Shame and shame reactions are two of the most delicate and difficult
issues of psychotherapy and are among the most likely to defy our usual
dynamic, systemic, and behavioral theories. In this groundbreaking new
collection, The Voice of Shame, thirteen distinguished authors show
how use of the Gestalt model of self and relationship can clarify the
dynamics of shame and lead us to fresh approaches and methods in this
challenging terrain. This model shows how shame issues become pivotal in
therapeutic and other relationships and how healing shame is the key to
transformational change.
The contributors show how new perspectives on shame gained in no
particular area transfer and generalize to other areas and settings. In
so doing, they transform our fundamental understanding of psychotherapy
itself. Grounded in the most recent research on the dynamics and
experience of shame, this book is a practical guide for all
psychotherapists, psychologists, clinicians, and others interested in
self, psychotherapy, and relationship.
This book contains powerful new insights for the therapist on a
full-range of topics from intimacy in couples to fathering to politics
to child development to gender issues to negative therapeutic reactions.
Filled with anecdotes and case examples as well as practical strategies,
The Voice of Shame will transform your ideas about the role of shame
in relationships - and about the potential of the Gestalt model to
clarify and contextualize other approaches.
