Internal Family Systems Therapy for Shame and Guilt

Introduction

I. The Vulnerable Mind

1. Shame, Guilt, and Psychic Multiplicity

2. The Goal

3. All the Ways We Say No

4. The Shame Cycle

5. Empathy

6. Shame-Based Trauma Bonding: The Child Who Shares Shamefulness

7. Guilt-Based Trauma Bonding: The Child Who Takes Responsibility

II. Treatment

The First Portion of Therapy

8. Set the Stage

9. Unblend

10. Navigate Obstacles to Unblending

The Second Portion of Therapy

11. Witness and Unburden

12. Common Problems

13. Take a Tip to Avoid Pitfalls

III. Completion

14. How Therapy Ends

References

Index