Unshame: Healing trauma-base shame through psychotherapy by Carolyn Spring
A book for psychotherapists and their clients and for anyone who wants to make the journey from shame to unshame. Carolyn Spring documents in this book, her journey through psychotherapy to heal and resolve trauma-based shame, which had resulted in a catastrophic mental breakdown in her early thirties and an eventual diagnosis of dissociative identity disorder (DID). She then embarked on a nearly ten year journey of psychotherapy through which she came to realise that shame had actually saved her life. However, the cost to this protective function is a life lived dissociated from feelings of joy, connection, love and belonging. This book explores Carolyn’s pathway towards ‘Unshame’. Suitable for both professionals and survivors alike, it is a fascinating insight into that most private and mysterious of places: the therapy room, and the mind.
Author Bio:
As a survivor herself, Carolyn has had firsthand experience of complex trauma and therefore fully understands all the emotions and issues that survivors are faced with. Carolyn is brilliant at explaining things in simple terms. She has studied neuro science in great depth and makes psycho education accessible for survivors (a vital resource for recovery). We have learnt so much from attending her training sessions and fom listening to her blogs etc.
