The Written Word

Shame-proneness sets us up to feel bad about ourselves in most, if not all, situations and relationships. In this, the second in a series of blogs about shame, psychotherapist and author Jacqueline Simon-Gunn explores this dark and destructive - yet resolvable - inner tendency.

We feel guilt for faulty behavior and thoughts, but shame for faults in ourselves. In the first in a series of powerful blogs, psychotherapist and author Jacqueline Simon Gunn explores the clinical manifestations of this often secret and destructive inner experience.