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.
Key Features
- Grounded in the most recent research on the dynamics and experience of shame.
- A practical guide for all psychotherapists, psychologists, clinicians, and others interested in self, psychotherapy, and relationship.
- Contains powerful new insights for therapists on a full range of topics from intimacy in couples to fathering, politics, child development, gender issues, and negative therapeutic reactions.
- Filled with anecdotes and case examples as well as practical strategies.
- Transforms ideas about the role of shame in relationships and the potential of the Gestalt model.
Additional Information
The contributors show how new perspectives on shame gained in no particular area transfer and generalise to other areas and settings. In so doing, they transform our fundamental understanding of psychotherapy itself.
