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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910458998803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Routledge, , 2010
• ISBN: 1-135-84114-4; 1-283-04572-9; 9786613045720; 0-203-88360-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (234 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): KauffmanJeffrey
• Disciplina: 155.9/37
• Soggetti: Shame; Bereavement; Death; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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