name: Gershen Kaufman
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about: Gershen Kaufman was educated at Columbia University and received his PhD. in clinical psychology from the University of Rochester. Professor in the Counseling Center and Psychology Department at Michigan State University, he is the author of Shame: The Power of Caring (Rochester, Vermont: Schenkman Books, 1992) and The Psychology of Shame: Theory and Treatment of Shame-Based Syndromes (New York: Springer Publishing Co., 1996). He is the co-author, with Lev Raphael, of Dynamics of Power: Fighting Shame and Building Self-Esteem (Rochester, Vermont: Schenkman Books, 1991) and Coming Out of Shame (New York: Doubleday, 1996).