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Gestalt Rm'ew, 1(3):256-269,1997 The "Recursive LOOP " of Shame: An Alternate Gestalt Therapy Viewpoint
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@MISC{Resnick_gestaltrm'ew,,
author = {Robert W. Resnick and Ph. D},
title = {Gestalt Rm'ew, 1(3):256-269,1997 The "Recursive LOOP " of Shame: An Alternate Gestalt Therapy Viewpoint},
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Abstract
Shame has become the issue "de jour " of psychotherapy-the alleged cause of almost all psychological difficulties. Too much of the Gestalt therapy shame literature appears to have abandoned our integrative worldview-self regulation, field theory, phenomenology, and dialogue. Eclipsed with superimposed "expert " theory and practice, the client's phenomenological experience is frequently overruled in favor of interpre-tation, for example, of "hidden shame. " Many clinical applications are themselves accused of being a source of further shaming. Clinical work u u that goes beyond the therapist's nonshaming acceptance and/or the expression of unfinished business is discussed. In the waters of shame, these are the views of a Gestalt salmon. If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail (Abraham Maslow, Pearls of Wisdom). D URING THE PAST 15 YEARS OR SO, there has been an ever-increasing rush of activity and interest in shame, first in the popular psychology literature (e.g., Bradshaw), and then in the psychoanalytic professional literature (e.g., Lewis, 1992; Kaufman, 1989; Nathanson, 1987) and in the Gestalt therapy professional literature (e.g.,
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alternate gestalt therapy viewpoint gestalt rm recursive loop quot many clinical application gestalt therapy professional literature psychoanalytic professional literature gestalt therapy shame literature phenomenological experience unfinished business gestalt salmon superimposed quot popular psychology literature abraham maslow clinical work psychological difficulty integrative worldview-self regulation field theory hidden shame ever-increasing rush issue quot
