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Towards Maturity

An Essay on the Approaches to the Therapy of Shame in Psychological and Philosophical Counseling

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to present the phenomenon of shame from the perspective of individual psychological and moral experience and in the context of socially difficult situations. Elements of the phenomenological description of the experience of shame and selected philosophical inspirations for struggling with it will be presented. Only some forms of shame will be taken into account, that is, those that appear to be important during psychological therapy and so-called philosophical therapy (philosophical counseling). We consider appropriate ‘therapy’ options dealing with shame associated with professional failure and with social exclusion. In our analyses we pay special attention to positive dimensions of the experience of shame.

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