In The Secret Message of Shame, Patricia and Ronald Potter-Efron explore what feelings of shame really tell about our hidden yearnings and aspirations and our deepest concept of ourselves. They explain what shame is, show how it is related to positive qualities like pride and a sense of honor, explore its connection to sexuality and addictive behaviors, and explain how shame contributes to violence. Use this book to learn creative approaches to healing shame, including the use of journals, art, clay, and imagination.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
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Great book on healing shame,
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This review is from: The Secret Message of Shame: Pathways to Hope and Healing (Paperback)
This book categorizes shame in many different ways - almost too many. But it has really good chapters on several of the types of shame with lots of practical exercises. One of the useful analogies in the book is a comparison between healing from shame and healing from frostbite. I'm finding this book to be really helpful in looking at shame in a different way, in letting myself experience the shame rather than run away from it, to hopefully be able to move beyond it. I highly recommend the book.
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I have read several books on shame and I did like this one. It was dense, but not too dense for me. I have a masters in counseling, work in the field, and am in counseling myself. There was some good stuff in there that I took with me. It is hard to give much info as I bought and read it a couple years ago. This is one of the books though that I would typically read a couple pages a day. There is quite a bit of info just in a couple pages. I appreciate the info on the etiology of shame.
5 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
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disappointed,
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This review is from: The Secret Message of Shame: Pathways to Hope and Healing (Paperback)
I thought that this book was weak. The only positive I can say about this book is that it had some interesting points on the explanation or causes of shame but also it had parts that I didn't understand because I found contradicting points to their conclusions of shame also. Mainly why the book didn't do it for me because of it's style on how to deal with shame. It was too "touchy-feely". Hey if you think staring at yourself in the mirror and saying you love yourself everyday will work for you, then by all means go ahead and buy this book. But I thought that it lacked substance and the feeling I got after reading this book was wanting my money back.
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Let's begin with a definition: Shame is "a painful belief in one's basic defectiveness as a human being" (Potter-Efron, Potter-Efron 1989b). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
competence shame, existential shame, useful shame, normal shame, excessive shame, shamed people, social shame, competence pride, shame bound, shame issues, body shame, toxic shame, healing shame, shame experience, sexual disgust, healthy pride, sexual shame Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Let's begin with a definition: Shame is "a painful belief in one's basic defectiveness as a human being" (Potter-Efron, Potter-Efron 1989b). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
competence shame, existential shame, useful shame, normal shame, excessive shame, shamed people, social shame, competence pride, shame bound, shame issues, body shame, toxic shame, healing shame, shame experience, sexual disgust, healthy pride, sexual shame Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Angry All the Time: An Emergency Guide to Anger Control by Ronald T. Potter-Efron in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez on page 64, and Back Matter
- Working Anger: Preventing and Resolving Conflict on the Job by Ronald T. Potter-Efron in Back Matter
- Shame: The Exposed Self by Michael Lewis in Back Matter
- Healing the Shame that Binds You (Recovery Classics) by John Bradshaw in Back Matter
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- Conquer Your Critical Inner Voice: A Revolutionary Program to Counter Negative Thoughts and Live Free from Imagined Limitations by Robert W. Firestone in Back Matter
- Perfecting Your Private Practice: Suggestions and Strategies for Psychologists by Dr. Joan Neehall-Davidson on page 339
- Listening to Depression: How Understanding Your Pain Can Heal Your Life by Lara Honos-Webb in Back Matter
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