No Place to Hide / Edition 1

by Michael P. Nichols

Overview

Each of us is controlled in some way by shame, one of the ugliest emotions in human experience. It saps our self-respect, builds walls between people, and forces us to create elaborate defenses to protect ourselves. This informative and practical analysis of the role of shame in our lives helps us to understand the root of our insecurity. Only by facing and coming to terms with our shame can we begin to resolve insecurities and become free to participate fully in life. Nichols discusses love and worth, the social sources of humiliation, the frustration of adolescence, and positive parenting, among other important topics, in this wonderful combination of clinical sophistication, common sense, and humanity!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781573920162
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	10/01/1995
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	366
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Michael P. Nichols (Williamsburg, VA), is associate professor of psychology at the College of William and Mary.

Editorial Reviews

According to Nichols, a New York psychiatrist, ``Shame plays a poorly understood but central role in our lives.'' Its manifestations are explored here and interpolated with vignettes illustrating approaches to understanding and coping with this alienating emotion, which is believed to spring from a sense of one's unworthiness. From his practice, as well as from observations of children in learning situations and of families in crisis, Nichols illustrates many forms of shame, ranging from shyness to arrogance and contempt. ``By looking at shame, discovering how it works and how it holds us back, we can begin to overcome its grip.'' A seldom-treated subject receives a balanced presentation in a book readers will find valuable. (Mar.)

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