Full Description
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.
See also Internal Family Systems Therapy, Second Edition, by Richard C. Schwartz and Martha Sweezy, the authoritative presentation of IFS.
Contents
Foreword, Richard C. Schwartz
Introduction
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
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
III. Completion
14. How Therapy Ends
References
Index
