PREPOZNAVANJE ISKUSTVA I DINAMIKE STIDA U PARTNERSKOM ODNOSU
RECOGNITION OF SHAME IN PARTNER RELATIONSHIP

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the research was to investigate recognition of experience a dynamic of shame in couple relationship. How present is shame, do partners recognise it in their relationship, what can be trigger for shame, experience of shame, which strategies can be used as defense from shame, which consequences it can leave in a partnership. Also, the aim of the work is to develop the capacity of therapists working with couples to increase the sensitivity and awareness of the topic of shame and its relational dynamics in the functioning of the couple. The sample consisted of 2 respondents, a married couple, about 50 years old, who had experience of working in couple therapy. Data were collected through an in-depth semi-structured interview. An interpretative phenomenological analysis (IFA) method was used to provide an understanding of the individual experience of the phenomenon of shame. The analysis identifies potential reasons for not recognizing the shame we single out in the case of this couple: the complexity and hiddenness of this phenomenon, the intense experience of shame/shame attacks that make it impossible to identify the partner’s shame, the presence of different shame defence which mask shame, the activated cycle of shame, presence of internalized shame, distance between partners.

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