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The Shame of Death, Grief and Trauma

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This presentation will show the significance of shame in grief and trauma. Shame co-occurs with other features of grief, as in shame associated separation anxiety, shame at grief vulnerabilities, such as perceived weakness or failure related to the loss, helplessness, loss of control anxiety, shame at being self-absorbed in grief, etc. Each and every way that loss may be typologized has characteristic shame features, such as accidental death, homicide, specific illnesses, etc. Any aspect or the whole of inner life in grief experience may involve shame. Key risk factor for mourning complications associated with shame will be examined. Basic and powerful effects of shame in grief will be considered.

Learning Objectives:

1. Define shame with insight into its diverse meanings.
2. Recognize the complex ways in which shame operates in grief and trauma.
3. Assess effects of shame in grief experiences.

About your instructor:

Jeffrey Kauffman, M.A., M.S.S., F.T., B.C.E.T.S. is a psychotherapist in private practice in suburban Philadelphia. He is the author of Guidebook on Helping Persons with Mental Retardation Mourn  and the editor of Loss of the Assumptive World and The Shame of Death, Grief and Trauma.  

jeffreykauffmanpsychotherapy.com

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Updated: April 20, 2010