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A book for psychotherapists and their clients – and for anyone who wants to make the journey from shame to unshame.

Carolyn Spring, author of ‘Recovery is my best revenge: my experience of trauma, abuse and dissociative identity disorder’, documents in this, her second book, her journey through psychotherapy to heal and resolve trauma-based shame, which had resulted in a catastrophic mental breakdown in her early thirties and an eventual diagnosis of dissociative identity disorder (DID). She then embarked on a nearly ten year journey of psychotherapy through which she came to realise that shame had actually saved her life. However, the cost to this protective function is a life lived dissociated from feelings of joy, connection, love and belonging.

This book explores Carolyn’s pathway towards ‘Unshame’. Suitable for both professionals and survivors alike, it is a fascinating insight into that most private and mysterious of places – the therapy room, and the mind.

8 reviews for Unshame: Healing trauma-based shame through psychotherapy

  1. aislinn quickfall
    (8)
    July 7, 2024
    Outstanding author
    I highly recommend this book and others written by Carolyn Spring to anyone who has suffered trauma & abuse. Easy to read & very relatable. Th...More
    I highly recommend this book and others written by Carolyn Spring to anyone who has suffered trauma & abuse. Easy to read & very relatable. This book helped me enormously.
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    Dave Hunter
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    March 17, 2024
    Excellent from start to finish
    A truly excellent book, giving information and hope. Validating all the negative emotions and thoughts we are burdened with from inadequate caretakers...More
    A truly excellent book, giving information and hope. Validating all the negative emotions and thoughts we are burdened with from inadequate caretakers.
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    Marianne
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    December 23, 2021
    A fresh approach
    Some books help you understand what shame is as a theory others techniques for working with shame. This book is different. It helps you sit in the ...More
    Some books help you understand what shame is as a theory others techniques for working with shame. This book is different. It helps you sit in the clients chair and that is so valuable.
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    Frank J. Foley
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    November 10, 2021
    Down to Earth
    This book brings a complex subject down to earth where it can be clearly seen and understood. Carolyn Spring writes beautifully and never talks down t...More
    This book brings a complex subject down to earth where it can be clearly seen and understood. Carolyn Spring writes beautifully and never talks down to the reader, but remains relatable throughout. There is nothing pretentious in this book. No academic bullshit. She writes as if she was talking with you in a safe room...with little or no concern for the clock or the fee. This book is a turning for me.
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    Dave
    (8)
    February 11, 2021
    Inspiration
    A must read for anyone who has suffered trauma or abuse and has survived. Survival is the first step; unshame is the rest.
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    Gerry
    (8)
    January 16, 2021
    Great read!
    Thank you so much, you are brave and generous, what you have shared has great worth. May we all know the feeling of freedom from toxic shame.
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    Paul D.
    (8)
    July 6, 2020
    GREAT
    Great read and great author
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    Theresa
    (8)
    July 10, 2019
    This book has so many good points
    A woman talking to her therapist over several years as she learns to cope with the realities of shame. Exceptional read.
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