Michael Appleton is a senior psychotherapist in the National Health Service in London specialising in adult and childhood trauma. His journalism has appeared in both the US and the UK.
We're taught shame afflicts wrongdoers, but actually it punishes the innocent, and negatively affects our mental health - which is already in crisis. Shame is tangled up with anxiety and depression, and we need to better understand how we're deceived. The book explains how shame works, tells shame-recovery stories, strives …
Mind & Body