The shame of death, grief, and trauma / edited by Jeffrey Kauffman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kauffman, Jeffrey.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shame.

Bereavement.

Death.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (234 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Shame is a common and pervasive feature of the human response to death and other losses, yet this often goes unrecognized due to a reluctance to acknowledge and confront it. This book intends to expose shame for what it is, allowing clinicians to see that it is the central psychological force in the understanding of death and mourning. Kauffman and his fellow authors explore the psychology of shame via observation, reflection, theory, and practice in order to demonstrate the significant role it can play in our processing of grief, death, and trauma. The authors avoid defining a unified th

Contents:

On the primacy of shame / Jeffrey Kauffman

Side by side / Shelley Costa

Between shame, death, and mourning : the predispositional role of early attachments and the sense of self / Vic Shermer

Combat, combat stress injuries, and shame / Charles R. Figley, David L. Albright, and Kathleen Regan Figley

Healing the narcissistic injury of death in the context of western society / Darcy Harris

Shame : a hospice worker's reflections / Alex Tyree

Shame and death in cultural context / Paul Rosenblatt

Mask of shame, mask of death : some reflections on the shame of death / Hilary Clark

Using the representation of grief and shame in contemporary literature and film to train mental health professionals.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-135-84113-6

1-135-84114-4

1-283-04572-9

9786613045720

0-203-88360-8

9780203883600

OCLC:

707067627