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Why We Feel Shame Around the Holidays

Joseph Burgo — Fri, 14 Dec 2018 00:09:19 +0000

Here’s a link to my latest for Psychology Today, about how cultural imaging of the ideal Christmas can inspire shame in those of us whose lives don’t look like a Hallmark card. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/shame/201812/why-we-feel-shame-around-the-holidays

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Shame for the Person You Used to Be

Joseph Burgo — Thu, 24 Mar 2016 21:13:12 +0000

W.R. Bion, a British psychoanalyst who worked with psychotic and schizophrenic patients, identified a difficult transition point in their treatment. As psychotic process gradually gave way to the reality principle — that is, as his clients became more sane — they would have to confront the pain of how ill they had been before. This […]

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Australia-New Zealand edition of TNYK

Joseph Burgo — Tue, 01 Dec 2015 14:48:31 +0000

My book is now available in Australia and New Zealand through Pan Macmillan. Like the UK edition, this one differs from the one released by Touchstone in North America and conforms to different libel and defamation laws in those countries. Order in Paperback Order eBook on iTunes Order eBook on Amazon.com.au

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The Father’s Gaze

Joseph Burgo — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 18:42:29 +0000

I have a memory of my father from when I was about seven years old. Whether it is factually accurate, it is emotionally true. My mother was in Texas at the time following the death of her mother. My other grandmother, my fatherâ€™s mother, had come to stay with us because he didnâ€™t cook, clean, […]

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Snow White at the Dwarf Colony

Joseph Burgo — Wed, 18 Nov 2015 18:42:42 +0000

Now that the release of The Narcissist You Know is behind me, I’ve turned my attention back to fiction. I’m pleased to announce the release of a new work on the Kindle platform, a novella-length retelling of Snow White in the same psychological vein as my earlier Cinderella. Both novellas explore the themes I write […]

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U.K. Edition of The Narcissist You Know

Joseph Burgo — Thu, 12 Nov 2015 17:55:40 +0000

For readers in the United Kingdom and continental Europe who can’t purchase the Touchstone edition of The Narcissist You Know, I’ve brought out a different version under my New Rise Press imprint. This edition, identical to the one released by Pan Macmillan in Australia, can be purchased via Amazon.co.uk by clicking on the links below. […]

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The Risks of Joy

Joseph Burgo — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 14:27:06 +0000

This past week, one of my clients returned from an exotic vacation and told me heâ€™d felt almost nothing during the trip. He took no pleasure in any of his adventurous activities, and when there was a guide involved, my client felt preoccupied with the impression he was making upon the other person rather than […]

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