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Pages 80-85
Published online: 28 Dec 2017
 
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In excerpts from a roundtable discussion on shame several different viewpoints, theoretical perspectives, and clinical methods are presented and contrasted. Participants argue variously that shame is a result of relationship failure, a natural affect, a survival defense, and a private existential experience. The theory of shame is related to empathy, dialogue, inquiry, attunement, and reciprocity.

 

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