Chapter 1 An Introduction to the Value of Shame—Exploring a Health Resource in Cultural Contexts

Chapter 2 Shame! A System Psychodynamic Perspective

Chapter 3 Shame as a Functional and Adaptive Emotion: A Biopsychosocial Perspective

Chapter 4 The Positive Function of Shame: Moral and Spiritual Perspectives

Chapter 5 lajjA in Indian Psychology: Spiritual, Social, and Literary Perspectives

Chapter 6 “Dream on—There is no Salvation!”: Transforming Shame in the South African Workplace Through Personal and Organisational Strategies

Chapter 7 Canada/North America: Shame Between Indigenous Nature-Connectedness, Colonialism and Cultural Disconnection

Chapter 8 Indigenous Australians: Shame and Respect

Chapter 9 Shame and Resilience: A New Zealand Based Exploration of Resilient Responses to Shame

Chapter 11 Shame and Psychotherapy: Theory, Method and Practice

Chapter 12 Shame—“A Soul Feeding Emotion”: Archetypal Work and the Transformation of the Shadow of Shame in a Group Development Process