Healing the shame that binds you / John Bradshaw.
By: Bradshaw, John [author].
Material type: BookPublisher: Deerfield Beach, Florida : Health Communications, [1988]Description: ix, 245 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0932194869 (paperback).Subject(s): Shame | PsychotherapyDDC classification: 616.8522Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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In an emotionally revealing way John Bradshaw shows us how toxic shame is the core problem in our compulsions, co-dependencies, addictions and the drive to super-achieve. The result is a breakdown in the family system and our inability to go forward with our lives. We are bound by our shame.
Drawing from his 22 years of experience as a counselor, Bradshaw offers us the techniques to heal this shame. Using affirmations, visualizations, "inner voice" and "feeling" work plus guided meditations and other useful healing techniques, he realeases the shame that binds us to the past.This important book breaks new ground in the core issues of societal and personal breakdown, offering techniques of recovery vital to all of us.
Bibliography: (pages 243-245)
Part I: The problem -- The many faces of shame -- The sources of toxic shame -- The hiding places of toxic shame -- Part II: The solution -- Introduction: the externalization process -- A parable: the prisoner in the dark cave -- Coming out of hiding and isolation -- 12 steps for transforming toxic shame into healthy shame -- Liberating your lost inner child -- Integrating your disowned parts -- On loving yourself -- Healing your memories and changing your self-image -- Confronting and changing your inner voices -- Dealing with toxic shame in relationships -- Spiritual awakening.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Preface (p. vii)
- Part I The Problem (p. 1)
- 1 The Many Faces Of Shame (p. 3)
- 2 The Sources Of Toxic Shame (p. 25)
- 3 The Hiding Places Of Toxic Shame (p. 71)
- Part II The Solution (p. 113)
- Introduction: The Externalization Process (p. 115)
- A Parable: The Prisoner In The Dark Cave (p. 117)
- 4 Coming Out Of Hiding And Isolation (p. 119)
- 5 12 Steps For Transforming Toxic Shame Into Healthy Shame (p. 125)
- 6 Liberating Your Lost Inner Child (p. 133)
- 7 Integrating Your Disowned Parts (p. 143)
- 8 On Loving Yourself (p. 157)
- 9 Healing Your Memories And Changing Your Self-Image (p. 167)
- 10 Confronting And Changing Your Inner Voices (p. 183)
- 11 Dealing With Toxic Shame In Relationships (p. 203)
- 12 Spiritual Awakening (p. 217)
- Epilogue (p. 237)
- Appendix (p. 239)
- Bibliography (p. 243)
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Author notes provided by Syndetics
John Elliot Bradshaw was born in Houston, Texas on June 29, 1933. He received a bachelor's degree in sacred theology and a master's degree in philosophy from the University of Toronto. He taught at the University of St. Thomas for a year. In 1964, just days before he was to be ordained, he left the Basilian Order.He eventually checked himself into an alcohol-treatment program at a state hospital in Austin. On being released, he returned to Houston and attended Alcoholics Anonymous meetings daily for the next three years. He soon began teaching adult Sunday school classes at Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church and working with addicts in the church's drug-abuse program. He also appeared on local television as the host of a talk show entitled Spotlight and found himself in demand as a lecturer on family psychology.
In the early 1980s, he did a television series on the psychologist Erik Erikson's eight stages of man, which was broadcast on PBS. He also created a 10-part series entitled Bradshaw On: The Family, which also aired on PBS. He wrote numerous books during his lifetime including Bradshaw On: The Family, Bradshaw On: Healing the Shame That Binds You, Homecoming: Reclaiming and Championing Your Inner Child, Creating Love, Family Secrets: What You Don't Know Can Hurt You, and Post-Romantic Stress Disorder: What to Do When the Honeymoon Is Over. Many of his books were turned into PBS specials. He died of heart failure on May 8, 2016 at the age of 82.
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