Intimacy and Shame

• Shame, PTSD, Behavioral Problems and Bonding by Sue, 11/9/96
  
  

You might check out the chapter on intimacy by Vick Kelly in "Knowing Feeling: Affect, Script, and Psychotherapy," which I edited for W. W Norton (came out in May and is a current selection for Behavior Science Book Service.) Vick defines intimacy in terms of affect theory, showing how shame interferes with all forms of bonding. It is the best I've seen on the issues you address in your question.

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