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Author Harper, James M.

Title Uncovering shame : an approach integrating individuals and their family systems / James M. Harper and Margaret H. Hoopes
Edition First edition
Published New York : Norton, [1990]
©1990

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Description xiii, 329 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Section I: Development of shame of guilt -- "Will I ever quit being bad?"- The case of a shame-prone woman -- Individual affirmation and family dynamics -- Patterns of needs, emotions, and issues of transitory shame -- Section II: Shame and family systems -- The family's contribution to the development of healthy individual identity -- Family systems with shame-prone identities -- Family systems shaming on issues of intimacy or dependency -- Section III: Assessment of shame -- Characteristic response patterns of four systemic positions -- Assessing shame-prone individuals, couples, and families -- Section IV: Clinical applications -- Confronting your own shame as a therapist -- Treatment map for working through shame-prone patterns -- Setting the stage for therapy -- Treating shame-prone systems: early stage -- Treating shame-prone systems: middle stage -- Shame-prone clients: late stage of therapy -- The case of Joe: "I'm crazy but only my family knows it."
Notes "A Norton professional book"--Half t.p
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [301]-311) and indexes
Subject Families -- Mental health.
Mentally ill -- Family relationships.
Shame.
Family Therapy -- methods.
Family -- psychology.
Psychotherapy -- methods.
Shame.
Author Hoopes, Margaret H. (Margaret Howard)
LC no. 90036004
ISBN 039370100X
0393701018