Filled with anecdotes and case examples as well as practical strategies, The Voice of Shame will transform your ideas about the role of shame in relationships -and about the potential of the Gestalt model to clarify and contextualize other approac

Part I: Theory.Lee, Shame and the Gestalt Model. Wheeler, Self and Shame: A New Paradigm for Psychotherapy. Part II: Applications.Wheeler, Jones, Finding Our Sons: A Male-Male Gestalt. Stein, Lee, Chronic Illness and Shame: One Person's Story. Singer, Homosexuality and Shame: Clinical Meditations on the Cultural Violation of Self. Huckabay, Lesbian Identity and Context of Shame. Lee, The Waif and Mr. Hyde: One Couple's Struggle with Shame. Wheeler, Shame, Guilt, and Codependency: Dana's World. Fodor, A Woman and Her Body: The Cycles of Pride and Shame. Part III: Perspectives.Lichtenberg, Shame and the Making of a Social Class System. Jacobs, Shame in the Therapeutic Dialogue. Simon, Geib, When Therapists Cause Shame: Rupture and Repair at the Contact Boundary. Mathys, Absence and Shame: A Cross-Cultural Encounter. Yontef, Shame and Guilt in Gestalt Therapy: Theory and Practice. Wheeler, Epilogue.

Robert G. Lee, Ph.D., is a psychotherapist in private practice in Cambridge and Newton, MA, specializing in research and treatment of shame issues in individuals, couples, and families.

Gordon Wheeler, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Cambridge, MA, working with children, adults, and families. He writes and speaks widely on men's development and gender issues.