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Unshame

Healing Trauma-Based Shame Through Psychotherapy

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Unshame

By: Carolyn Spring
Narrated by: Carolyn Spring
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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.

©2019 Carolyn Spring Publishing (P)2025 Carolyn Spring Publishing Medical Mental Health Professionals & Academics Psychology Psychology & Mental Health

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An expressive and deeply personal story of the impact of childhood trauma and the journey towards recovery.
Very insightful.

Powerful read

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An interesting and informative memoir of one woman's journey through therapy for childhood trauma. Full of insights and psycho education for all new therapists.

Must read for all therapists.

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I love this book. It's a difficult read, it's raw, and some parts heavy, but it made me feel like there is hope, that there might just be light at the end of the tunnel, that it does get better. I can't thank the author enough for this book.

What stood out the most for me was how incredibly brave and honest Carolyn is.

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