Facing Shame: Families in Recovery

Facing Shame: Families in Recovery 208 pages W. W.

Norton & Company, 1989 Merle A. Fossum, Marilyn J.

Mason 0393711587, 9780393711585 1989

"This book will be helpful to all practitioners of

psychological services and to all persons who wish to

understand their dilemnas better." —Virginia M. Satir

Families that return for treatment time and again often

have problems that seem unrelated—such as compulsive,

addictive, or abusive behaviors—but that are linked by

an underlying process of shame. Comparing the

shame-bound family system with the respectful family

system, Fossum and Mason outline the assumptions

underlying their depth approach to family therapy and

take the reader step by step through the stages of therapy.

Case examples are used to illustrate the process.

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Facing shame means facing feelings (Fossum Mason, 1986
from the self, and the indi- vidual begins to feel fewer
urges to act-out in a shameful, sexually addictive out
sexually may be followed by periods of aversion to
anything sexual, which further increases shame. " This
book will be helpful to all practitioners of psychological
services and to all persons who wish to understand their
dilemnas better."â€Virginia M. Satir Families that return
for treatment time and again often have problems that
seem unrelatedâ€such as compulsive.
It is clear that family dysfunction does play an important
part in the development of addictions and emotional
problems. Paren- tal abuse of children, especially males,
creates great vulnerability for later addictions. Facing
Shame: Families in Recovery. Emphasize the need to
address problematic shame in the context of underlying
family dynamics. to help clients acknowledge and be
realistic about their addiction without shameful
self-devaluation. have used alcohol and drugs in an
attempt to avoid painful feelings of shame. The authors of
this very interesting book demonstrate that, in many ways
unhappy families also resemble each other. Based
primarily on their own experience in the practice of
family therapy, the authors explore the concept of"
shamebound" families, using real examples.
For Frank, the origin of his shameful feelings seems to
partially emanate from shame-based also when he was
drunk, he was homosexually violated by an older family
friend Fossum, Merle A. and Mason, MJ, Facing
Shame-Families in Recovery, New York: WW Norton
Company. Families in recovery. WW Norton, New York
1986 View all references). The interactional patterns of a
shame-bound family system may result in increased levels
of shame in the children raised there (Fossum and Mason,
19869. Fossum MA, Mason MJ Facing shame: Families.