Work Abuse Book Is a Survival Manual for Working People (and their therapists if they have one)

• Shame, PTSD, Behavioral Problems and Bonding by Sue, 11/9/96
  • The Space Between Us Is Shame by c.h., 11/13/96
    • pamphlet by Don Nathanson, 11/21/96
      
      

The Work Abuse book will be out in January. I'm just finishing the index. It's a detailed, practical survival manual for people who have been severely work abused. Shame is presented to help abused people understand why managers take advantage of their role power to unload to their "immediate inferiors." The book is not technically sophisticated; it's more of an "engineering manual" (applying the technical concepts to real life situations). Very few therapists, unfortunately, truly are able to help work abuse "employees." A lot of it is because they've "never been there" and as a result are subtley blaming of clients without being aware of it. This is a complex issue. I was severly work abused myself as an engineer in a corporation and in federal service. I became a family therapist (with organization development credentials too) so I could work on this problem. My pamphlet on healing shame in relationships is also an "engineering manual," without a lot of technical sophistication. I'm a "rubber hits the road" person. Gershen Kaufman's Shame: The Power of Caring pretty much changed my total outlook on family therapy. Amazing how many therapists can't "see" shame!! It is the key issue in working in organizations.

• note to c.h. by Don Nathanson, 11/30/96
  • Thanks for the Supportive Words by c.h., 12/2/96
    • c.h.'s E-mail Address Change for Communication on Work Abuse Issues by c.h., 12/28/96