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The Shame of Death, Grief, and Trauma presents a collection of unique and insightful essays sharing the common theme that shame is the central psychological and moral force in understanding death and mourning. Shame is not a concept that is as easily defined as one would think, and the authors hope to reveal its multiple meanings and significances to the reader. While the primary emphasis is on psychological and counseling perspectives and applications, the great variety of contexts in which shame is explored a " psychology, social criticism, cross-cultural studies, literary criticism,…mehr

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The Shame of Death, Grief, and Trauma presents a collection of unique and insightful essays sharing the common theme that shame is the central psychological and moral force in understanding death and mourning. Shame is not a concept that is as easily defined as one would think, and the authors hope to reveal its multiple meanings and significances to the reader. While the primary emphasis is on psychological and counseling perspectives and applications, the great variety of contexts in which shame is explored a " psychology, social criticism, cross-cultural studies, literary criticism, philosophy, and history a " give this book a wide appeal, both to scholars, students, and professionals in the humanities and social sciences, as well as to those in psychology and the other mental health professions.
Autorenporträt
Jeffrey Kauffman, MA, MSS, LCSW, FT, BCD, BCETS, CAS, has taught at Bryn Mawr College Graduate School School of Social Work and Social Research, The Center for Social Work Education of Widener University and the online thanatology program at King's University College, University of Western Ontario. He is the editor of Awareness of Mortality (1995) and Loss of the Assumptive World (2002), and author of Guidebook on Helping Persons with Mental Retardation Mourn (2004). He is a psychotherapist in private practice in suburban Philadelphia.