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The unshaming way : a compassionate guide to dismantling shame : heal from trauma, unlearn self-blame, and reclaim your story / David Bedrick.

Summary:

Author, mental health expert, and professor David Bedrick helps us understand how shame shows up--and offers a revolutionary, stigma-free model to help us unshame and release its hold on our happiness. Shame is more than feeling guilty, sad, or responsible. It develops when we experience a trauma but can't access the tools or freedom to express how we feel--or are denied the ability to ask for the care we need. Bedrick helps readers bring shame out of the shadows, inviting us to get to know it and listen to its wisdom without minimizing our traumas or pathologizing our experiences. He offers us practical tools and exercises to dismantle the narratives that hold us back from living our lives whole, free, and in alignment with our most authentic selves."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9798889840756
Physical Description: viii, 294 pages ; 23 cm
Publisher: Huichin, unceded Ohlone land Berkeley, California : North Atlantic Books, [2024]
Copyright: ©2024

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Unshaming orientation -- Becoming an unshaming witness to yourself and others -- Shame, physical health, and symptoms -- The role of boundaries in healing shame -- Witnessing inner criticism and self-hatred -- Social issues and shame -- Body shame -- Unshaming disturbing feelings -- Shame and abuse -- Witnessing trauma -- Patterns, dependencies, and codependencies -- Becoming a witness to the world.