Shame-informed Counselling and Psychotherapy: Eastern and Western Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9780367616182 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 126 str.

Edmund Ng

Opis

Unhealthy or maladaptive shame is believed to be the root cause of a diverse range of mental health problems. Ng draws on field study evidence, 15 years’ of professional practice as well as Western and Eastern literature, to offer practical shame-informed interventions.

Spis treści

Part One: Understanding Shame  1. Introduction  2. Hiddenness of Shame  3. Shame’s Dualistic Nature  4. Development Stages of Intensified Shame  5. My Own Struggles with Shame  6. Empirical Findings of My Study  7. Qualitative Findings of My Study  8. East-West Distinctives  9. Healthy Shame  10. Unhealthy Shame  11. Continuum of Shamefulness and Shamelessness  Part Two: Addressing Shame  12.  Going to the Roots  13. Connecting the Symptoms to Shame  14. Preparing for Shame-informed Psychotherapy  15. Application of Shame Memory Reframing  16. Other Antidotes to Unhealthy Shame  17. Therapist's Skills  18. Therapist's Shame  19. Countering Shamelessness  Appendix

O autorze

Edmund Ng, formerly a business CEO, has been a licensed counsellor, grief therapist and psychotherapist in private practice for the last 15 years. Besides his qualifications in the field of business, he has studied doctoral courses in practical theology, counselling and psychology. He is accredited as a Fellow in Thanatology. Edmund has earlier written a book entitled The TIME Approach to Grief Support (2011).