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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 616.8914 EAN: 9780757303234 Edition: Rev Upd ISBN: 0757303234 Label: HCI Manufacturer: HCI Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 350 Publication Date: October 15, 2005 Publisher: HCI Studio: HCI Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: This classic book, written 17 years ago but still selling more than 13,000 copies every year, has been completely updated and expanded by the author. "I used to drink," writes John Bradshaw,"to solve the problems caused by drinking. The more I drank to relieve my shame-based loneliness and hurt, the more I felt ashamed." Shame is the motivator behind our toxic behaviors: the compulsion, co-dependency, addiction and drive to superachieve that breaks down the family and destroys personal lives. This book has helped millions identify their personal shame, understand the underlying reasons for it, address these root causes and release themselves from the shame that binds them to their past failures. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Probably One of the Most Important Books I'll Ever ReadI highly recommend this book anyone who has experienced - depression, guilt, grief, abandonment, abuse or addiction. Healing the Shame - points to the build up of - Undeserved Shame as Children - as the main reason for the emotional pain we're haunted by through out our lives - pain we are destined to relive if not faced. While Part One of this book expresses and pin points the Problem, Part Two is devoted to Solutions. I am not rating this book on miniscule literary flaws, its far to ... Read More Rating:  - Interesting readIt's clear from the beginning how much Bradshaw cares about this topic an how profoundly positive his exploration into this area was a great gift to him. It was refreshing to begin reading Bradshaw's take on shame. I began to see familiars in his descriptions right away and was deeply moved by them. They helped my feel not so isolated, among many other emotions and feelings, in my own challenges with shame. I was disappointed though in the sensationalism in some of his claims and his self-promotion ... Read More Rating: - Goes along with 12-step programsBradshaw, J. 1988. Healing the Shame that Binds You. Health Communications, Deerfield Beach, Florida John Bradshaw's book is full of references to various philosphies and methods of treating psychological problems. He expalins how many of our difficulties relate to how we were made to feel unworthy of love. I especially enjoyed how he described the work of Albert Ellis and Aaron Beck. Thinking that we should be perfect or that we know what someone is thinking can lead us into ... Read More Rating:  - This book is really bad.This book shamelessly regurgitates the ideas of others without documenting the sources with footnotes. Moreover, Bradshaw fundamentally misunderstands and misrepresents seminal ideas drawn from psychoanalytic theory, Gestalt therapy, Transactional analysis, and other schools of thought. The result is confusing and will lead many people down a false path in their attempts to address mental health problems. Rating: - Not good at all!I read this book twenty something years ago. I have family problems. Don't we all? My parents let me down in many ways, and so did my siblings. But this book left me feeling that my problems were someone else's fault. I no longer had to feel responsible for my own thoughts, decisions and actions. Fact is, shame is there for a reason. It makes me aware that I am guilty. I can't do anything about my guilt. Only God can. And he did. He sent his son Jesus to die in my place and take away ... Read More 
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