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Shame silences our stories, crushes our spirits, and cuts us off from our hearts. How can we give voice to what has happened? Could we fall apart into suffering that would heal us? Might we honour desires weâve disowned for a lifetime? How do we gather up our battered parts of self with tenderness? Could grief and love restore our hearts to us?

Having written groundbreaking theory about the developmental genesis of chronic shame and its treatment in relational psychotherapy, Patricia DeYoung returns to speak from her heart about what itâs like to inhabit a life of shame. In six essays, she writes of the essential impasses of chronic shame: silence, dissociation, isolation, the abolition of desire, the imposition of right and wrong, and ending life without meaning. Each impasse deserves a story.

DeYoungâs stories of an ordinary life start with getting born and end with getting old. They open up crucial questions: Does the shame we suffer mean weâre as worthless as we feel

Shame and Grace

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    A Paperback by Patricia A. DeYoung

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      Publisher Taylor & Francis
      Published 10 August 2024
      ISBN-13 9781032804934
      978-1032804934
      ISBN-10 1032804939
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Shame silences our stories, crushes our spirits, and cuts us off from our hearts. How can we give voice to what has happened? Could we fall apart into suffering that would heal us? Might we honour desires weâve disowned for a lifetime? How do we gather up our battered parts of self with tenderness? Could grief and love restore our hearts to us?

      Having written groundbreaking theory about the developmental genesis of chronic shame and its treatment in relational psychotherapy, Patricia DeYoung returns to speak from her heart about what itâs like to inhabit a life of shame. In six essays, she writes of the essential impasses of chronic shame: silence, dissociation, isolation, the abolition of desire, the imposition of right and wrong, and ending life without meaning. Each impasse deserves a story.

      DeYoungâs stories of an ordinary life start with getting born and end with getting old. They open up crucial questions: Does the shame we suffer mean weâre as worthless as we feel

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