Recent TCTS presentations
Evaluating shame with the Thurston Cradock Test of Shame (TCTS)
Julie Cradock O'Leary, Ph.D.
Webinar
Doctoral-level projective assessment class, Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara, CA
November 17, 2025​​
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​¿Por qué visibilizar el sentimiento de vergüenza en la clínica?
Ernesto Pais, Julie Cradock O’Leary, Susana Levantini, Daniela Escobedo Belloc, and Ana Elisa Gutiérrez Cortés
Simposio
XXVII Congreso Nacional de Psicodiagnóstico XXXIV Jordanas Nacionales, Buenos Aires, Argentina
3 de Octubre, 2025
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Recorrido histórico y cambio de paradigma implicados en el concepto de vergüenza
Susana Levantini
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Presentación del Test TCTS
Julie Cradock O’Leary
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“Tanta vergüenza me da bronca”: de cómo el Test de Vergüenza (TCTS) posibilitó a una joven con trauma complejo trabajar sobre el enojo, agresividad y vergüenza
Ernesto Pais
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“¿Merezco las cosas malas que me pasan y yo misma castigarme?” El Test de Vergüenza (TCTS) como una técnica útil al explorar el perfeccionismo como estrategia de
afrontamiento ante la vergüenza, en una adolescente con trauma complejo y anorexia
Daniela Escobedo Belloc
Ana Elisa Gutiérrez Cortés
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Using the Thurston Cradock Test of Shame (TCTS) in Therapeutic Assessment: From Administration through Assessment Intervention Session (8 hours CE)
Julie Cradock O'Leary, Ph.D.
Webinar
September 26, 2025​
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​​Thurston Cradock Test of Shame case presentation
Julie Cradock O'Leary, Ph.D.
Webinar
Internship Assessment Seminar, University of Denver Graduate School of Professional Psychology, Denver, CO
July 11, 2025
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​Assessment of Shame with the Thurston Cradock Test of Shame (TCTS)
Julie Cradock O'Leary, Ph.D.
Webinar
The Wright Institute, Berkeley, CA
June 16, 2025
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​​​Identifying Crisi Wartegg System (CWS) scores that correlate with shame dynamics on the Thurston Cradock Test of Shame (TCTS): A pilot study
Julie Cradock O'Leary, Ph.D., Alessandro Crisi, Ph.D., Mitsugu Murakami, M.A., Meriwether Denman, M.A.
Poster presentation
4th International Collaborative/Therapeutic Assessment Conference, Salt Lake City, UT
June 14, 2025
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Untangling trauma and shame dynamics via Therapeutic Assessment: A single-case study using a time-series design
Julie Cradock O'Leary, Ph.D., Donna Kelley, IHM, Psy.D., Filippo Aschieri, Ph.D., Stephen E. Finn, Ph.D.
Poster presentation
4th International Collaborative/Therapeutic Assessment Conference, Salt Lake City, UT
June 14, 2025
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Identification of Rorschach (R-PAS and CS) determinants that correlate with shame dynamics on the Thurston Cradock Test of Shame (TCTS)
Edward Jenny, Psy.D., Cassandra Parrish, Psy.D., David York, Ph.D and Julie Cradock O'Leary, Ph.D.
Poster presentation
4th International Collaborative/Therapeutic Assessment Conference, Salt Lake City, UT
June 14, 2025
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Navigating through defenses to arrive at core shame
Julie Cradock O'Leary, Ph.D., Seth Grossman, Psy.D., Donna Kelley, IHM, Psy.D., Mitsugu Murakami, M.A. Christopher Arrillaga, Psy.D.
Case discussion
4th International Collaborative/Therapeutic Assessment Conference, Salt Lake City, UT
June 13, 2025
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“What if I tell you I think it’s all BS and I want a real diagnosis?” How the MCMI-IV and the TCTS highlighted a 19-year-old male’s struggle with shame, expectations, and
vulnerability in a collaborative assessment
Seth Grossman, Psy.D.​​​​
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“Just need to get through this at the moment and not fall apart or give into this”: Using
testing data to help a client access her grief and shame
Donna Kelley, IHM, Psy.D.
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“Every Move I Make, Someone Is Watching”: Breaking Free from the Grip of Shame
and the Need for External Validation through Therapeutic Assessment.”
Mitsugu Murakami, M.A. ​​
"I need to be fully independent and not ask for help or support because I will just
burden others": How the TCTS, MMPI-3 & TAT capture and honor this 22-year-old's
profound shame and demoralization within a Therapeutic Assessment.
Christopher Arrillaga, Psy.D.
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Using the TCTS to clarify interpersonal shame dynamics
Julie Cradock O'Leary, Ph.D.
Paper to be presented in Noriko Nakamura's symposium “Recognizing Shame Through Psychological Tests”
4th International Collaborative/Therapeutic Assessment Conference, Salt Lake City, UT
June 13, 2025
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​Evaluating shame with the Thurston Cradock Test of Shame (TCTS)
Julie Cradock O'Leary, Ph.D.
Webinar
The Ardent Grove Foundation, Denver, CO
June 3, 2025​​​
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​Identifying Crisi Wartegg System (CWS) scores that correlate with shame dynamics on the Thurston Cradock Test of Shame (TCTS): A pilot study
Julie Cradock O'Leary, Ph.D., Alessandro Crisi, Ph.D., Mitsugu Murakami, M.A., Meriwether Denman, M.A.
Poster presentation
Society for Personality Assessment annual conference, Denver, CO
March 29, 2025
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Multimethod assessment as GPS: Navigating through defenses to arrive at core shame
Julie Cradock O'Leary, Ph.D., Seth Grossman, Psy.D., Jason Turret, Psy.D., Donna Kelley, IHM, Psy.D.
Case discussion
Society for Personality Assessment annual conference, Denver, CO
March 29, 2025
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“What if I tell you I think it’s all BS and I want a real diagnosis?” How the MCMI-IV and the TCTS highlighted a 19-year-old male’s struggle with shame, expectations, and
vulnerability in a collaborative assessment
Seth Grossman, Psy.D.
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"I felt like a piece of furniture, not a member of the family": An American case of
hikikomori illustrating the role of shame in extreme avoidance
Jason Turret, Psy.D.
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“Just need to get through this at the moment and not fall apart or give into this”: Using
testing data to help a client access her grief and shame
Donna Kelley, IHM, Psy.D.
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Signposts of shame and avoidance: How assessors can identify shame defenses and
guide clients toward self-compassion
Julie Cradock O'Leary, Ph.D.
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Assessment of Shame with the Thurston Cradock Test of Shame (TCTS): part 2
Julie Cradock O'Leary, Ph.D.
Webinar guest lecture
Internship Assessment Seminar
University of Denver Graduate School of Professional Psychology, Denver, CO
February 28, 2025
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Assessment of Shame with the Thurston Cradock Test of Shame (TCTS): part 1
Julie Cradock O'Leary, Ph.D.
Webinar guest lecture
Internship Assessment Seminar
University of Denver Graduate School of Professional Psychology, Denver, CO
February 21, 2025
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​​Administering, Scoring and Interpreting the Thurston Cradock Test of Shame (TCTS)
Julie Cradock O'Leary, Ph.D.
Webinar guest lecture
Doctoral-level advanced assessment class
Fuller Graduate School of Psychology, Pasadena, CA
January 22, 2025​​​​​​
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