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    To acknowledge shameful experiences leads to feeling more shame. Have you ever felt completely stuck in your work with a client and not...

    Pride and Shame

    Pride: “the happy confluence of the affect joy and the experience of personal efficacy” (Nathanson, 1987, p.186). In brief, when we feel...

    The Therapist's Shame

    Shame can be a hindrance or a healing agent in psychotherapy. It is incumbent upon the therapist to recognize shame in the client, but,...

    Other People's Shame

    People have developed a fascination with shame- other people's shame. While human beings are curious about their own shame, at the same...

    Shame Hides

    While viewing other peoples’ stories on the internet and TV from a safe distance fascinates some people, the idea of facing the pain of...

    The Core of Shame

    "At the core of chronic shame is an absence- the absence of connectedness (DeYoung, p.120). Affective interactions between a child and...