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Upcoming presentations

​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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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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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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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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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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