Shame and contempt in the everyday life of the psychotherapist |
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Authors: | Carl Mindell MD |
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Institution: | (1) Albany Medical College, 44 Union Ave., 12054 Delmar, NY |
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Abstract: | This article describes aspects of the impact of shame and contempt in psychotherapy and in our daily lives. Psychotherapy
is seen as moving between the poles of shame and hope. Shame-anxiety alerts us to the imminent danger of being shamed; shame
is described as the experience of finding our individuality unacceptable and contempt is seen as a means of coping with shame
where the other is made to feel one's shame. Examples of each are provided as well as comments about psychotherapy issues
with patients who exhibit shame-anxiety, shame and contempt. Shame-anxiety, shame, contempt and tyranny are seen as points
along a spectrum of humiliation experiences.
Presented at Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds, Albany Medical College, March 1990, and University of Natal Faculty of
Medicine (South Africa), November, 1990. |
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