The Simple Guide to Understanding Shame in Children
What It Is, What Helps and How to Prevent Further Stress or Trauma
Published on 18. October 2018
112 pages
978-1-78450-895-1 (ISBN)
Description
? What is shame?
? How does it affect children?
? How can adults help?
The perfect starting point for any adult or carer working with children who have experienced shame, this guide provides straightforward answers and explanations to both common and complex questions.
At a time when children are more likely than ever to experience shame, the accessible advice in this book helps adults to boost children's self-esteem. Betsy de Thierry navigates the need to understand its impact and the reasons behind it, as well as how to reduce its hold on self-confidence. Reassuring advice will also help revitalize adults' abilities to face the challenges of supporting children affected by shame. It will teach them how to restore self-esteem.
? How does it affect children?
? How can adults help?
The perfect starting point for any adult or carer working with children who have experienced shame, this guide provides straightforward answers and explanations to both common and complex questions.
At a time when children are more likely than ever to experience shame, the accessible advice in this book helps adults to boost children's self-esteem. Betsy de Thierry navigates the need to understand its impact and the reasons behind it, as well as how to reduce its hold on self-confidence. Reassuring advice will also help revitalize adults' abilities to face the challenges of supporting children affected by shame. It will teach them how to restore self-esteem.
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Edition
Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Digital original
Illustrations
10 line drawings
ISBN-13
978-1-78450-895-1 (9781784508951)
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Betsy de Thierry
The Simple Guide to Understanding Shame in Children
What It Is, What Helps and How to Prevent Further Stress or Trauma
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10/2018
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
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Persons
Betsy de Thierry is a practising psychotherapist and with over 30 years of experience and knowledge within the field of Complex Trauma & navigating Trauma Recovery. She is the founder of Trauma Recovery Global, which provides training and consultancy and partnerships with select organisations and practitioners to licence her Trauma Recovery Focused Model (TRFM) in 34 nations. She is also the founder of the Trauma Recovery Centre (TRC), a charity specialising in recovery from complex trauma and the founder of CTRN (Childhood Trauma Recovery Network UK). Betsy is also a qualified primary school teacher and is a mum of four brilliant sons.
Content
1. Shame the crippling emotion and silent killer. 2. Shame is prevalent in our society. 3. What causes shame? 4. Shame causes us to withdraw emotionally, become silent, say sorry, hide and wear masks. 5. Shame causes deceit, lying, being critical of others and projection. 6. Shame causes self hatred, self rejection and anger. 7. Shame causes depression, anxiety and addiction. 8. Shame causes emotional shut down and internal confusion. 9. Shame needs empathy, emotional connection, understanding and kindness.
