Learn to love your hidden parts
Do you feel disconnected from your deepest truths?
Are you ready to confront the hidden parts of yourself that you’ve resisted or rejected?
Join Shadow Therapy, a 6-week online personal development program designed to help you embrace and integrate your shadow self, guided by Gestalt therapist Dabaco Sunset.
What is Shadow Therapy?
Shadow Therapy is an immersive group experience that takes you on a powerful journey into your unconscious. Through this confronting yet empowering process, you'll explore the parts of yourself that hold limiting beliefs or patterns you've rejected, often projected onto others.
By facing these hidden aspects, you’ll learn to reintegrate them into your sense of self, emerging stronger, more whole, and empowered. This work helps you stop pushing away your shadow traits and instead use them as a source of wisdom and personal power.
Shame & Boundaries in Shadow Work
Shame is often a clue to where our shadow lives. When we feel ashamed of certain emotions, behaviors, or desires, it’s a signal that something deeper is being hidden from view. In Shadow Therapy, we invite you to lean into that shame, naming it so that you can tame it, as Dan Siegel says. By bringing it into the light, we reclaim the power we’ve unknowingly given it.
However, shadow work is not about exposing everything to everyone. It's essential to have boundaries and protect our shadow. Vulnerability needs to be met with discernment; not everyone deserves to witness your shadow. In this program, you'll learn how to safely share in a trusted, contained group while also setting boundaries for yourself.
Erotic themes & arousal mapping
A significant part of this journey will also involve your core erotic themes and arousal mapping—a practice of getting to know your sex body as a key to understanding your shadow. Our sexual desires, fantasies, and responses are often a window into hidden aspects of ourselves that we might otherwise deny or suppress. By connecting with your body’s arousal and listening to its cues, you’ll uncover valuable insights into your shadow self.
Sexuality is a powerful aspect of human life, and by meeting your shadow in this space, you may begin to dissolve shame and reclaim parts of yourself that are deeply entwined with desire and pleasure. In this program, you'll engage with your sex body to map out these connections, gaining a deeper understanding of how your shadow manifests within your arousal and intimate life.
What to expect
This program combines live group work, solo reflection, and integrative practices. Here's what you'll experience over the course of six weeks:
Somatic and Gestalt Approach
Led by a Gestalt therapist who integrates somatic techniques, this program helps you connect to your body and emotions in a profound way. You won’t just think your way through the shadow—you’ll feel and experience it.A Trauma-Informed, Safe Space
As a trauma-informed queer psychotherapist, Dabaco Sunset holds space for even the most challenging emotional experiences. You’ll be supported every step of the way as you dive into your shadow, knowing that you are in skilled and compassionate hands.Shame as your Guide
Discover how shame can be an ally in your journey, pointing you toward the parts of yourself that are most in need of healing and integration.Dreams, Eros & Boundaries
Explore your subconscious, sexual desires and boundaries through the practice of arousal mapping, and understand how your sex body can reveal shadow aspects that are often overlooked in traditional therapy.
Is Shadow Therapy Right for You?
Shadow Therapy is for those who are ready to:
Face their limiting beliefs and reclaim rejected parts of themselves
Engage in deep self-reflection and vulnerability within a group
Be witnessed in their authenticity while witnessing others
Use shame as a clue to their hidden depths, rather than a reason to hide
Connect with their sex body and use arousal as a tool for shadow integration
Embark on a transformative, somatic, and emotional journey of self-empowerment
Note: No prior experience is required, but participants should be prepared for emotionally intense work.
Duration: 6 weeks
Live Sessions: 7pm Thursdays, 2 hours (via Zoom)
Start Date: 24th October 2024
Max Participants: 8
Investment: $895 (Afterpay payment plan available)
Here Are The Details
What to dive ever deeper and move quicker into the shadows? Add on 1-1 sessions with Dabaco for $145 each or 6 for $660
Program Schedule
Week 1: Opening Ceremony – Projections, Rejections, and Insecurities
In this foundational session, we will create a safe and supportive group container for our journey ahead. You'll explore the projections you place onto others, uncovering hidden rejections and insecurities within yourself. This week sets the stage for deep shadow work, inviting you to embrace the parts you’ve been avoiding.
Week 2: Shame as a Key to Unlocking the Shadow
Shame is not something to hide from, but a doorway into your shadow self. In Week 2, we’ll dive into the role shame plays in concealing aspects of your identity and emotions, learning to “name it to tame it.” By leaning into shame, you’ll begin to release its hold and understand the power it holds in your shadow.
Week 3: Arousal, Sex, and Fantasies
This week, we’ll explore core erotic themes, arousal mapping and the role of the sex body in revealing shadow aspects. Fantasies and desires often hold clues to our hidden self. You'll engage with your sexuality in a new way, learning how to use these intimate experiences to meet and understand your shadow more fully.
Week 4: Boundaries and Strength in Vulnerability
In Week 4, we’ll explore the balance between openness and protection. Vulnerability is powerful, but it requires boundaries to be safe. You’ll learn how to maintain strong boundaries while embracing vulnerability, ensuring that not everyone has access to your shadow—only those who can witness it with care and respect.
Week 5: The Golden Shadow as Your Superpower
Not all parts of the shadow are dark or negative. In this session, we’ll dive into the golden shadow—the hidden strengths and gifts that you've yet to fully acknowledge. By reclaiming these latent superpowers, you’ll begin to understand how to bring more light and potential into your life.
Week 6: Integration and Moving Forward with Your Whole Self
As we close the program, you’ll bring everything together, integrating both your dark and golden shadow. This final session will focus on how to move forward in your life, empowered and whole, with practical tools for continuing this work. You’ll leave with a deeper understanding of yourself and a clearer path to embodying your full potential.