About
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Judith M. Pilla, Ph.D., is a psychotherapist in private practice with
decades of experience successfully treating individuals, couples,
families, and groups. For the past ten years, she has focused her
study, research, and clinical practice on understanding the problems
engendered by shame. She contributes as an international presenter
and workshop leader on the subject for professional clinicians and
the public in countries as diverse as Sweden, Canada, Israel, England
and across the United States. Her background in clinical social work,
as a clinical nurse specialist in psychiatry, and as the director of qualitative
research for a global healthcare company ground her commitment
to scientific, evidence-based research and writing. She is
the winner of the Joan Saul Rivitz fellowship award for her graduate
studies at Bryn Mawr College and is a charter member at Thomas
Jefferson University of Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing
Honor Society. She and her husband live outside Philadelphia, PA.
In addition to her clinical practice and her writing, she devotes time
to being the proud mother of two adult children and their wonderful
families.
Featured Work
How Shame Runs the World
In How Shame Runs the World, Dr. Judith Pilla upends our traditional view with groundbreaking understanding that finally gets it right about shame. Her practical, clinically-proven, jargon-free steps will teach you to decode all of shame’s messages--the hurtful, damaging ones you’ll finally be able to eliminate permanently as well as vital ones that better your life every day. Her steps will guide professionals, too, improving outcomes in psychotherapy, addiction treatment, medical care, and even in social policy.
Through plentiful historical, cultural, and clinical examples, you will learn to:
• Heal shame that drives many health problems, including anxiety, depression, poor self-esteem, aggression, impacts of trauma, imposter syndrome, procrastination, perfectionism, disordered eating, alcoholism, and more.
Manage shame that is a colossal and frequent source of discord among couples, family members, friends, and coworkers.
• Recognize the growing issue of public shame as used today to control us as a whole society, reshaping our values; manipulating commerce and politics; and changing our national story.
This book’s revolutionary look at our most misunderstood and underappreciated emotion cracks the code of shame’s astonishing power. It will help you become your most confident, effective, authentic self—as an individual, in your relationships, and in your wider world.
