Recent TCTS presentations
A brief review of the Thurston Cradock Test of Shame (TCTS)
Julie Cradock O'Leary, Ph.D.
Guest lecture webinar
University of Denver Graduate School of Professional Psychology, Denver, CO
July 28, 2026
Shame dynamics in clinical work: Therapy, assessment and supervision
Julie Cradock O'Leary, Ph.D.
Invited guest lecture webinar
University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, Michigan
June 3, 2026
Shame in clinical work: Theory and practice
Julie Cradock O'Leary, Ph.D.
Invited lecture presented at PsyD Day, Immaculata University, Immaculata, PA.
April 29, 2026
Using the Thurston Cradock Test of Shame in forensic settings
Julie Cradock O'Leary, Ph.D., Reneau Kennedy, Ed.D.
Symposium
Society for Personality Assessment annual conference, Toronto, ON
March 28, 2026
Shame dynamics in forensic settings
Julie Cradock O'Leary, Ph.D.
Use of the TCTS in two forensic cases: NGRI conditional release and high conflict family court
Reneau Kennedy, Ed.D.
Inevitable shame dynamics in supervision: Reflections, dialogue and resources
Julie Cradock O'Leary, Ph.D., Diane Santas, Ph.D., Stephen Seger, Psy.D., Jack Burke, M.A.
Society for Personality Assessment annual conference, Toronto, ON
March 28, 2026
What the literature tells us about shame in supervision
Julie Cradock O’Leary, Ph.D.
Shame in supervision: a view from both sides of the couch
Diane Santas, Ph.D.
Shame in supervision: A pre-internship perspective
Jack Burke, M.A.
Shame in supervision: A post-doctoral fellow perspective
Stephen Seger, Psy.D.
Breaking the silence: Using Therapeutic Assessment to give voice to shame and trauma. A single case repeated measures design
Julie Cradock O'Leary, Ph.D., Donna Kelley, IHM, Psy.D., Filippo Aschieri, Ph.D., Stephen Finn, Ph.D.
Poster
Society for Personality Assessment annual conference, Toronto, ON
March 28, 2026
The client's TCTS
Julie Cradock O'Leary, Ph.D.
Paper to be presented in Noriko Nakamura's symposium "Therapeutic Assessment case study 'in-progress'"
Society for Personality Assessment annual conference, Toronto, ON
March 27, 2026
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
January 30, 2026
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 21, 2026
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
¿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
Recorrido histórico y cambio de paradigma implicados en el concepto de vergüenza
Susana Levantini
Presentación del Test TCTS
Julie Cradock O’Leary
“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
“¿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
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