Transform Your Guilt and Shame: Evidence-Based Strategies to Heal From Trauma and Adversity
This book provides scientifically proven strategies for reducing guilt and shame associated with trauma and adversity.

Automatic reactions help us survive dangerous situations. Whether we are fighting to fend off an attacker, fleeing an explosion, or freezing to maintain attachment with an abusive parent upon whom we are dependent, our hard‑wired reactions keep us safe during intensely stressful times. But these automatic responses can be followed by guilt and shame, which can linger long after the traumatic events, making us anxious, avoidant, overreactive, irritable, depressed, angry, or passive. And these symptoms, in turn, can lead to more guilt and shame, which lead to more problematic coping behaviors, in a continuing cycle.
 
This book helps readers learn to transform their unhealthy guilt and shame by identifying and changing their ways of thinking and acting that may have been adaptive in a past situation but are now keeping them stuck in this unhealthy cycle. In particular, it focuses on five categories of thought that contribute to problematic guilt and shame and shows readers how to recognize and challenge these thoughts. Each chapter contains straightforward written exercises that guide readers through the transformation process, as well as relatable examples for illustration. Grounded in research-supported cognitive behavior therapy principles, this book will help readers break free from survival‑based reactivity and regain control over their lives.
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Transform Your Guilt and Shame: Evidence-Based Strategies to Heal From Trauma and Adversity
This book provides scientifically proven strategies for reducing guilt and shame associated with trauma and adversity.

Automatic reactions help us survive dangerous situations. Whether we are fighting to fend off an attacker, fleeing an explosion, or freezing to maintain attachment with an abusive parent upon whom we are dependent, our hard‑wired reactions keep us safe during intensely stressful times. But these automatic responses can be followed by guilt and shame, which can linger long after the traumatic events, making us anxious, avoidant, overreactive, irritable, depressed, angry, or passive. And these symptoms, in turn, can lead to more guilt and shame, which lead to more problematic coping behaviors, in a continuing cycle.
 
This book helps readers learn to transform their unhealthy guilt and shame by identifying and changing their ways of thinking and acting that may have been adaptive in a past situation but are now keeping them stuck in this unhealthy cycle. In particular, it focuses on five categories of thought that contribute to problematic guilt and shame and shows readers how to recognize and challenge these thoughts. Each chapter contains straightforward written exercises that guide readers through the transformation process, as well as relatable examples for illustration. Grounded in research-supported cognitive behavior therapy principles, this book will help readers break free from survival‑based reactivity and regain control over their lives.
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Transform Your Guilt and Shame: Evidence-Based Strategies to Heal From Trauma and Adversity

Transform Your Guilt and Shame: Evidence-Based Strategies to Heal From Trauma and Adversity

by Carolyn B. Allard
Transform Your Guilt and Shame: Evidence-Based Strategies to Heal From Trauma and Adversity

Transform Your Guilt and Shame: Evidence-Based Strategies to Heal From Trauma and Adversity

by Carolyn B. Allard

Overview

This book provides scientifically proven strategies for reducing guilt and shame associated with trauma and adversity.

Automatic reactions help us survive dangerous situations. Whether we are fighting to fend off an attacker, fleeing an explosion, or freezing to maintain attachment with an abusive parent upon whom we are dependent, our hard‑wired reactions keep us safe during intensely stressful times. But these automatic responses can be followed by guilt and shame, which can linger long after the traumatic events, making us anxious, avoidant, overreactive, irritable, depressed, angry, or passive. And these symptoms, in turn, can lead to more guilt and shame, which lead to more problematic coping behaviors, in a continuing cycle.
 
This book helps readers learn to transform their unhealthy guilt and shame by identifying and changing their ways of thinking and acting that may have been adaptive in a past situation but are now keeping them stuck in this unhealthy cycle. In particular, it focuses on five categories of thought that contribute to problematic guilt and shame and shows readers how to recognize and challenge these thoughts. Each chapter contains straightforward written exercises that guide readers through the transformation process, as well as relatable examples for illustration. Grounded in research-supported cognitive behavior therapy principles, this book will help readers break free from survival‑based reactivity and regain control over their lives.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781433843419
Publisher: American Psychological Association
Publication date: 10/08/2024
Series: APA LifeTools Series
Pages: 167
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Carolyn B. Allard, PhD, ABPP, is professor and director of the clinical psychology PhD program at the California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University, San Diego, and a board-certified licensed clinical psychologist. She is internationally recognized for her research and clinical expertise in sociocultural and contextual predictors of posttraumatic distress and treatment outcomes through her 200+ publications and presentations, which include Trauma Informed Guilt Reduction Therapy. She is on the editorial board of the scientific journal of the American Psychological Association’s Trauma Division, and she recently served as its president. Visit CarolynAllardPhD.com.

Table of Contents

Introduction: How to Use This Book
Chapter 1. The Cycle of Non-Adaptive Guilt and Shame
Chapter 2. What NAGS You?
Chapter 3. Challenge Your Foreseeability and Preventability Thoughts
Chapter 4. Challenge Your Insufficient Justification Thoughts
Chapter 5. Challenge Your Responsibility Thoughts
Chapter 6. Challenge Your Wrongdoing Thoughts
Chapter 7. Challenge Your Violated Values Thoughts
Chapter 8. Use Guilt and Shame in an Adaptive Way
Afterword: Wash, Rinse, Repeat
Appendix A: Worksheets
Appendix B: Resources
Appendix C: Scientific Evidence

What People are Saying About This

Ebony Butler

In many years of doing trauma work with clients, it has become apparent that resulting guilt and shame from trauma are what people struggle with most and what keeps them stuck in their lives. This book is exactly what is needed to provide applicable ways that people can address and resolve guilt and shame and get their lives back!

Jill Stoddard

If you struggle with guilt and shame, this book is a must-read. Dr. Allard has compiled her years of expertise as a trauma specialist into an accessible and transformational guide. The case examples and exercises will have you understanding and letting go of your guilt and shame, all while connecting to and living your most deeply held personal values. I highly recommend this book!

Terence M. Keane

Given the high prevalence of PTSD in the general population and the large numbers of PTSD patients who seek psychotherapy, this book is a milestone on the road to a more complete treatment for trauma and PTSD.

Bhikshuni Thubten Jigme

We may understand that guilt and shame bring us much suffering, but unless we have the tools to identify and transform these nonadaptive guilt and shame thoughts, we are stuck in this misery. Dr. Allard has written a comprehensive, accessible book that gives us the road map to develop a realistic view of our past trauma and adversity with clarity and compassion.

Sheila A. M. Rauch

Carolyn B. Allard translates her years of expertise working with trauma survivors into a user-friendly guide to manage guilt and shame and move through trauma to thrive in life. An excellent companion for those struggling after experiencing trauma.

Rebecca E. Williams

If you are ready to tackle emotions that may be getting in the way of a vibrant life beyond trauma, Carolyn’s brilliant book, Transform Your Guilt and Shame, will lead you there. There is so much hope, kindness, and warmth in her words. The writing exercises and case examples of real people make this book a pocket coach for deep and lasting healing. We all deserve to feel just a little bit better!

Jennifer Joy Freyd

In this compassionate and wise guide, Carolyn B. Allard lays out a road map for healing from guilt and shame. Based on her years of clinical experience and her deep knowledge of research, Allard provides specific and practical healing activities from which readers will find hope and a way forward.

Anne P. DePrince

Dr. Carolyn B. Allard offers a clear and compassionate path forward from guilt and shame after trauma. Through rich examples and helpful exercises, Dr. Allard explores the roots of guilt and shame and explains science-backed steps for healing in a resource that will be invaluable to survivors and clinicians.

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