Secret Message of Shame

By Ronald T. Potter-Efron and Patricia S. Potter-Efron

Book Overview

Coming to terms with feelings of shame when we fail to meet our own standards or feel that we have disappointed others is a normal part of emotional development. Shame turns toxic when it suffuses a person's life, fuels addictions or depression, or turns into rage or self-sabotage. In this book the nature of shame and its relation to positive qualities such as pride and honour is investigated, while creative ways to heal shame's corrosive effects are suggested.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1572241705
• ISBN13: 9781572241701
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Great book on healing shame

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.