Understanding and Working with Shame - Psychotherapeutic, Cultural and Philosophical Perspectives

This book discusses the pivotal role of shame in a wide range of mental disorders and as a driving force in societal polarization and escalating conflicts between nations and population groups. ?

Exploring the phenomenology of one of the most vulnerable and painful of human emotions: Shame, J-rgensen dives deep into its many facets and the ways in which it manifests in mental illnesses and everyday life. Delving into an in-depth discussion of the differentiation between the moral and ethical feelings of guilt and shame, he presses the need to distinguish between constructive and destructive feelings of shame. He examines how shame permeates societal and cultural expectations, on both individual and collective levels. Solution-centric in its approach, the author not only discusses the?destructive feelings of shame particularly common