Join us for our Trauma Disorders Workshop
Presented by: Richard A. Chefetz, MD
Humiliation is not just about the intent to shame and degrade, it is a part of the hidden underbelly of trauma treatment for both the patient and the clinician. While attention to the dynamics of shame experience has increased over the years, humiliation experience is often subsumed under the shame dynamic. Loss of status, and feeling defective are typical humiliation themes. While feeling unlovable is often the province of shame, feeling to be without possibility of redemption is more related to humiliation experience. Both patient and therapist often engage in alternative experiences of responding to attachment needs vs. themes of domination or submission, a constellation Dr. Chefetz dubbed "attackment."
Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this lecture, attendees will be able to:
- Describe the difference between the words affect, feeling, and emotion, as well as the clinical utility of distinguishing between them.
- Explain how "attackment" describes a shift from proximity seeking in the attachment paradigm to guaranteeing distance when domination-submission, power and control, dynamics overwhelm the interpersonal world of a child.
- Distinguish between shame and humiliation and describe the utility of these differences in psychotherapeutic discourse.
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