Rich in clinical examples, this book offers a fresh perspective on the roles of shame and guilt in psychological distress and presents a step-by-step framework for treatment. Martha Sweezy explains how the principles of Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy are ideally suited to helping trauma survivors and other clients who struggle with debilitating shame to understand and heal psychic parts wounded in childhood. Annotated case illustrations show and explain IFS techniques in action. Other useful features include boxed therapeutic exercises, decision trees, and pointers to help therapists avoid or overcome common pitfalls.
Author(s): Martha Sweezy
Publisher: The Guilford Press
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 314
City: New York
Cover
Half Title Page
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
About the Author
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Contents
Introduction
Section I. The Vulnerable Mind
1. Shame, Guilt, and Psychic Multiplicity
2. The Goal
3. All the Ways We Say No
4. The Shame Cycle
5. Empathy
6. Shame-Based Trauma Bonding: The Child Who Shares Shamefulness
7. Guilt-Based Trauma Bonding: The Child Who Takes Responsibility
Section II. Treatment
The First Portion of Therapy
8. Set the Stage
9. Unblend
10. Navigate Obstacles to Unblending
The Second Portion of Therapy
11. Witness and Unburden
12. Common Problems
13. Take a Tip to Avoid Pitfalls
Section III. Completion
14. How Therapy Ends
References
Index
