#20 Shame

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12 Oct

What is the experience of shame and how does it differ from feeling embarrassment or guilt? Dr Shigeru Iwakabe addresses these questions as well as talking about the cultural differences in shame and its functional purpose.

Dr Shigeru Iwakabe is Professor of Clinical Psychology at Ritsumeikan University in Osaka, Japan and part of the Japanese Institute of Emotion Focused Therapy based in Tokyo.

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Lou Cooper

#20 Shame

#21 Still painful

#19 I’m so hard on myself