecture model facilitates long-term changes in the brain and nervous system, helping clients break through unconscious barriers and rediscover a sense of self-love, belonging, and connection. As a licensed professional counselor since 2000, Dr. Ashley has counseled a myriad of individuals, couples, families and groups in mental health agencies, psychiatric hospitals, and private practice settings. She also has many years of experience developing continuing education courses for physicians, hospital wellness programs, universities and other organizations.
Dr. Ashley holds a Doctor of Philosophy Degree in psychology from the Union Institute and University, a Master of Education Degree in early childhood from Old Dominion University, and a Bachelor of Science Degree in special education from James Madison University. She is the author of Living in the Shadow of the Too-Good Mother Archetype (2014), Letters to Freedom (2019), and Shame-Informed Therapy: Treatment Strategies to Overcome Core Shame and Reconstruct the Authentic Self (2020). For more information, please visit www.pattiashley.com.
Pavel Somov - PhD
Pavel Somov, PhD is a licensed psychologist in private practice in Pittsburgh, PA. He holds a PhD in Counseling Psychology from SUNY Buffalo, with 20+ years of clinical experience and is the author of numerous books on self-help 7 of which are on mindfulness-based applications to a variety of psychological issues.
Dr. Somov is on the Advisory Board for The Mindfulness Project (London, UK). Over the years, Dr. Somov has conducted a variety of continued education workshops domestically and internationally on the topics of shame and guilt and self-criticism, on mindful eating, on perfectionism, on anger management, and on mindfulness applications for worry, dysthymia, insomnia and substance use. His work has been discussed in a variety of radio interviews (Martha Stewart's Radio/Whole Living, Fully Alive!, etc.) and mentioned in a variety of print publications (Martha Stewart'sBody + Soul Magazine, Oprah Winfrey's O Magazine).
Dr. Somov offers an original, mindfulness-based approach to working with perfectionism, self-criticalness, and negative self-view/self-esteem issues. A recent, randomized study—published by Mindfulness Journal—shows that Somov’s approach (described in his 2010 book Present Perfect) is effective as a standalone intervention. The study found that those who had read Present Perfect experienced a statistically significant reduction of self-criticalness, a result that was still maintained at a six weeks follow-up (Wimberley, Mintz, & Suh, Mindfulness, Nov. 2015).