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Bret Lyon And Sheila Rubin: Turning Shame Into An Ally

By Bret Lyon — 2021

Brett Lyon, PhD, SEP, and Sheila Rubin, MA, LMFT, RDT/BCT, are the founders of the Center for Healing Shame and co-creators of the Healing Shame Lyon-Rubin Method. See more...

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