New Training. Join Daniel Vose LIVE!
Reclaiming Connection
Understanding and Healing Emotional Shutdown
Discover how a somatic and attachment-based approach can shift emotional shutdown in men—from a frustrating cycle of silence and disconnection into a path of healing, reconnection and secure relationships.
- Three 90-minute LIVE training sessions
- Hands-on somatic practices
- Q&A with Daniel Vose
- Lifetime access to all session recordings
Enrollment Now Open – Course begins June 11, 2025
A roadmap for healing emotional shutdown at its roots
Emotional withdrawal isn’t just silence or distance, it’s a learned survival strategy.
Many men who shut down emotionally—whether in relationships or in therapy aren’t trying to push people away. They want closeness. But something inside them retreats, freezes, or shuts down the moment emotional intensity rises.
Even when they can explain their past or name their attachment style…
Even when they understand their patterns…
They still get stuck.
Why?
Because shutdown isn’t just a behavior—it’s a protective system.
A nervous system strategy shaped by early shame, emotional pressure, and internalized expectations about masculinity and performance.
Most approaches try to push through that shutdown—encouraging more expression, prompting vulnerability, or increasing emotional demands.
But that often backfires.
Instead of creating connection, it reinforces the cycle:
overwhelm → withdrawal → disconnection.
This course offers a different path.
You’ll learn how to recognize the subtle cues of shutdown before they escalate and how to respond in ways that expand emotional capacity, rather than trigger more retreat.
Through somatic practices, attachment-based insights, and Daniel’s Male Cycle of Repression framework, you’ll gain tools to transform shame and shutdown into authentic, sustainable connection.
Whether you’ve experienced emotional shutdown yourself, are in a relationship with someone who withdraws, or support men professionally—this course offers a grounded, compassionate way forward.
Why Choose This Course Over Others?
Go Beyond Communication Strategies—Learn a Proven Framework for Rebuilding Connection in Emotionally Shutdown Men
Most relationship and trauma courses focus on communication skills, regulation techniques, or mindfulness practices. And while those tools are helpful, they often miss the core reason men stay emotionally unavailable: they’re protecting themselves.
Without addressing the shame, overwhelm, and internalized expectations that drive emotional shutdown, healing stays on the surface—and patterns repeat.
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Why shame often gets missed in men
Shame can look like silence, irritation, self-isolation, or shutting down—especially in men. Because these behaviors don’t always register as vulnerability, they often go unaddressed in relationships and even in therapy. This training helps you recognize the signals of shame more clearly and respond with grounded compassion. -
Learn from a specialist in male shame and relational withdrawal
Daniel has spent over 15 years working directly with men who feel emotionally overwhelmed, ashamed, or disconnected—and training the professionals who support them. His approach is gentle, grounded, and somatically informed, with a focus on real-world application and emotional safety. -
A relationally focused course for partners, practitioners and men themselves
Whether you’re experiencing shutdown, witnessing it in a loved one, or supporting it in clinical work, this course will help you understand the Male Cycle of Repression and respond in ways that reduce shame rather than trigger it.
You’ll learn:
- How to identify the 5 stages of shutdown in real time.
- How to make invitations to connection without overwhelming.
- How to create space for emotional growth—without pressure or emotional policing.
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A supportive, human-centered learning experience
This course is designed for real, relational learning—with guided discussions, experiential exercises, and live Q&A to personalize your experience. You’ll get lifetime access to recordings, worksheets, and integration prompts to help you continue learning long after the final session.
If you’re ready to move past surface-level fixes and start working with emotional shutdown where it actually lives in the body, the relational field, and the nervous system—this course is for you.
—All-New Online Training Now Open—
Reclaiming Connection
Understanding and Healing
Emotional Shutdown
A 3-Session LIVE Course Begins June 11, 2025
A practical roadmap for understanding emotional shutdown and rebuilding trust, safety, and connection.
What You Get For Only $79…
Three 90-minute LIVE, Interactive Training Sessions
Led by somatic educator Daniel Vose, this live course delivers a hands-on learning experience focused on emotional withdrawal, shame, and attachment wounds—particularly as they show up in men. Each session includes expert teaching, somatic exercises, and real-time application to help you integrate the material into your life, your relationships, or your work with clients.
Including live Q&A with Daniel Vose
You’ll have the opportunity to ask your most pressing questions and receive real-time insights from a leading somatic and attachment educator. Whether you’re exploring emotional shutdown in yourself, navigating it in a relationship, or supporting clients who disconnect under stress, this course offers the support, structure, and depth you need.
Join Us LIVE for Experiential Learning and Real-World Tools
This course isn’t just about ideas—it’s about embodied change. Through live exercises, attachment-based frameworks, you’ll learn how to:
- Recognize the early signs of shutdown.
- Track emotional capacity.
- Communicate without triggering.
- Rebuild connection with clarity and compassion.
See How Reconnection Really Happens—in Real Time
Join Daniel Vose for three LIVE, 90-minute sessions featuring expert teaching, experiential practices, and guided breakdowns of the Male Cycle of Repression.
You’ll explore exactly how shame, avoidance, and overwhelm lead to emotional shutdown and how to respond with clarity and compassion.
Each session gives you real-world tools you can apply in your personal relationships, your own healing, or your professional work with men who shut down under emotional stress.
Attend live or watch the replays anytime. These practices are designed to help you recognize the patterns behind emotional withdrawal and support sustainable change—without triggering more retreat.
Course Schedule & Topics
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Session 1 – June 11, 2025: Understanding Emotional Shutdown
Explore how shame, early attachment wounds, and performance pressure create shutdown in men and experience the “Reach” and “Kind Eyes” practices for restoring trust. -
Session 2 – June 18, 2025: The Male Cycle of Repression
Learn the five stages of emotional shutdown (hurt → shame → guarding → compensation → shutdown), how to track them in real time, and how to interrupt the cycle without pushing. -
Session 3 – June 25, 2025: Sustainable Connection and Healthy Masculinity
Explore how to set compassionate boundaries, repair connection after rupture, and create rituals that support emotional openness without pressure or emotional over-functioning.
Learn Relational and Somatic Tools That Actually Work
This course goes beyond theory, showing you how to track signs of emotional capacity and overwhelm, what to do when a shutdown pattern is unfolding in the moment, how to communicate without activating shame, and how to create emotional safety before asking for connection.
Whether you’re a partner, a therapist, or someone who struggles with shutting down yourself, you’ll walk away with structured practices that make emotional reconnection possible—even in long-standing patterns of distance.
Join a Supportive, Insightful Learning Community
Deepen your skills in interactive live sessions where you can ask questions, reflect on your own shutdown patterns, and learn from others navigating similar dynamics—all while practicing somatic exercises to interrupt emotional withdrawal in real time.
Join a supportive online community where partners, therapists, and individuals come together to share experiences, exchange insights, and deepen compassionate strategies for transforming shutdown into secure, lasting connection.
Lifetime Access to Video, Audio, Transcripts & Bonuses
Every live session is recorded and available in video, audio, and transcript format within your personal learning portal—so you can download and revisit the material anytime, plus access bonus worksheets, integration prompts, and guided somatic exercises to deepen your practice.
Miss a session or want to go deeper?
With lifetime access, you can return to any lesson at your convenience, whether you’re navigating your own healing or supporting someone else’s.
Here’s what You’ll Learn in Each Live Session
Led by Daniel Vose, MA, S.E.P.
Somatic educator, attachment specialist, and trauma-informed coach
All LIVE sessions meet online for 90 minutes (dates and times listed below)
SESSION 1: June 11, 2025 @ 6 PM MT
Understanding Emotional Shutdown: Shame, Vulnerability & Building Bridges
Emotional shutdown isn’t about not caring—it’s about not feeling safe. In this foundational session, you’ll explore how shame, emotional overwhelm, and early attachment wounds lead many men to disconnect in moments that most call for intimacy and presence.
Daniel will walk you through the relational cost of missed bids, and how even small moments of silence or deflection can create deep rupture. You’ll experience the “Reach” and “Kind Eyes” practices to begin restoring relational trust and safety—both within yourself and with others.
You’ll learn how to:
- Understand why emotional shutdown is a protective response, not rejection
- Identify common triggers for male withdrawal rooted in shame or performance anxiety
- Use somatic exercises to begin rebuilding trust and relational safety
- Reframe affirmations, vulnerability, and connection-building in ways that don’t trigger further retreat
This session sets the tone for the course—building awareness and compassion as the foundation
for deeper change.
SESSION 2: June 18, 2025 @ 6 PM MT
The Male Cycle of Repression: Navigating Shame, Emotional Overwhelm & Strategies
In this session, you’ll learn Daniel’s signature framework—the Male Cycle of Repression—and how each stage (hurt → shame → guarding → compensation → shutdown) shapes emotional withdrawal in both body and relational dynamics.
We’ll explore how partners, loved ones, and clinicians can inadvertently reinforce the cycle through well-intended but counterproductive responses, and how to skillfully interrupt it using ongoing capacity-tracking exercises, compassionate boundary-setting practices, and nervous system-informed communication strategies.
You’ll learn how to:
- Identify the five stages of the Male Cycle of Repression in real time
- Distinguish emotional overwhelm from intentional avoidance
- Track emotional capacity (yours or your partner’s) without judgment
- Use compassionate language to interrupt the cycle and invite reconnection
You’ll leave this session with tools to respond to shutdown as it’s happening—without escalating tension or deepening disconnection.
SESSION 3: June 25, 2025 @ 6 PM MT
Sustainable Connection: Healthy Masculinity, Realistic Expectations & Emotional Growth
Healing emotional shutdown isn’t about pushing someone to “open up.” It’s about creating conditions that allow for growth—and grief.
In this final session, you’ll explore how to set realistic relational expectations, support the development of healthy masculinity, and create sustainable rituals that foster emotional presence without pressure.
We’ll also address the grief of lost intimacy, missed moments, and disconnection. From there, you’ll learn how to consciously rebuild sustainable patterns of connection and emotional safety over time.
You’ll learn how to:
- Set boundaries that support growth without overwhelming sensitivity
- Recognize relational rituals that invite connection without forcing it
- Explore grief as a natural part of the healing journey
- Use low-pressure strategies like parallel play and “relational invitations” to maintain momentum
This closing session ties everything together, giving you a roadmap to support long-term relational healing—within yourself, your clients, or your partnerships.
Join a Compassionate Community Committed to Healing Shame & Emotional Shutdown
Whether you’re supporting emotionally withdrawn men as a therapist or coach, navigating shutdown in a relationship, or doing the deep work yourself—this course offers a safe, supportive space to learn, connect, and grow.
You’ll walk away with practical tools, deeper insight, and a renewed sense of possibility for connection that lasts.
Enrollment is open until June 10, 2025
PLUS you’ll get this exclusive bonus when you enroll!
FREE BONUS:
Compassionate Communication Strategies Reference Guide
Whether you tend to shut down under stress or love someone who does, this downloadable bonus handout offers grounded, practical communication strategies for bridging emotional distance and serves as a quick-reference guide to navigating emotional shutdown with care and clarity.
Divided into two sections—one for avoidant-leaning individuals and one for their partners—this free exclusive guide includes:
- Conversation starters and non-triggering language for re-establishing connection
- Supportive phrases that reduce shame and build emotional safety
- Mindset shifts that help reframe conflict as an opportunity for intimacy
- Practical prompts for self-reflection and repair
Use it as a personal cheat sheet during difficult conversations or integrate it into your clinical or coaching practice to support clients navigating emotional disconnection.
This bonus is included at no extra cost when you enroll—because knowing what to say in the moment can make all the difference.
Enrollment Now Open – Course begins June 11, 2025
Learn directly from Daniel Vose in this focused 3-Session LIVE Training
All for only
$79
(One-time payment with lifetime access!)
- Three LIVE 90-minute training sessions
- Hands-on somatic practices & real-time Q&A
- Private Course Portal with Downloadable Access to Video Recordings, Audio and Transcripts
- Exclusive Bonus: Compassionate Communication Strategies quick-reference guide
- No-Risk 100% Money-Back Guarantee
Can’t attend live? All training is recorded and available in your learning portal.
This is the only time this training will be offered live—secure your seat today!
You’re protected by our 100% Satisfaction Guarantee
We’re confident this program will be a valuable investment in your education and clinical practice.
Try the Reclaiming Connection: Understanding and Healing Emotional Shutdown course 100% risk-free.
If you don’t feel this training meets your needs, contact our friendly Customer Support Team within 5 days of the first class––on or before Sunday, June 16, 2025––for a full refund, no questions asked.
For those with financial needs, a limited number of partial scholarships are available. Please contact our Customer Support Team for further information.
Who Should Join Us?
Learn from Experts in Somatic Healing and Attachment—and Apply These Tools in Your Relationships, Practice, or Personal Growth
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Emotionally Shutdown Men
If you’ve ever struggled to stay present in emotional moments or often feel overwhelmed, ashamed, or misunderstood—this course will give you a framework for making sense of your responses and tools to begin reconnecting without pressure. -
Partners of Emotionally Shutdown Men
Understand what’s happening beneath the silence. You’ll gain insight into the Male Cycle of Repression, discover communication strategies that don’t trigger shame, and learn how to invite connection with clarity and compassion. -
Therapists, Coaches, and Helping Professionals
Expand your trauma-informed toolkit with practical, somatic, and relational strategies for working with male clients who shut down. Learn how to support connection, reduce shame, and guide clients toward emotional safety and capacity-building. -
Somatic Practitioners, Yoga Therapists and Bodyworkers
Explore how the nervous system and attachment history shape shutdown patterns. You’ll learn techniques that complement body-based healing and help clients move from withdrawal into embodied connection. -
People on a Personal Healing Journey
If you’ve experienced emotional disconnection—whether as the one who withdraws or the one left reaching—this course will help you understand the relational patterns at play and give you tools to move forward with more compassion and clarity.
If you’re ready to shift out of frustration, confusion, or shutdown and into deeper understanding, emotional safety and true connection—this course is for you.
Meet Your Instructor
Emotional shutdown isn’t a character flaw—it’s a survival strategy. When we stop taking it personally, we can finally start reconnecting.
Daniel Vose MA S.E.P. is an educator and coach. He has helped train hundreds of therapists and other helping professionals in attachment and somatic methods. He has helped over 1,000 individual clients, run continuing education groups for therapists at the renowned Sierra Tucson treatment center, helped in and learned from Indigenous people’s communities in the US and Canada, and authored a book. He has a master’s degree in somatic psychology and many postgraduate certificate trainings. Daniel started his professional somatic work in 2008 and has since acquired more than 10,000 intentional practice hours.
See Exactly How Healing Happens—in Real Time
Led by Somatic Educator Daniel Vose, MA, S.E.P.
Here’s what’s included…
Reclaiming Connection
Understanding and Healing Emotional Shutdown
A 3-Session LIVE Course begins June 11, 2025
Learn to recognize the signs of emotional shutdown, interrupt the shame cycle, and guide yourself or others toward connection with clarity, compassion, and safety.
Over 4.5 hours of LIVE training
Just $79 with lifetime access!
Three LIVE 90-Minute Interactive Training Sessions with Daniel Vose
Join Daniel for three 90-minute live online sessions, where you’ll receive:
- Foundational teaching on shame, shutdown, and
emotional capacity - Live somatic exercises and communication strategies
- Step-by-step guidance for recognizing and
responding to the Male Cycle of Repression - Structured Q&A for your most relevant questions
Interactive Learning: Somatic Practices, Real-Life Scenarios & Guided Debriefs
Each session includes guided exercises like “Kind Eyes,” “Capacity Tracking,” and the “Reach” experience—tools you can practice during the session and use long after it ends.
Daniel will walk you through the nuance of working with men who shut down—pausing to highlight patterns, clarify common missteps, and offer language that builds connection without triggering further withdrawal.
You’ll understand the Male Cycle of Repression and you’ll learn how to interrupt it gently, skillfully, and sustainably.
Learn at your own pace, connect with fellow participants, and revisit the material whenever you need.
Private Course Portal with Downloadable Access to Video, Audio, Transcripts
Can’t make a session? Want to rewatch a demo or download a guided practice? No problem.
You’ll get:
- Full video and audio recordings
- Written transcripts for easy review or note-taking
- Integration prompts and optional worksheets for
continued reflection
PLUS you’ll also get this EXCLUSIVE COURSE BONUS!
Compassionate Communication Strategies
This downloadable handout offers clear, trauma-informed language for navigating emotional shutdown with care. Divided into two sections—one for avoidant-leaning individuals and one for their partners.
This reference guide includes:
- Conversation starters and supportive phrases
- Mindset shifts for reducing shame and defensiveness
- Recognize relational rituals that invite connection without forcing it
- Prompts for reflection, repair, and reconnection
Whether you’re in the moment with a partner or helping a client regulate through disconnection, this guide helps keep the path to connection open and accessible.
This is the ONLY time this course will be offered LIVE.
Be sure to save your spot today…
Learn directly from Daniel Vose in this focused 3-Session LIVE Training
All for only
$79
(One-time payment with lifetime access!)
- Three LIVE 90-minute training sessions
- Hands-on somatic practices & real-time Q&A
- Private Course Portal with Downloadable Access to Video Recordings, Audio and Transcripts
- Exclusive Bonus: Compassionate Communication Strategies quick-reference guide
- No-Risk 100% Money-Back Guarantee
Can’t attend live? All training is recorded and available in your learning portal.
This is the only time this training will be offered live—secure your seat today!
You’re protected by our 100% Satisfaction Guarantee
We’re confident this program will be a valuable investment in your education and clinical practice.
Try the Reclaiming Connection: Understanding and Healing Emotional Shutdown course 100% risk-free.
If you don’t feel this training meets your needs, contact our friendly Customer Support Team within 5 days of the first class––on or before Sunday, June 16, 2025––for a full refund, no questions asked.
For those with financial needs, a limited number of partial scholarships are available. Please contact our Customer Support Team for further information.
Frequently Asked Questions
How can we help you?
Who is this course for?
This course is for men who experience emotional shutdown, partners of shutdown men, and professionals who work with emotionally withdrawn clients. Whether you’re in a relationship, in practice, or on a personal healing journey, this course offers a grounded, practical approach to transforming shame, disconnection, and avoidance.
Is this course only for men?
Not at all. While the course focuses on emotional shutdown as it often shows up in men, anyone can benefit—especially partners, clinicians, or individuals who want to better understand these patterns and support healing.
Do I need prior experience with somatic work or attachment theory?
Not at all. This course begins with the fundamentals of emotional shutdown—covering shame cycles, nervous-system regulation, and somatic tracking—so no previous training is required. Through clear teaching, guided exercises, and live support, you’ll build your understanding step by step, whether these ideas are entirely new to you or you’re deepening existing knowledge.
How is this course different from other relationship or trauma trainings?
Most programs focus on what to say. This one focuses on what’s really happening underneath—the shame, overwhelm, and protective instincts that drive withdrawal. You’ll learn how to work with emotional shutdown where it lives: in the body, in the nervous system, and in the relational field.
What if I can’t make it to the live calls—should I still take this course?
We would love to have you join each session live, but we recognize that you may already have prior commitments. If you’re unable to join us, we do record all sessions and training (including the Q&A), so you can still receive all the information and training you need.
Many of our students are unable to some (or all) of the live sessions and still find the recorded training, additional resources, audio, transcripts and the course bonus to be highly valuable and relevant to their learning goals. Additionally, the course materials are yours to download and keep in your professional reference library, so you can come back and revisit the material at any time.
Are the class sessions live or pre-recorded?
There are a total of three, 90-minute LIVE sessions, streamed online via Zoom. Additionally, you’ll be able to submit questions each week and during the live session, which includes time for Q&A.
Every live call and workshop will also be recorded and stored inside your personal learning portal (Kajabi) along with handouts, audio, and transcripts. So you can watch and re-watch at any time 24/7/365.
To get the most out of this course, we highly recommend you attend the live sessions if you can.
How long can I access the course materials?
You’ll have lifetime access to ALL training materials, including videos, transcripts, worksheets, demos, resources, and bonuses too. You may also download, print or save materials at any time to your professional reference library for personal use.
Are CE credits available for the course?
No, CE credits are not offered for this live training. However, clinicians will find the tools and practices highly applicable to attachment- and trauma-informed work. You can request a certificate of completion after the course is done by contacting our friendly Customer Support Team.
Are there any discounts or scholarships available for this course?
We do offer a limited number of partial scholarships for students who attend an accredited university. Reduced enrollment rates are also available for those with limited resources in countries defined as low and lower middle income by the World Bank. Please contact our friendly Customer Support Team for more information.
I’m having trouble completing the purchase. How can I get support?
If you have additional questions or need technical support, please contact our friendly Customer Support Team for help.
What is the refund policy for the course?
We’re confident this program will be a valuable investment in your education, personal growth and clinical practice.
If you enroll in Reclaiming Connection: Understanding and Healing Emotional Shutdown and you decide to withdraw from the course for any reason, you may cancel your participation within 5 days of the course start date and request either a full refund or credit for a future course.
You must make this request in writing to our Customer Support Team on or before June 16, 2025. Refunds will be issued in the same form of payment made, and may take up to four weeks to process.
Learn directly from Daniel Vose in this focused 3-Session LIVE Training
All for only
$79
(One-time payment with lifetime access!)
- Three LIVE 90-minute training sessions
- Hands-on somatic practices & real-time Q&A
- Private Course Portal with Downloadable Access to Video Recordings, Audio and Transcripts
- Exclusive Bonus: Compassionate Communication Strategies quick-reference guide
- No-Risk 100% Money-Back Guarantee
Can’t attend live? All training is recorded and available in your learning portal.
This is the only time this training will be offered live—secure your seat today!