Befreiung von Scham und Schuld

Befreiung von Scham und Schuld examines two of the most deep-seated, often unconscious feelings shaping a person's sense of self: shame and guilt. Laurence Heller, founder of the NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM) with over four decades of clinical experience, and Angelika Doerne, a longtime NARM trainer and psychotherapist, trace how these feelings take root early in life and manifest through eight recognizable character types.

Rather than treating shame and guilt as fixed traits, the authors frame them as old survival strategies that can be understood, accepted, and gradually loosened through deeper self-understanding and self-compassion. The goal is a more direct route back to life force, joy, capacity for love, and satisfaction — the things shame and guilt tend to choke off.

Written for readers working through their own patterns as much as for practicing therapists, the book pairs case-based illustration with a clear therapeutic framework.